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[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You can save so much money with CAD if you neither factor in your time to actually learn it or the cost of the printer itself.

Makes crime even better in comparison.

[-] notabot@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

The saving on the knob alone would pay a reasonable chunk of a basic but useful printer. Use it for a few more things and you'll be in the black even ignoring the more fun things you might do. The time it takes to learn a CAD system can also be fun if you enjoy that sort of thing.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm proof. My first printer is currently worth like $25. Maker Select V2. Still works great. I learned FreeCAD and enjoyed every minute.

[-] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Here in Canada every major library I've been to has a 3D printer you can use, either for free if you bring your own filament, or for a very small fee to use theirs. I live in a small town of 70,000 people and our public library has a 3D printer.

[-] potustheplant@feddit.nl 0 points 1 week ago

Learning a new and useful skill is not "wasting" time at all.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

You can't put that in quotation marks like I ever said something about wasting time. You just have to include all that time in your cost calculation.

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