Finally, a physical product!

    This week I got my printer and got it all set up. I was too excited for this! After going through the manual and a bunch of videos on what to do first when you get a new machine, I did a test print on a file that the machine was sent with. It was so fun to watch it go from nothing to something. It turned out pretty good, to me anyway. 

    Next up was my project, the book holder. According to the software it said it would take at least 18 hours to print. I had to wait until I could supervise it for a bit before I left it alone for the night. I started it and I could not stop watching it as it was growing. It is so cool how my idea was finally coming to life. It turns out it takes longer than it says though, it took almost 30 hours to print! It was still worth the wait, and to me it looks great. It works great too, my book does not fold in on itself now when I'm taking notes. The total cost of it, not including the machine, was 50 cents. I can only imagine the amount of money that can be saved from using a tool like this for many other things.

    I printed a few more things that I was itching to make, like 2 cable clamps for storing cables and a keychain for my daughter. It has been a bit of a learning curve with printing and all of the settings that can be tweaked and things that can go wrong, but I'm having a lot of fun with it and learning a lot. 

    My list of new projects is growing, but so is my knowledge with this new adventure. I know for sure now that I will be continuing on with designing and printing things. I loved this process of finding out how you can design and print just about anything you want!