While refinishing wood windows I needed to replace some valance clips - some were missing completely, others I broke while removing or reinstalling the valance. 3D printer to the rescue!
There are a couple clip designs on printables.com, it's great being able to manufacture my own replacement parts!
Its things like this that make me want a 3d printer. I've currently got a broken valance that just barely holds the top cover and it drives me nuts. I'm just to proud to go and buy a $4 bag of replacements :p
It's the main reason I bought one. There are so many obscure plastic parts/hardware that are hard to find or stupidly expensive. Pretty easy to create replacements in your CAD program of choice or find a free design on printables or thingiverse.
So as a complete layman I'm interested in the cost to get into it. Like if you had to estimate the initial upfront investment how much would you say it is?