It’s wild how similar woodworking and 3d printing are.
- Get a 3d printer
- Print things for the 3d printer
With woodworking
- Get a table saw
- Make things for the table saw
Now I can mix and match
Model: https://www.printables.com/model/205258-featherboard-with-replaceable-heads-m6
There is another way I find 3D printing and woodworking are similar:
3D printing: buy a $500 printer an $30 worth of filament, make a $20 feather board
Woodworking spend thousands on equipment and hundreds on wood to save buying a $200 coffee table
I still love both things though…
But you make ten coffee tables and you break even. And then it’s all profit
I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment and I only give things away, there will never be a break even for me but that’s not why I do it.
I look at it differently. I make 1 coffee table that does everything I want/need, actually like the way it looks, & break even, albeit mentally. Same, but different, I guess.
TIL Featherboards exist! https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/tips-for-mastering-featherboards/
That’s awesome! How’s it holding up? Any signs of cracking?
Very cool!
I got into 3D printing during COVID and it led me to my local makerspace, where I’m now learning woodworking to make a filament rack and other cool stuff. Same for electronics - I hadn’t assembled a circuit since college, but I’ve done several simple to moderate projects to improve my printers this year.
I’ve been considering this. Let us know how it works/holds up
I imagine PETG would be plenty durable in this kind of application
I used PLA+ with no complaints so far
It worked pretty well for the ~10 long thin rips I did.
