Posted April 30, 2017 Ive been considering getting a 3D printer, but I dont know how much use it would actually get. If you have one, what are your thoughts after having it for a little while. Do you still use it lots or has it become a dust collector? What printer did you get? Do you recommend it for others? My Rigs: Gaming/CAD/Rendering RigCase: Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX, GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPCCase: Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Nonco said: Do you still use it lots or has it become a dust collector? For what is worth even my normal home print become a dust collector, I just print stuff at the office Personal Desktop": CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot: SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro. Luna, the temporary Desktop: CPU: AMD R9 7950XT |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, Nonco said: Ive been considering getting a 3D printer, but I dont know how much use it would actually get. If you have one, what are your thoughts after having it for a little while. Do you still use it lots or has it become a dust collector? What printer did you get? Do you recommend it for others? have a modded davinci 1.0a modded with a e3d v6 hotend and custom fw along with alot of other mods. can say after a year of owning it... its still exactly what it is.... something to print random things i find every once in a while... maybe prototype something but besides that its collected dust. ive designed maybe 3 items in over a year. mostly what you will be doin with it is just basically, oh thats a cool thing on thingaverse lets print it and thats about it. i do not recommend this printer in stock fw and setup... you need to mod it to be decent Tsubasa (The 7680x1440 beast): CPU: Intel i7 8086k | Cooler: Fully Custom Rigid Loop | MOBO: Asus Z370-I ITX | GPU: Nvidia Titan Xp Star Wars | RAM: 32Gb 2x16gb Gskill Trident Z RGB | SSD: Samsung 1TB 970 Evo Nvme, 2TB Micron Sata SSD | Case: Fractal Design Nano S | PSU: Corsair SF600 With Full custom cables | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 18 minutes ago, Nonco said: Ive been considering getting a 3D printer, but I dont know how much use it would actually get. If you have one, what are your thoughts after having it for a little while. Do you still use it lots or has it become a dust collector? What printer did you get? Do you recommend it for others? I have a Makebot sitting next to my computer. I do use it but it's mainly used by my wife's high school classes. I tend to use it to make prototypes of parts for my cars or other odd projects. But I would say about 70% of the time it's collecting dust. Current Build AMD Ryzen 2600 Stock cooler Asus ROG B450f gaming Mobo 1tb SKHynix m.2 WD 1TB HDD Asus ROG Strix RX 5700xt Thermaltake Toughpower 650w DPS RGB 80+Gold 16 Gigs ddr4 3000 gskill ram Phantek fans Phanteks P400TG Laptop Eluktronics Prometheus XVII Ryzen 7 5800h 32 gigs ddr4 Corsair ram Nvidia rtx 3080 max-p 17.3 qhd 165 hrz screen 1tb Samsung m.2 1tb WD black m.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 I have a Makerbot (the big orange one). It's great for little things (laptop dock, cable management stuff, headphone holders etc) that would cost like $20. I also use it for fun, and for printing miniature models of room designs for clients. Laptop: Asus GA502DU RAM: 16GB DDR4 | CPU: Ryzen 3750H | GPU: GTX 1660ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 8 minutes ago, huilun02 said: Get a wife. Prints baby, food, and can do chores too. If lucky, also earns money. Does much more. Yes its not exactly cheap to maintain at the start but should ultimately pay off. Agreed. 8 minutes ago, huilun02 said: No need to worry about dust. Disagreed. I'm the one who usually ends up cleaning... Cor Caeruleus Reborn v6 Spoiler CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K CPU Cooler: be quiet! - PURE ROCK Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste Motherboard: ASRock Z370 Extreme4 Memory: G.Skill TridentZ RGB 2x8GB 3200/14 Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Blue 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive Video Card: EVGA - 970 SSC ACX (1080 is in RMA) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 w/Window (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 750W with CableMod blue/black Pro Series Optical Drive: LG - WH16NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit and Linux Mint Serena Keyboard: Logitech - G910 Orion Spectrum RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard Mouse: Logitech - G502 Wired Optical Mouse Headphones: Logitech - G430 7.1 Channel Headset Speakers: Logitech - Z506 155W 5.1ch Speakers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 I've had a Ultimaker 2 for a couple