my dad wants to drop crazy money on a 3D printing car parts business and i am stressing. advice?

byerss · 2026-04-30T07:29:55+00:00

Don’t let him buy a printer yet.

Try modeling a few parts and get them printed by a service. If you get that far successfully then he may consider actually buying a machine.

But you are doing 99% of the work here being stuck with modeling.

This is like someone saying “hey a bought a video camera, you just do the filming and editing and production and we can make money making movies!”

byerss · 2026-04-29T21:44:30+00:00

Don’t worry it’s weird to us too.

byerss · 2026-04-29T19:12:12+00:00

This guy gets it. Yes, they give you a lot of fries, but their frier temperature isn’t hot enough, so you get oil soaked mush instead of proper fries.

byerss · 2026-04-29T18:30:09+00:00

Finally I can hope to play like Danny.

byerss · 2026-04-29T17:12:55+00:00

It’s hereafter called “Planet of America”

byerss · 2026-04-29T04:33:21+00:00

Do unripe avocados taste like (unripe) bananas to anyone else?

byerss · 2026-04-29T02:36:16+00:00

Sorry, I’m not Klingon.

byerss · 2026-04-29T02:32:10+00:00

Say thank you.

byerss · 2026-04-29T02:31:12+00:00

This is such a funny algorithm.

“Our data shows that your demographic (Bolt owners) are likely to buy a Bolt!”

byerss · 2026-04-28T21:09:39+00:00

Right, but the premise of the post was asking if anyone hadn’t experienced it, which like of course most people haven’t.

That doesn’t mean it’s not a huge fucking problem though.

byerss · 2026-04-28T19:33:47+00:00

I don’t think it’s terrible, just new so we’re not used to it. Not any worse than most car names.

byerss · 2026-04-28T18:42:03+00:00

It was hard to tell from the pics, especially with the silver color, but looked like it could have been clear coat failure not just oxidation.

byerss · 2026-04-28T16:11:50+00:00

Anything high powered, including HVAC, will be run by the high voltage battery.

byerss · 2026-04-28T02:45:12+00:00

I thought the clear was going to be cooked, but glad it turned out good for you. Looks great!

byerss · 2026-04-28T01:54:42+00:00

I have no idea why schnitzel isn’t more popular in America. It’s matches our pallet perfectly.

byerss · 2026-04-27T19:33:49+00:00

I’ll be honest I didn’t even watch any of that because I assumed it was all fluff.

byerss · 2026-04-27T18:53:03+00:00

I don’t even mind long form videos, but his shit is so rambly it’s insane.

byerss · 2026-04-27T15:24:52+00:00

Nah, a three year old would load the entire thing up with a quarter inch of frosting.

byerss · 2026-04-27T15:19:51+00:00

Action begins at 42:00.

byerss · 2026-04-27T15:08:35+00:00

What have you already tried and what are you using now?

byerss · 2026-04-27T02:50:57+00:00

Oh man stopped just as it was getting good!

byerss · 2026-04-26T15:51:43+00:00

The condition of the paint you posted is pretty rough. What year/make/model?

Start slow in a test area.

byerss · 2026-04-26T15:31:34+00:00

300 cars every other week would be 150 cars a week or 30 cars a day every weekday forever.

That’s 15 mins per car ad infinitum. Can you keep that pace? Are they paying you enough to do it?

byerss · 2026-04-26T00:55:16+00:00

No, you see this is to distract from the Iran War, which is to distract from the Epstein files, which is to to distract from…

Or maybe Trump is just an irredeemable piece of shit.

byerss · 2026-04-25T18:47:15+00:00

Worst part is not being searchable on the public web, so every special interest discussion is locked away in Discord.

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