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Whats a hobby/craft that you wouldn't expect that has an incredibly high ceiling either monetarily or in sheer skill? (lemmy.world)

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For example, I'm sure the average joe doesn't know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.

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[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

3D printing really isn't expensive, especially since you can create a lot of stuff for cents. I'm considering a new extruder for my Ender 3 (Looking at the LDO orbiter v2) and that's €70, which sounds expensive for the printer, but compared to any other hobby that's peanuts

[-] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

It can get expensive - especially if you start looking into high-end / commercial quality printers.

...or if you burn through 3 reels of TPU just to get one goddamn wrist rest to print. 😩

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

A bambu x1 Carbon is like €1000 right? That sounds expensive, but with the amount of money spent on my car, I could have had multiple of those

[-] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but if you wanna get crazy, you can spend car-levels of money on something like this

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but it's definitely not a hobby at that point

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, €70 is not much for an upgrade for a hobby. That's the price of a mid-range chain for a mountain bike and chains are not upgrades, they're consumables, which you buy at least once a year, lol.

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