[SML] 3D printing

[Jon Ares]

I don't regret my Erector Set printer past in the least. Ditto.  :)

But yeah, these days I just like having one that "just works." I print a
lot. And design cool lamps.

 - Jon

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM Dave Vick via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM Jon Ares via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>  Today's major players make them so much better and faster
>> than those build-it-yourself Erector Set printers of a few years ago.
>
>
> Hey! I built one of those erector set printers (a kit from SeeMeCNC)
> eight-or-so years ago while recovering from knee surgery and it gave me two
> BIG advantages:
>
> 1.) I learned a LOT about how a 3D printer works at machine-language level
> ...and...
> 2.) I got what amounted to a $3,500 printer with a 10"x10"x16" print
> volume for about a grand.
>
> Also it was genuinely fun to build the thing and a huge Ego Stroke to
> successfully print from something I built from a pile of parts, but then
> I've always freely admitted to being a Nerd.
>
> That being said, if I did it all over again I'd be strongly tempted to go
> the Bambu Labs route.
>
> YM, as always, MV...
> -DV
>
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