It's all about what works best for the particular individual. The majority of people want some hand-holding, and that's ok. Not everyone is into designing their own hotends or completely rebuilding stock printers into monsters :)
TBH I prefer the older machines, I stay away from the proprietary all-in-one stuff. I'm all about modularity, and usually means keeping parts and processes standard between builds for production's sake.
My fleet of ender 3's have upgraded themselves all to direct drive linear rail dual z, etc. but they've also been instrumental in creating dummy and temp parts to build multiple CNC machines, which then are used to make their own final parts. It's wild what you can do!
I'm currently rebuilding a brand new AnyCubic Kobra2 max, since the factory controller hardware is trash. I bought it for the frame and hotbed. It's getting all new motion control, klipper, direct drive, bl touch, and a input shaping among other things.
I can count on one hand how many "toys" I've printed. I have printed thousands of useful/needed items, though. That tool is indispensable to me. It's crazy how far prototyping tech has come.
I might just have to pour a caucasion to celebrate.
More than I can list. I'm at a point in my life where I can afford to start and complete these types of projects now, so I'm enjoying that freedom.
These days, I often re-engineer everyday items into better versions of themselves. It's nice to have something that's customized for you, or better than you can buy anywhere.
"Look at them, not at us"
Usually it's money. Students are typically not very wealthy.
I would have built SO much stuff back then if I only had the resources.
"this bill is a no-brainer"
well that's because it was written by people with no brains
At this rate there will be noting left for anyone in a matter of a year or two.
Shit, are consumer appliances really getting that bad? ew!
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