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I'm pretty excited. I've always wanted to get into 3D printing but I did not want the hobby of building and keeping a printer functioning. The technology has come so far that I just could not see any point in waiting anymore. I got the Bambu P1S with the automatic material system that holds 4 different colors of filament. I can add 3 more of the AMS units to have 16 colors.

Right now I am printing custom escutcheon rings for a kitchen project that I did where the pipes are all coming out of the back of the cabinet at a 45 degree angle. (pipes come straight out of the wall but into the back of a neo-angle cabinet) It turns out there are no 45 degree escutcheon rings. There are now!!!

I'm pretty stoked about this.

I'm pretty excited. I've always wanted to get into 3D printing but I did not want the hobby of building and keeping a printer functioning. The technology has come so far that I just could not see any point in waiting anymore. I got the Bambu P1S with the automatic material system that holds 4 different colors of filament. I can add 3 more of the AMS units to have 16 colors. Right now I am printing custom escutcheon rings for a kitchen project that I did where the pipes are all coming out of the back of the cabinet at a 45 degree angle. (pipes come straight out of the wall but into the back of a neo-angle cabinet) It turns out there are no 45 degree escutcheon rings. There are now!!! I'm pretty stoked about this.

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[–] • 1 pt

Nice!

I have a question though.

Cost wise, is it cheaper to have such a setup at home or use a third party service to print your project’s parts?

[–] • 3 pts

I would say that if you have a very occasional project that farming it out would save a ton of money. But if you have lots of stuff to do and you like doing it yourself then having your own is the way to go. Plus, I have already learned that making parts do not always come out as expected and you gotta go back into the cad and change stuff. So I can print it and if it needs adjusting I can do that and reprint right now.

Learning CAD is more difficult than learning to use the printer, that's for sure!

[–] • 2 pts

Thanks, that answer confirmed what I thought.

[–] • 1 pt

My most recent pricing experience is that service bureaus typically charge 10x what the actual material/wear and tear cost is. We are running internal machines now and only send out for exotic materials, large quantities.

So, if you are printing something about the size of a coffee mug once a week - it will pay for itself in a year.

VERY roughly speaking.

[–] • 0 pt

My needs in 3D printed parts is close to 0% a year, adding that the tech is evolving rapidly to even break even.