I’m now getting on for six months hands-on experience of 3D printing. That doesn’t make me a world-leading expert but it is enough time to have a better idea of how I can make use of the technology, what I’d do again and what I might think about doing differently. I’ll reflect on my choice of printer, filament and software in a series of posts over the coming week or so. By and large, I’m happy with the choices I’ve made but there are certainly refinements and things I would have done a little differently if I had known then what I have discovered since.

One thing I am very happy about is the decision to make an active start on 3d printing rather than just watching videos about other people doing it. I don’t have the printer running every day but it is rare that I go more than a week without transforming a bit more filament into something useful.