/diy/ - Do It Yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4mRZE8S5yY

New Makerbot. Looks good on paper but pricing is out hobby range.

>>1362270
He can do it from scrap.

>>1346021
If you have build your own machine from scratch (or even from chinkkit) it helps you to understand cnc machines in general. You have to dwell quite deeply into the hardware, firmware and software in order to get it running. Hobby DLP or other types are even more greener flags that you have true interest in the topic. The most helpful knowledge is that you can troubleshoot machines more easily (if you are a repair engineer) and you know how to deal with stl's, surface models and even sketchup tier shit that customers send in for printing.

I got my job because I had a strong hobby FDM background, it helps you to learn other techniques faster if you have knowledge in one. Most people in this business are still self taught and they are doing it with passion so it might be hard to get into the business if you don't have autism level fascination for machines. This is though changing as additive manufacturing is moving from prototyping to production.

btw. I have written about half of the /3dpg/ copypasta.

>>1346051
This guy has the wisdom of falcon.