The only problem is they are incredibly junky and break all the time
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I’d say it took about 5 hours of time total (not including printing time) to do the design and troubleshoot early prototypes
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When I got the 3d printer, I was worried it was going to collect dust. But I've used it much more than I thought.
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If you don't have a 3d printer, you can use the "3D print my thing" subreddit.
Here, you can pay someone local to print something at home and mail it to you for pretty cheap.
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I remember a few years back when stock newsletters were predicting a 3d printer in every home. I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon.
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Too much of a learning curve.
And the design, print, tweak, print again process is still very slow.
This is a hobbyist's game.
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But I do think there will be little neighborhood / friend group 3d printing setups.
Especially if we enter some kind of depression / apocalyptic scenario where people need to repair their stuff and make it last longer.
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this came highly recommended by a couple of friends as a cheap entry level one, so I got it monoprice.com/product?p_id=2

