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Originally Posted by DaveZ
I have a Prusa I3 MK3S+. I’ve made pretty amazing toys for my grandkids but that isn’t my main use. I’m a geek so I build robots and other items with that I either design or get designs for. Around the house I’ve used it to print parts for everything from broken drawers to solar lamp holders in the lanai.
I have also printed cabin upgrades for my Tesla and friends cars. Especially good for older cars where parts aren’t available. I have printed carriage hooks for LED wiring on my golf car. Good news is that you can usually find a part design for most things but if not you can modify or design your own. If you can imagine it, you can print it.
As to time, it can take hours to print depending on the quality you want. You can pick and play with that. Around the house stuff is usually a few hours. Longest print I’ve done is 30 hours for an extremely intricate, articulating Archaeopteryx model for my grandson.
There are many printers to choose from and all work well but if you want the least amount of work, best design, and overall print quality at a consumer price, checkout Prusa.
Happy printing!!
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What started my thinking about 3D printers was someone complaining because her HOA approved mailbox's door had met its demise and to bring it back up to the HOA's standards was not easy to do. Parts could not be found and to replace the whole mailbox for the sake of the door would cost a ridiculous amount of money -- for a mailbox.
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Well, that got me to thinking outside the box
and so I said, "Ya know, I wonder if putting that money toward a 3D printer would do the job, be useful for other things, and a whole lot more fun and than getting fleeced by a mailbox company that corners the market, holding homeowners hostage because their mailbox MUST MATCH the other mailboxes in the neighborhood, so the markup on price is exorbitant and just plain silly."
Sounds like that just might work! TAKE THAT, Rip-off Mailbox Company! HAH!
Thank you.
Boomer