Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
    39·
    1 year ago

    3d printing. I started out with a cheapish Chinese model, got annoyed by the lack of accuracy and bought a Prusa.
    Then there’s the filaments, accessories, post processing stuff… I own a Dremel now for some reason!
    And I’m constantly eyeing those resin 3d printers, telling myself the higher resolution is totally worth it…
    The only thing saving my bank account is my low attention span and dozens of other interests :)

    • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      I feel you, started with a cheap 200$ ender 3…. I now have two ender 3’s, an ideaformer belt printer, a bambu p1s, and. Tronxy 400 I’m converting into a Frankenstein printer. Oh and an anycubic mono x resin printer and a laser cutter.

      Yea, 6 printers and a freaking laser cutter/engraver. All because I thought it would be fun to tinker with 3D printing

    • cestvrai@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      It can also save money. I love just printing things I need rather than buying them! Even if I have to do some test fits, I can easily beat off-the-shelf prices with some meters of PLA.

      Happy with my Prussia mini, but starting to feel the post-processing itch.

    • the16bitgamer@programming.dev
      1·
      1 year ago

      Lol same here.

      Bought a cheap printer and it worked, but I couldn’t fix it.

      Then I got another cheap printer that was bigger, but it was a fire hazard

      Then I got a not as cheap printer, then it broke in the stupidest way possible

      So I got a the Popular Cheap Printer, and it was good enough

      But I needed a Prusa since I was now selling my parts, and it was good

      Then I got a bigger prusa since the popular printer turned into a sunk cost fallacy.

      What should’ve been a one time cost of $350 turned into multiple $350-500 printers until I started a business with it and spent $1000 to stop messing with it