So I've been wanting to get into this part of the hobby for a long time, but in my purely subjective opinion, everything these print looks like hot garbage.
You guys are doing fantastic work and I love the innovation, but the quality just looks so cheap and not ready for prime-time.
Anyone tried acetone dipping or anything to clean up the lines and give a nice smooth doesn't look like complete ass surface?
Dude, it is all about real, out-of-the-home engineering. It opens a whole new world, and a real builder like you will dig it.
Very simple example I have from yesterday. I have a new video camera for work, and the microphone is too narrow for the shotgun mic arm. Without needing to search online for a conversion part, or going to my garage to see what I can cobble together, or running a wad a duct tape around my microphone I was able to solve this little problem. I just spend all of 5 minutes designing a part, threw it on the printer and an hour later I have a fairly professional looking solution. I can use this microphone at work without looking like an the idiot on the shoestring budget that I am on.
Now imagine having that ability for every aspect of something you are building, where you need a very specific bracket, clip, spacer, stand, enclosure, fitting, wedge, etc.... You can suddenly throw this together in no time and the bigger creation you are building looks much more professional because of it.