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3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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I'm seconding Printables - you can upload both stl and step files there, they have a nice UI that's easy to navigate.
As a side note, have your considered starting a Patreon or something with your 3D models? If you make some good models (and you seem to know what you're doing), it might help towards your goal of getting 3D printer sooner. Though it's probably hard without a printer to test it on, I guess.
No, I have thought about that. I though patreon was for more "Famous" people that have YT, Twitch, Etc..
I have some design knowledge from school (Computer Aided Manufactring, Design Princibles, and Robotics) with reading 3D printing practices and limatations. (Fabrication too...). But I'm not a very smart person.
While I can't test them now, most of my parts were tested under FEM and in the read world (To check accuracy).
I am considering Printables (It's obvious why) and hopefully I don't end up with just spools.
Thanks.