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i have been informed I have a 3D Printer hobby, not a 3D Printing hobby (lemmy.nowsci.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyone else in this boat? It was said by a Bamboo user when I was chatting about my modded Maker Select and the Voron I'm about to build.

I do use the printer a lot for designing and making projects like the sensors I just launched or the Twystlock for Steam Deck, etc.

But I like tinkering/making more. For example I used to mod video game consoles more than I played them, so the comment made sense to me.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago

Definitely a valid thing to have. Imo, as long as it provides value to you creatively or intellectually, then it's a worthwhile hobby. It sounds like you are using it as well, so that's just a bonus really.

I'm halfway into that mindset, but got myself a bambu after fighting an Ender 3 for so long and for now at least I'm content to just have a working printer instead of a half assembled one 80% of the time. So many calibration cubes.