Now I want to 3d print, just to make one for my house!

If you are interested at all, the hobby has never been cheaper to get into. <$200 gets you a printer and several spools of filament to learn with.

Is this something that can be safely done inside? I started looking into it once and I saw all these warnings about only doing it outside or investing in big ventilation systems. After an hour or two looking around it seemed like too much trouble and I figured I’d wait for things to mature some more.

That’s resin printing that you need good ventilation for. I think there are some that are safer than others but for fdm which is the melting plastic and extruding it in lines there is no issue being indoors.

You can also make enclosures for them though so they are isolated

I think I was looking at resin, because it seemed to be higher quality and less error prone.

I just watched this video for a comparison. On safety it mentioned fdm needing ventilation, because of the melting plastic, but then that resin would stink up the whole house, so it sounds like that would benefit as well.

I find it funny that the top comment of the video is, “you just talked me out of this completely 😂.” This is pretty much exactly what happens to me every time. It’s something I want to like, but it seems like there are so many concessions that need to be made. This feels like a boat, where the ideal is to have a friend with one instead of owning it myself.

It’s very much not something you can just use like a printer. It’s a hobby in and of itself

Seems to be that way. I’m more interested in modeling and designing stuff, and less interested in the details around the printing. Though I do understand the limitations of the printers need to be taken into account with the design. I used to do a lot of CAD when I was younger, it would be cool to bring some of that stuff to life. I guess I’ll keep waiting for more maturity from the printers. Maybe it can be a retirement hobby for me.