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I just feel like 3d printing business are everywhere and that i would stand no chance. Im not even sure how to find prints, But i can still dream... right? I would possibly be better off getting a job.

Have you tried starting a 3d print business or is it more as a hobby or both?

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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

They are so cheap that many people have them, or many services to provide prints. If you can find a specific market there are much higher end printers that offer industry solutions. Like Markforged can print continuous carbon fiber in the resin for parts that are same strength as aluminum, or print metals. Formlabs has dozens or resins and elastomers. Thingverse has a lot of parts ready to print. There are some free CAD solutions if you want to model parts from scratch. OpenCAD, FreeCAD, Blender