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222 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullcount 17h \ on: Should i learn Blender for 3d printing ? AskSN
Anytime I'm about to buy some piece of plastic, I do a quick search to see if I can just print an alternative instead.
No need to learn modeling. You just need to learn how to slice other people's models.
https://printables.com
https://thingiverse.com
Information wants to be free. Selling bits is really, really hard.
I've printed hundreds of parts for my own use around the home, office, shop, and computer lab.
Organizers, display stands, cute plant pots, cases for SeedSigners, novelty toys for kiddos, really the only limit is your imagination.
Don't cheap out on the printer unless you like to tinker! Bambu Lab makes the best printers at the moment, excellent performance, hassle free.
I paid $1500 for my printer 2.5 years ago and now it pays for itself every 3 months just by selling printed parts online. Even tho my printer has outperformed BTC, it is not risk-free and there is some work to create the ecomm listings and pack and ship every item, dealing with customers, etc.
that's cool, tbh it looks like i can't afford a printer, as i would have to go cheap and i am not a tinkerer by nature lol
where do you sell the printed parts? etsy? or like a niche marketplace?
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I was a first-mover on all the top 3 marketplaces for every product I listed. Many copycats now, but the market is big enough for us all to eat.
Every printer has an hourly rate. Think of it as "the value added per hour of unassisted runtime".
If you have a valuable use for the machine, it doesn't matter how much you paid. Its not that hard with good credit to get a $2000 loan.
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