I have had a Creality Ender 3 V2 for about 3 and a half years now and it's a lot of fun. Even sold enough items off of it to pay for itself, a few times.

I think I am ready for an upgrade, the Creality K1 is very tempting: https://3dprintingindustry.com/news...uality-3d-printing-for-under-600-226262/

I don't have a printer, but I kind of keep looking for reasons to have one

Aside from the requests you get, what sort of things do you print out for yourself? I remember about 6 months ago there was a pretty sweet Humble Bundle containing a few hundred/thousand bucks worth of... fantasy based? Warhammer based?... models going for a song. Not just characters but diorama assets too, wall portions, building elements, roofs etc. Looked good to me but I'm not much of a fantasy fan. I might imagine it's possible to get some nice military models to print out & assemble?

Same here. I honestly have no clue what I would want to make 3D printed copies of even if someone gave me a printer as a gift.

I am currently printing out a floor mount flight stick gimbal. Will then print a stick grip and maybe a F-15 duplicate throttle. I've printed several just odd brackets etc for around the house. As for "for profit" work my wife has a knitting machine that I have made a few accessories for that I have sold on ebay.

In the way of models I have printed a small 20mm Oerlikon cannon and have plans for a much larger more detailed one. It was my father's weapon in WWII. Printed out a cool little F-5 that I need to paint. Numerous vases, small jewelry boxes etc for my wife. There is a huge Stargate Dadelus class starship I want to print and probably will if I get the K1 which is much faster than my E3V2.

I go a month or two without turning it on but it's good to have when the need or desire arises.

I see a number of radio hobbyists (Amateur radio, Meshtastic/LORA, etc.) printing enclosures for their projects. Some folks are 3D printing Night Vision enclosures for housing the analog tubes, etc.. 3D printing firearms receivers, etc. is also an active niche. Robot projects look like fun. Tons of stuff combining 3d printing with Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, etc.

Food! https://all3dp.com/2/3d-printed-food-3d-printing-food/

https://builtin.com/3d-printing/3d-printed-food

That Star Trek food machine won't be far away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kw9_O10Fh8

I built a thermostatically controlled heated cabinet for glues etc in my unheated workshop and printed an enclosure for the control unit. Various battery holders, cases for screwdriver/bits too

Oh and I didn't like the shape of the know on the mini stick on my CH Pro Throttle so I printed a new knob with a concave top surface where my thumb sits.

Here is the Stargate Daedalus class starship I would like to print, just have to find the right silvery, greyish, metallic filament (and buy that fast K1 printer)

https://www.printables.com/model/280495-bc-304-mk2-stargate

Something I also want to get into and have not in part because my current printer isn't the best for printing close tolerance items is 3D printed RC aircraft.

The link below is to one of the companies offering various print files for sale, as well as the preferred lightweight filament:

https://3dlabprint.com

Look at this Corsair.... JUST LOOK AT IT!!! https://3dlabprint.com/shop/vought-f4u-corsair/

Well crap..... I just pulled the trigger: https://www.amazon.com/Creality-K1-Printer-Bundle-Camera/dp/B0CGLW8PW7

Nice!

That Corsair looks pretty sweet!

If anyone is thinking of getting into 3D printing here is a good printer to start with and a short video explaining all the basics



https://youtu.be/QzmXVcpr5tM

Creality is having a 10 year anniversary MASSIVE sale. Ender 3 for $99. Follow the link, the price will be $169 but if you ad it to you cart and go to check out there is a place for a "coupon code" just enter SHZ8YCDD and you get the $99 price

This is the same basic printer I used for 2 years, it's still a great beginner machine

https://store.creality.com/products/ender-3-3d-printer-4za7

Thanks for the tip. Looks like I'm getting into 3d printing.

Here's an interesting project. Looks a bit daunting though!

https://hackaday.io/project/186410-the-cyclone-rotor-ufo-drone

That is NUTS!


My latest printing project: https://SimHQ.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4644284/3d-model-ship-printing#Post4644284

Well?

Only got it unboxed and mostly setup. Had to put everything on hiatus for a long work trip. Now I get to play catchup on yardwork first.

I know the feeling. In fact I should be sharpening lawn mower blades right now....