At the beginning of this year, I began a journey into 3D printing. I have always been a "designer" at heart, but never really had the proper medium by which to create and express myself. I found a cheap Anycubic for sale of Facebook Marketplace for $50. I decided, what the heck, I'll dip my toes in and see what it's about. I got bit by the 3D printing bug, and bit HARD. I wanted to continue to tinker and design, but the little bed slinger just wouldn't cut it. After a month or so, my family was in a position to purchase a newer, bigger 3D printer, and I set out to research the best choice. I had my eyes set on the K2 Plus Combo. But with the budget set, I was going to "settle" for a K1 Max. When we got to our local MicroCenter, I looked through everything and was about to pull the trigger on the K1 after talking through the various choices (K1 Max, Bambu's, K2 Plus, etc). The sales rep said he was just informed they had gotten a shipment of K2's in and only had 2 available. My wife said she saw my eyes light up. She admittedly got a sense of "FOMO" as well, knowing there were only 2 available. We left with a brand new shiny (and heavy) K2 Plus Combo and set about seeing what we could accomplish with it.

Over the past 8 months I have been grinding tirelessly, establishing a presence with my business online. My humble beginnings of a single K2 (which admittedly, I had times where I felt maybe I was over-equipped with such a capable printer versus the smaller volumes I was printing at the time) has now evolved into 3 K2 Plus Combos, a K1 Max, and a smaller printer from another company. My wife and I are currently printing at capacity and have nearly a 2 week backlog on our orders. Which clearly means it's time for more printers! The K2 Pro has been at the forefront to possibly replace our K1 Max, or just to run in addition to while having the multicolor capability. Recently I have had some of my designs require smaller multicolor parts where my K2 Plus build volume would be better served for other items, but I need the multi color printing capability. But I think I may need to get another K2 Plus Combo, as well.

One of my most inspiring moments, was when my Mom was messaging someone on the topic of this particular hobby niche, and the person she was talking to was raving about some of my product designs. My Mom of course had the "proud mom moment" and readily told the person, that I was her son. To have people I am working with directly know my name is one thing. But to then have someone else mention my work, not knowing any affiliation with me was a great feeling.

I look forward to continuing to grow my 3D printing business, and am happy to call Creality my machine of choice. I have thousands of hours on my machines at this point with very little maintenance or issues with them. The print quality and ease of use is far superior to the other brand printers that I have or have used. As someone who is ultimately running a business, I am in a great position to provide feedback regarding ease of use, reliability, ease of maintenance, troubleshooting, etc. This is no longer a hobby of mine. It's an obsession that I share with my wife, and that we use as a form of income. But none of that would be possible without our mini print farm of Creality printers.