Like where is a good place to buy stl files online, so far ive only printed free files but i think i want to try those neat paid ones, im just not sure where to buy stl files from?
I mostly like useful prints like tools or anything that can help in day to day living.
What site would you suggest i checkout and why so?
Are you coming from a CNC background? I ask because it seems like everybody in the CNC world wants people to pay for designs, and everyone in 3D printing just uploads it to Printables or Thingiverse for free. I’m always surprised at the difference between the two hobbies that are so closely related.
Yeah, as an old toolmaker, we have it pounded into us that time is money and seconds have a cost. Plus it also tends to eliminate the riff raff. If you are willing to pay for something I designed, then you are far less likely to ask for freebies, (If I had a nickle for every time). Also there is the years of learning and development of skills involved that has value.
I used to upload free designs, but I got tired of all the clowns that wanted me to do this “little” change here or there for free, (I would release CAD files also). Or they complained about how their poorly calibrated and operated printer couldn’t hit the tolerances of +/-.1mm and I was a bad person and should be shunned.
I got tired of it all and pulled all my designs down. Now everything I design will never see that light of day. If you want it, do it yourself. I did…