Originally shared by Kurt Meister
Do you need arguments for buying a 3d printer? #2:
The bracket of our good old pastamachine was broken. Today I replaced this part by a printed one. Now the machine is back into business, the pasta was great and my wife realizes, that a 3D printer is quite handy. 
And uploaded to thingiverse? 
Not yet. Will do it, if there is a need.
Yet things are moving so fast they are already behind the cut by the time they are recieved, up n running.
The main problems lie In the tweaking and calibrating comatantly thats involved to getting pieces to print juuust right.
They really are amazing though. 
cura
@Steve_Sharp he’s got an Ultimaker, so the tweaking its pretty minimal and the units are in stock at least for the original version. Things are moving fast in terms of progress, but prices are dropping drastically. We are definitely in the stage of early adoption, but it’s still so much fun… and a pain in the ass at the same time. I’d still recommend buying a reputable printer kit from a company that has a good track record. In terms of up and running, if you get a prebuilt kit, you should be up in running in 30 minutes or less. I had a replicator 2x printing in 20 minutes from the time I got the box open. There still is learning curve for printing difficult parts tho
