I have been hesitant to actually do so because I feel like I would go all the way there and try something, wait for ages for it to print, then realize I made one little mistake, and have to go back home, fix it, make another reservation, make another trip down.... The amount of iteration I anticipate while learning to use a technology like this is substantial. Historically I have been a very "trial and error" type of person---- heavy on the error.

I have always been curious, of people who use the public-access 3d printers, how many of them started out learning in that environment? I feel that it would be quite prohibitive to learn the basics. Maybe if you had learned it previously the shared printer could be a good resource.

Anyone here done much on library or other community 3d printers as a novice, and what was your experience?

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That’s why I went the way of starting with a cheap $100 3D printer at home. The fast iterating is precious to me. However, if you want to print things off a website like Printables or Thingiverse, you don’t really need iterations as the original designer (hopefully) did it already.