years now and granted I don't use it as much as I thought I would but I wouldn't say it's collecting dust. The wife and kids do print a lot of novelty items but we live almost a hour away from the nearest major store in northern Minnesota so it's definitely worth the cost for us. There's been a few times where it's saved me a two hour round trip to the hardware store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 Author 6 hours ago, Rangaman42 said: I have a Makerbot (the big orange one). It's great for little things (laptop dock, cable management stuff, headphone holders etc) that would cost like $20. I also use it for fun, and for printing miniature models of room designs for clients. Do you do interior design or something? I work in building drafting, have you ever tried printing small house models too? My Rigs: Gaming/CAD/Rendering RigCase: Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX, GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPCCase: Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 9 hours ago, Nonco said: Do you do interior design or something? I work in building drafting, have you ever tried printing small house models too? Occasionally, I do a lot of rendering based on plans, for marketing material and such; That kind of thing. I've done some full house prints, but they normally end up solid because my printer is fairly low end and can't manage the hollow spaces very well. Laptop: Asus GA502DU RAM: 16GB DDR4 | CPU: Ryzen 3750H | GPU: GTX 1660ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 30, 2017 Author 2 hours ago, Rangaman42 said: Occasionally, I do a lot of rendering based on plans, for marketing material and such; *image removed* That kind of thing. I've done some full house prints, but they normally end up solid because my printer is fairly low end and can't manage the hollow spaces very well. Oh yeah thats cool. Ive been interested in getting into more visualization rendering kinda work. What software do you use? I mostly use ArchiCAD, but ive had some experience with Lumion too. This was done with archicad: Looking at it now I think its a bit dark and probably should have done some touch ups in photoshop or something. My Rigs: Gaming/CAD/Rendering RigCase: Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX, GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPCCase: Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Nonco said: Oh yeah thats cool. Ive been interested in getting into more visualization rendering kinda work. What software do you use? I mostly use ArchiCAD, but ive had some experience with Lumion too. This was done with archicad: Looking at it now I think its a bit dark and probably should have done some touch ups in photoshop or something. That looks really good, half an hour in Photoshop will do it. I get Revit files from clients, render them in 3dsMax (usually MentalRay) and then edit in Photoshop. Laptop: Asus GA502DU RAM: 16GB DDR4 | CPU: Ryzen 3750H | GPU: GTX 1660ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 1, 2017 Author 6 minutes ago, Rangaman42 said: That looks really good, half an hour in Photoshop will do it. I get Revit files from clients, render them in 3dsMax (usually MentalRay) and then edit in Photoshop. Ah yeah nice, how did you learn to use the software? Self taught or did you do a course in arch vis or something? My Rigs: Gaming/CAD/Rendering RigCase: Corsair Air 240 , CPU: i7-4790K, Mobo: ASUS Gryphon Z97 mATX, GPU: Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970, RAM: G.Skill Sniper 16GB, SSD: SAMSUNG 1TB 840 EVO, Cooling: Corsair H80i PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/f2TH99SFF HTPCCase: Silverstone ML06B, CPU: Pentium G3258, Mobo: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WiFi, RAM: G.Skill 4GB, SSD: Kingston SSDNow 120GB PCPP: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/JmZ8TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 1, 2017 Just now, Nonco said: Ah yeah nice, how did you learn to use the software? Self taught or did you do a course in arch vis or something? So I studied industrial Design for 2.5 years before switching to Computer Science, so I was pretty good with rendering (just with Keyshot though) and Photoshop, then I worked for a company that did architectural renders and basically learnt as I went. Max isn't too bad, once you figure out the controls and I can Photoshop in my sleep now... Laptop: Asus GA502DU RAM: 16GB DDR4 | CPU: Ryzen 3750H | GPU: GTX 1660ti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted May 10, 2017 I've been thinking about getting one but I just don't know if I could justify the price. I've got a few projects id love to do but I think it might collect dust after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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