What is a new thing, a new something that you have recently gotten into, or that you have been a long time participant in, that you find very entertaining and fun and time consuming and distracting?
What things would we need to purchase to get into that thing?
How did you get into that thing?
3D printing.
Get a used printer or build a new one (building it teaches you a lot about how it works).
Start downloading models… toys, gifts, tools.
Start seeing what little things you can fix and improve around your home.
Encounter something you need to print, but can’t find anywhere to download… Get into CAD and start making your own models.
Also there’s a nice side effect if you get into 3D printing: it’s suddenly really easy for your family/friends to buy gifts for you. There’s never enough filaments you could have.
I haven’t the courage to fix my 3D printer sitting in the garage (classic core-xy), should I buy a cheap laser one instead? One with that liquid that solidifies under uv light.
No no, don’t do that. If FDM (classic filament printer, as you say) is a hassle for you, then SLA (a UV resin printer) is not for you at all. It’s way more involved, requires protective gear as the resin is toxic while uncured, and requires a ventilated work space. Also, generally SLA is waaaay slower than FDM, due to significantly increased resolution.
They’re just intended for different use cases and different requirements. In most cases they’re not an equivalent substitution for each other.
Thanks! I had forgotten about the toxicity, that’s why I never tried ABS…
The hassle isn’t the printing itself, it’s just that I don’t have the pc with the marlin code and all that any more, I built my printer so everything had to be adjusted and tweaked… And as I built it myself there were shortcomings, very fun and instructive but maybe I should just buy an old working one… Compatible with that expensive E3D full metal hotend :-)