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I am a hobbyist, and my job will probably never require me to design and print anything for work.

I do really enjoy the process of conceptualizing, designing, and printing, and have done so for myself and some close acquaintances.

I've spent many hours/days learning the tools of the trade and was wondering if there was an opportunity to make some money as a side gig. Has anyone been successful doing this, and how did you go about it?

Here are a couple of my early designs, I plan to upload more once I clean things up a bit.

https://www.thingiverse.com/landon8848/designs

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[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I tried, but we have paper based currency notes in my country and PLA notes were a dead giveaway, no shops accepted them sadly

[–] neo2478@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You see, the pro move is to print a credit card. Plastic all the way!

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 points 1 year ago

I'll be damned!

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago

Print Canadian currency—it actually is plastic these days. 😅