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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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[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

Not making any money with it but the 3D printer is helping us make money.

I'm working with a windows and door manufacturer that has around 80 employees.

The owner got a 3D printer that runs pretty continuously for at least 30% of the time I would say.

We are doing a lot of drill or assembly jigs with it. We are also sometimes doing assembly parts for custom projects.

Like someone really wants to make something's with weird angles or hardware that are not compatible together then we can throw a 3D printed part in it to make it work.