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As somebody else mentioned, you can hire it out. There's a lot of files running around with existing models for common projects, so you probably don't need to
by lostapathy 3y ago
As somebody else mentioned, you can hire it out.
There's a lot of files running around with existing models for common projects, so you probably don't need to design your own enclosures a lot of the time unless you want to.
And printers have gotten cheap, like $99 gets you a jumping off point into the hobby.
- davidw 3y agoDo people not just sell like "complete package" things? The board in the article is $13.49 ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072HBW53G https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072HBW53G ). If you could get an enclosed, complete thing for $20, including the board and whatever you need for it to run, that'd be much less of a PITA than "brand new hobby" or "find someone to 3D print stuff for me locally and deal with that whole hassle".
- kps 3y agoThere are things like M5Stack (also ESP32-based) that suit some purposes.
- davidw 3y agoYes! That looks pretty cool and more like what I'm talking about.
- kube-system 3y agoThe thing about enclosures is that they are pretty design dependent. Nobody knows what you are hooking up to your board or what the intended purpose is. Some boards do have generic type cases, e.g. raspberry pi cases.
- szundi 3y ago$99 is just enough to jump into the hobby of fixing your printer all the time - and that's what hobbyists are actually looking for solving something would be like $700 calibrated out of the box, like the old prusa 3 something or the bambu p1something.
- lostapathy 3y agoI'm well aware. I think of the $99 printer as a filter - either it's going to catch your interest enough to justify jumping to a $600+ printer, or 3d printing isn't for you and you aren't out much.