Over the past year I have gotten into 3D printing. I had been interested in exploring the technology for many years, and finally decided to take the plunge. Prices of printers have come down so much, there are now many options at extraordinary deals. I bought the Creality Ender 3 Pro for about $230, and I have been extremely happy with it so far. It’s a fantastic machine that prints at a quality that rivals $1000+ machines. And honestly, now that I have used it for a year, I would still be happy even if I had paid $1000 for it. These things are so under-priced.
Now, the technology is still a long way away from being consumer level plug-and-play (the way document printers ostensibly are). This is a hobby for those who like to tinker and aren’t afraid to do a lot of troubleshooting. Things will break, things will go wrong, and there will be lots of frustrations along the way. But if you stick with it, it’s an incredible means of enabling creativity and expanding one’s capabilities, opening up possibilities you may never have even imagined before. If you have any interest in it, I highly recommend it.
Here are a couple of the items I have made so far:
These and many more items are currently for sale in the shop here:
