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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by thenewred@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

It's wild how similar woodworking and 3d printing are.

  1. Get a 3d printer
  2. Print things for the 3d printer

With woodworking

  1. Get a table saw
  2. Make things for the table saw

Now I can mix and match

Model: https://www.printables.com/model/205258-featherboard-with-replaceable-heads-m6

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[-] spare_muppets@lemmy.ca 22 points 11 months ago

There is another way I find 3D printing and woodworking are similar:

3D printing: buy a $500 printer an $30 worth of filament, make a $20 feather board

Woodworking spend thousands on equipment and hundreds on wood to save buying a $200 coffee table

I still love both things though....

[-] thenewred@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

But you make ten coffee tables and you break even. And then it's all profit

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment and I only give things away, there will never be a break even for me but that's not why I do it.

[-] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

I look at it differently. I make 1 coffee table that does everything I want/need, actually like the way it looks, & break even, albeit mentally. Same, but different, I guess.

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