/diy/ - Do It Yourself

3D Printing is incredibly overhyped.

The DIY level machines are essentially toys that have capabilities far inferior to traditional subtractive methods.

The hobby machines are not that great, there is no support material so geometries are limited. Accuracy is awful and they all require a lot of tweaking and tuning.

3d printing will become more prevalent over time but nothing will ever change the fact that it is an inherently slower and more expensive process than traditional manufacturing. People who claim that everything will be printed in 50 years time are pretending that all other technology remains static.

Every time 3d printers get a little bit better, so do other manufacturing processes. A 3d printer will never replace injection moulding in terms of cost.


Hobby level 3d printing is a hype and marketing based industry that is only effective at separating fools and their money. Seriously, ask them what they have made with their 3d printers. Its all keychains and parts to make their 3d printer work better.
90% of 3d printers just sit on a shelf and get brought to makerfaires so faggots can show each other the 2000$ machines they bought.

If you are serious about DIY get a real workshop, drill press, mill, hand tools etc...