I printed some stuff that I thought was cool and just put it up on Etsy early this year at a price that would be worthwhile for me. I was shocked when the first order came in as I never thought anyone would buy it. Then the orders kept coming in and I’ve grossed about 6k so far on Etsy. It’s nice that all of my hobby equipment and filaments are paid for and that’s all I’m looking for.

I continue to randomly list stuff that I think is cool. Sometimes they sell and sometimes they don’t and that’s fine. I don’t do SEO or research keywords or advertise. If I get bored of selling prints one day then I’ll just stop.

And printing is the least time consuming part of the process. It’s the packing and taking it to the post office that takes up the most time.

I absolutely remember coworkers that worked late and went above and beyond. The difference though is that some of them worked late because they were much slower than their peers while others worked late because they always willing to help during a crisis.

I didn’t have control over comp back then, but as soon as I landed a lucrative project and needed a few software engineers, the ones that went above and beyond were the first ones I called. I was able to 3x their previous salaries. The 3rd guy I managed to get 1.5x.

They are providing for their families very well now with house and car purchases. YMMV.

Nothing wrong with coasting if you are comfortable. For others working hard is a habit or necessity.

we bought the cake topper from Amazon. Only the question marks are printed

It’s the cheapest PLA that I could find at about $10 / roll, made in the USA, ships pretty quickly, and nearly all rolls print without issue. But this is the second time I’ve seen a bulge like this, so it’s not bad luck. There’s some quality control issues.

Yeah, I noticed it as well. Some of the more forceful/emotional lines had the accent slip. I figure those takes are hard to reshoot.

Anyway as soon as I saw her father was Ser Jorah, I knew where she got the accent from. 😂

Rebecca Ferguson was fantastic in season 1. What a great casting choice.

At the risk of sounding like a shill, I think bambu components are fairly priced. Nozzles cost $15 a piece and I’ve replaced 2 of them in 3000 hours. The X1C also prints much faster than my old ender 3 so I got a lot of value out of the components.

I think a more valid argument is if there are few or no 3rd party parts available and Bambu goes out of business. It doesn’t look like we’re going down that road now, but it’s possible to stock up on spare parts to prepare.

$45. I’m 100% ok with spending $45 after 3000 hours. So far I feel I’m getting good value for my money both with the printer and the parts.

Yeah, I need to have a bunch of spare parts available. Since Bambu’s warehouse is on the west coast, it takes a week to get to me on the east coast.

I noticed that towards the last couple of hundred hours it started to clog/jam a lot more. I thought the gears might be wearing but it looked ok upon visual inspection. I wonder it’s an early warning sign. I only print PLA and PLA+ so nothing abrasive.

Tinkercad

Some more details here: https://lemmy.world/comment/336561

The white parts are printed separately and glued on. The personalized names on the covers, I used tinkercad. I imported a “Mario” font and then made it protrude slightly. It should be less than the layer height, but deep enough to provide solid color.

Then in bambu studio, color the protruding letters. When sliced, it’s just a smooth surface.

I learned the technique from a post in bambulab but can’t seem to find it anymore.

Just typical party favors. Stickers, bubble wands, spinning toy watch, etc.

They’re 125x125x125. I was able to personalize the boxes with the x1c with AMS.

I think they took around 4-5 hrs each. About another hour for the personalized covers.

Thanks. For some reason using the lemmy.world mobile browser wouldn’t get the orientation of the pic right. Using the post images link worked.