Anyone have a 3dprinter? If so, what do you make?
I think I need one to make some parts.
I do, in fact up till last year I had 3. Had quite a thriving home business printing Drone Parts and selling them on my WebSite till I got bored with it, it was not a hobby anymore. I still get a few orders but I have paired down my offerings significantly.
Now I use it for printing household item parts that get broken and stuff like that, that you cannot buy or are easy to make.
The key is, if you are going to make anything that takes a little stress, it needs to be ABS,
not PLA. There are more materials, but I find ABS works for all the stuff I need.
So you need a printer with a heated Build plate, Fully Enclosed Build Chamber, and a high temperature print head that supports ABS.
I have a modified Flashforge Creator Pro Plus, it is dated now but I still think it is one of the best for what I do/did.
If all you want to do is print fun stuff like Gnomes, Buildings and Dinosaurs for fun, PLA will work and those machines are a lot cheaper as the build plates do not need to be heated. PLA will melt and warp if left in a car, the sun, or any warm place.
Flashforge has a Builder II Plus now, but I could never justify the price and my machine is now extensively modified.