🖨️3D Printing What would you 3D print for yourself vs. for others?

[Outlaw]

Having a blast over here with nearly every way under the sun to target businesses and individuals, I'm trying to see if there's anything direct that I'm missing out on

for example, weirdly good responses selling large format text prints for shop owners walls, shopfronts, etc. with all the upsell opportunities in the world...

 

[RiskyStuff]

For myself house, cogs for machines and machines. Engines? No way, just buy from mr alibaba.
For others... I could do... small robots? Dolls? Models of machines, prototypes. Ala LEGO bricks. Things like that.

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with all the upsell opportunities in the world...

Innovation beats the fuck out off upsells any day. Unless you're here just for... well, money... money is not very interesting object. It's just convenient to exchange value.

 

[t2van]

You could 3d print logos for companies to place on walls like behind a them when on a zoom call etc, then make it hollow and inlay with a battery led light.

You could go to a half decent size if you printed one letter at a time and designed in a way you could snap it together like a jigsaw.


I would also look at something like "prototyping my area" or "rapid prototyping my area" or "3d printing service my area" as local search and see what comes up. Before I got printers I used to keep the lights on at a local printing company I think lol

It's super niche but there is a need for someplace like that and if you build the site and let it sit you never know what might come up or what you get from it..

 

[RiskyStuff]

You could 3d print logos for companies to place on walls like behind a them when on a zoom call etc, then make it hollow and inlay with a battery led light.

You could go to a half decent size if you printed one letter at a time and designed in a way you could snap it together like a jigsaw.


I would also look at something like "prototyping my area" or "rapid prototyping my area" or "3d printing service my area" as local search and see what comes up. Before I got printers I used to keep the lights on at a local printing company I think lol

It's super niche but there is a need for someplace like that and if you build the site and let it sit you never know what might come up or what you get from it..

Everything looked cool until I read about SEO. Vomit...

 

[Zwielicht]

I do both! There are small things I 3d print that are handy around the house, but I also would 3d print things if someone ask, if only to try 3d printing something different:

 

[Champagne]

Parts for a drone. Whenever I watch a video of this, it seems to work really well for that.

 

[t2van]

I was at a pub yesterday with friends what about a 3d printed custom bar drip tray? You could do it black and then put the pubs logo or name in the middle of it - something a bit unique and different.

 

[Outlaw]

Parts for a drone. Whenever I watch a video of this, it seems to work really well for that.

I'm on it now boss, will let you know how I get on

 

[Outlaw]

Parts for a drone. Whenever I watch a video of this, it seems to work really well for that.

I'm on it now boss, will let you know how I get on

In case anyone does want to jump on the boat of trial, error, and daily sadness, The Filament's PLA Lite is a bit of a tricky one

It's light because it's a refill roll of filament, comes without a spool... Not because it's aerodynamic or for drone-like usage... Waste of $32 for 2kg, but I've a cool blue and white colour combo to throw at something now

@Zwielicht is that 3D printing tagline new? I'm an absolute trend-setter

call the cops if you see tupac and all that

 

[Zwielicht]

@Zwielicht is that 3D printing tagline new? I'm an absolute trend-setter

Yeah, it’s new! After your thread, I noticed there were other 3D printing discussions, so I figured this would be a good prefix to add in.

 

[Outlaw]

Yeah, it’s new! After your thread, I noticed there were other 3D printing discussions, so I figured this would be a good prefix to add in.

I'll treat it like my own little corner...