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Topic: new 3D printer users attention!

I think we need this as sticky for new members of 3D printing to help ease their minds of any misconceptions that may cause them to panic. some come into this new wave of technology with preconceived ideas of what to expect. some right some wrong. b4 you do anything rash to your new printer. look through this forum for similar Q&A to what your having issues with and likely you will find a simple solution or that nothing is wrong just needed to know how to do something. any new endeavor can become overwhelming fast when dealing in unfamiliar territory plus the pressure of investing money into what many family members likely call your latest toy or wasted time/money project. (they just dont understand us genius' lol). 1st dont pile on high expectations and short deadlines on yourself here. I paid the extra for a few options to make my printer easy to improve like a cover, heated bed etc. also at least 1 roll of ABS for the 1st year of learning the ropes of my new tool. yes thats right dont expect to make profitable business of this new endeavor for a year, this way the pressure is off and you can learn the ins and outs of the 3D printing world, download some files and free programs listed in these sites as you learn and get acquainted with all this (there is tons to do in preparation for your new hobby, career... feel out what you can and want to use your printer for and where your limits lie in the beginning, build folders of your files, modify any that need repaired etc. get to the point your comfortable doing everything needed to make great prints worthy of sale to pay back your investment and re-invest in more materials to begin making profits. some of you may need longer to do this and some already using 3D printing can get to this point quicker. just dont let your friends and family be able to say "see its been sitting in the corner collecting dust since he got it. ask for help when needed and not found in archives. you can do this. its cheaper and easier than tech school and nobody but yourself can stop you.

welcome to the best thing you've started in years! Mitch ;^>

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2 Reply by n2ri (edited by n2ri 2014-01-07 08:45:57)

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Re: new 3D printer users attention!

I by the way was a newbie 1 year ago so dont think I'm an expert. just sharing how I pushed through from same point of view. its hard to keep constantly making yourself move forward and turn the printer on often til you cant remember what it was like without 3D printing every time your on computer. (I'm getting there hehe some times it sits a week or so) I just bought more filament so gotta warm it up again.

l8trs Mitch

P.S. got to go through some more of the 2,000 files to get 100 dif printed for an order to begin recovering my investment. YAY!

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs

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Re: new 3D printer users attention!

So how do I go about getting business to recoup my investment like you are talking about?

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Re: new 3D printer users attention!

gwfami wrote:

So how do I go about getting business to recoup my investment like you are talking about?

find a group that use items you can print then sell them is one way. even on Ebay for instance or local venues/events there are many ways to turn items printed into cash. I wont presume to know all of them or tell others how to use their printer. that would defeat the whole free enterprise thing. some print items by request for people without the means to do so themselves. there are people that have a rack with many 3D printers in their garage making wigets/noveltys and selling them while still working their daily job. do some web searches for ideas. granted this is not for everybody, some just dont have a knack for all the tech etc. but its also not rocket science... anymore.

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Re: new 3D printer users attention!

n2ri wrote:

I think we need this as sticky for new members of 3D printing to help ease their minds of any misconceptions that may cause them to panic. some come into this new wave of technology with preconceived ideas of what to expect. some right some wrong. b4 you do anything rash to your new printer. look through this forum for similar Q&A to what your having issues with and likely you will find a simple solution or that nothing is wrong just needed to know how to do something. any new endeavor can become overwhelming fast when dealing in unfamiliar territory plus the pressure of investing money into what many family members likely call your latest toy or wasted time/money project. (they just dont understand us genius' lol). 1st dont pile on high expectations and short deadlines on yourself here. I paid the extra for a few options to make my printer easy to improve like a cover, heated bed etc. also at least 1 roll of ABS for the 1st year of learning the ropes of my new tool. yes thats right dont expect to make profitable business of this new endeavor for a year, this way the pressure is off and you can learn the ins and outs of the 3D printing world, download some files and free programs listed in these sites as you learn and get acquainted with all this (there is tons to do in preparation for your new hobby, career... feel out what you can and want to use your printer for and where your limits lie in the beginning, build folders of your files, modify any that need repaired etc. get to the point your comfortable doing everything needed to make great prints worthy of sale to pay back your investment and re-invest in more materials to begin making profits. some of you may need longer to do this and some already using 3D printing can get to this point quicker. just dont let your friends and family be able to say "see its been sitting in the corner collecting dust since he got it. ask for help when needed and not found in archives. you can do this. its cheaper and easier than tech school and nobody but yourself can stop you.

welcome to the best thing you've started in years! Mitch ;^>

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ooh got me! yes Im not a journalist. just trying to help others. your welcome to retype it if that would make it better to understand some how.

Solidoodle 2 with Deluxe kit cover & glass bed with heater. and 2nd board SD2 used not 3rd and alum platform not installed yet still wood. also need cooling fan installed to board. use Repetier Host couple vers. Slic3r also have all free ware STL programs