On Wednesday, 25 April 2018 14:56:20 UTC+1, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 25/04/18 14:23, David wrote:
Having just read an interesting "What I did with my 3D printer" thread, I
wondered which 3D printers DIYers used, and why.

A quick look online seems to show printers in the £200-£400 range so there
would have to be a significant saving to cost in for making one off parts.

I can understand the "Uh, duh, because 3d printing!". Just wondering if
anyone has cost justified a purchase on the savings over buying stuff or
throwing away something as unrepairable.

A friend has one as she is an inveterate 'inventor' and has lots of
uses for rapspberry PI cases, knobs, etc etc.

rapspberry PI cases can cost as little as £5.


Has done a few jobs for me too.

400 quid hers cost.

They are fun but whether a home users can make a profit out of them I'm not yet convinced. If it's just a hobby fine, who cares if it takes 3 hours to design the box and 2 hours to print it with £10 worth of materials.




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