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[Ecto311]

Because while the technology is absolutely amazing, it is still in its infancy what with it being incredibly expensive for the layman and all.

Give it 5 more years.

Would you consider gaming expensive? The maker mini is under $200 and does exceptional work for what it is.

It's amazing to see my 6yr old take to tinkercad quickly and actually give a shit about a cad program. It is going to be insane to me to see her make things for school projects with our maker select. I remember making a small model of a neighborhood with wires and battery showing how electricity travels. This thing she could make anything she can create on the computer/imagine. Between this, pi zero, arduino, and all the other affordable electronic bits it's exciting as fuck to consider what is possible. Wish I had more brains to utilize this better.

Going to print this soon. Considering I have it but the bits on the side are broken. Goes to my metalhead tmnt figure from the 80s.

That alone makes it worth the purchase for my tiny brain.

 

[PlayALLtheGames]

Because the average person doesn't have the money for a good one nor the time to sit down and learn how to use it, while actually finding it functional enough to make it worth the price.

Even if you gave a decent one to the average person for free, they'd probably struggle to really make it useful.

Until you can just type in an object and have the shit made in a few minutes, and it's affordable, nobody will care.

 

[Zen_Arcade]

They're too expensive for most people to have access to.

 

[Kas]

I want one so it gives me an excuse to learn a CAD program.

I'm also too poor to afford one, but I can dream.

 

[Quick]

Still fairly expensive. I would learn CAD and buy one if it was more affordable.

Though, two big libraries that are about 10-15 minutes away from me do have them.

 

[disappeared]

I'll splurge for one when I can print a sex robot.

 

[Futureman]

Shot in the dark, but I'm trying to print some 3D files for someone.

It's basically just a box with a hole in the bottom:

that's what it looks like when I load it into the software.

When I actually print the file though, the printer fills the hole in the bottom in:

what is the cause of this? Is it the way the guy is designing the files?

If I orient the print in a different way, it adds even more crazy stuff (this is from the print preview):