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What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (11 children)

3d printing. I started out with a cheapish Chinese model, got annoyed by the lack of accuracy and bought a Prusa.
Then there’s the filaments, accessories, post processing stuff... I own a Dremel now for some reason!
And I’m constantly eyeing those resin 3d printers, telling myself the higher resolution is totally worth it…
The only thing saving my bank account is my low attention span and dozens of other interests :)

[–] the16bitgamer 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Lol same here.

Bought a cheap printer and it worked, but I couldn't fix it.

Then I got another cheap printer that was bigger, but it was a fire hazard

Then I got a not as cheap printer, then it broke in the stupidest way possible

So I got a the Popular Cheap Printer, and it was good enough

But I needed a Prusa since I was now selling my parts, and it was good

Then I got a bigger prusa since the popular printer turned into a sunk cost fallacy.

What should've been a one time cost of $350 turned into multiple $350-500 printers until I started a business with it and spent $1000 to stop messing with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, that's pretty cool that you made a business out of it.
What kind of parts do you make?

[–] the16bitgamer 1 points 1 year ago

So far, replacement Stylus for DS and 3ds systems. Display stands for old portables and games.

Working on a case for eReaders, but needed to move from PLA to PETG. So I'm ironing out those kinks

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