Started 3d printing for fun and profit.... lol
My day job is in engineering. Mostly just designing replacement parts for electronics and industrial machines that are no longer in production or that the manufacturer wont sell. I've gone deep in the 3d design world. Pretty solid on CAD and 3d printing so my boss gave me carte blanche to build the manufacturing side of the business. Bought a few 3d printers, figured out what works and what doesn't. I can tell you straight up that just because a piece of hardware is expensive doesn't mean it's going to work right.
So I've always had at least one 3d printer at home and with my youngest being interested in 3d printing things to sell to his friends at school that number bumped up to 3. Then a friend saw a few prints and shes a crafter so she asked for some custom designs to sell and that dictated a better printer so now we have 5 and one more arriving on friday. I'm going through about 5-6kg of filament a week with just her orders and my son's toy production. Making a little extra money to break even right now. I think there's a bigger business to be had here in on-time manufacturing, but I don't know the first thing about getting in front of the people who could contract my services. I have my business page on facebook but I need some suggestions on how to get this thing profitable. I offer 3d design and 3d scanning as well.
My day job is in engineering. Mostly just designing replacement parts for electronics and industrial machines that are no longer in production or that the manufacturer wont sell. I've gone deep in the 3d design world. Pretty solid on CAD and 3d printing so my boss gave me carte blanche to build the manufacturing side of the business. Bought a few 3d printers, figured out what works and what doesn't. I can tell you straight up that just because a piece of hardware is expensive doesn't mean it's going to work right.
So I've always had at least one 3d printer at home and with my youngest being interested in 3d printing things to sell to his friends at school that number bumped up to 3. Then a friend saw a few prints and shes a crafter so she asked for some custom designs to sell and that dictated a better printer so now we have 5 and one more arriving on friday. I'm going through about 5-6kg of filament a week with just her orders and my son's toy production. Making a little extra money to break even right now. I think there's a bigger business to be had here in on-time manufacturing, but I don't know the first thing about getting in front of the people who could contract my services. I have my business page on facebook but I need some suggestions on how to get this thing profitable. I offer 3d design and 3d scanning as well.
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