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[–] • 2 pts

That is one hell of a haul. I usually only order a spool or two at a time at most.

[–] • 1 pt

Does 3d printing end up economical to produce shit instead of having it printed by someone else?

[–] • 2 pts

Not if you need to only have a couple things made per year. But if you like to tinker and you like fixing and making stuff then it's the best hobby you could get into. I love it.

[–] • 1 pt

This largely depends on what you print. If you print toys and trinkets, not really. If you print things you would buy otherwise, then that is money saved and it eventually adds up to the printer, learning time, and filament.

But if you want a one off, yeah having it printed and ordered is an easy way to go, several places offer that service.

[–] • 1 pt

I hope you have a drier. I have SO MANY partial rolls and I live in high humidity. I have to print from a drier to prevent bubbles and blobs.

[–] • 1 pt

I have a kind of pizza oven thing that sits on the hot bed that holds 2 rolls and this past weekend I picked up a round dehydrator to use as well.

[–] • 1 pt

Why so much PLA?

With the printing capability of your equipment, the superior material performance, and the price equivalency of the PETG... I don't understand why so many people print with PLA all the time. Sure it can come in a larger array of pretty colors... That's what paint is for.

I've been having great success with that and ABS. The PLA I have is now relegated strictly to test stuff I don't think will work.

[–] • 0 pt

I guess I'm just not that advanced yet. I did buy quite a bit of other stuff to start experimenting with though. I also got a paint marker set to try instead of the constant filament changes for some things.

[–] • 2 pts

Its not about advanced. Its just basic materials knowledge. Have a serious look into PETG vs PLA. If you aren't trying to get the pretty colors PLA can come in (wood / Silk...) then its a far better printing material for useful things.

[–] • 0 pt

Lately I've gone to pla+ for available colors, ease of printing, and petg is so crazy stringy for me. From my observations, petg seems to be hard but brittle where pla+ seems to be more "chewy" I guess would be my best way to describe it.