Hi and im a young adult who is yet to get a job and would rather do something like a sidehustle. ive been wanting a 3d printer or a laptop for a bit now but both are really expensive nowadys how do you all afford them. like i want to print a bunch of board games things, dnd things, and figures but i cant afford a 3d printer i cant even addord a candybar without involving a family member and i would feel bad if i asked a family member to but one for me and i dont even think they hav ethe money too.
is there something i can do to save up for a 3d printer or something like that?
is this by chance the wrong place to ask this?
Ten years ago, Makerbot released the Replicator, a shoddy plywood box that produced rather terrible prints, for (inflation adjusted) $2316. You also probably bought Simplify3D to use as your slicer for $149 few years after that. Today, you can grab something like the Kingroon KP3S for less than the software alone and it will produce much better prints with free slicers like Cura or PrusaSlicer.