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Would love to see some of your prints on here! When I was younger my dad and I built a 3D printer, and I loved it. Since then I haven't had the funds/time/space to get back into it but as that was like 12 years ago, I know 3D printing has gotten much higher tech.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

It's not really smooth up close haha just standard sorta 0.2mm layer height, sanded down a little, then I spray painted them gold which hid some of the rough spots

And yeah I'm a big believer in repairable tech, 3d printers are huge in terms of being able to replace the kind of custom shaped plastic parts that the manufacturer doesn't sell spares of and the appliance is completely unusable without (as I'm sure is the intention 🙄 planned obsolescence is truly one of the worst things we've ever come up with)