This is my sentiment too. I&#x27;m excited by the possibilities of 3D printing, but at the moment all of my friends who&#x27;ve purchased printers are using them to create shoddy little trinkets. The kind of printers that could produce practical items are outside the budget of the average early adopter.<p>Of course, it&#x27;s a matter of time before tech advancement fixes this problem, but today there&#x27;s little reason to buy one of these machines if all you are planning to do is actually print useful stuff, rather than experiment with 3D printers as a hobby.