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[-] Jarlsburg@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

As someone who has been in the 3d printing space for awhile, I am amazed at how cheap and featured the entry level printers are. For ~$150 you can get a printer with auto bed leveling and a magnetic bed. At $15/lb of filament, you only need a few projects to pay for itself.

For example, I printed the housing for a USB hub for a friend which is a clone for a ridiculously expensive one that fits Lovesac couches and he paid me $50. It cost ~$2 of filament and ended up printing a few more for others. That alone paid for the cost of the printer.

For anyone who is thinking about it, now is a great time to enter the hobby.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Which cad software do you use? I've been jumping from blender, openscad, and freecad

[-] Jarlsburg@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Depending on the complexity of the part either Fusion 360, Tinkercad, or even just 3d Builder. I usually can find something close already existing and just modify that.

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