I’ve got 3 on my list.
- BT-PAN Access Point - Kinda ridiculous, but I’d like to have one. I’ve also found a few BT-PAN-enabled dial-up modems, but I’d have no way to connect those up. Some of those could even be connected to USB printers for wireless printing. Not particularly useful anymore, I just find those devices interesting.
- Dot matrix printer - This one isn’t even as ridiculous. I really love that sound and how the text they print looks. Sadly, if I am looking for new ones, a basic 9-pin Epson dot matrix is around €200. But the ribbons are cheap as chips. In fact, often even cheaper. Just imagine casually handing out a document printed on dot matrix to someone nowdays.
- Nano pocket drone - Something like FQ777-124. Maybe a toy like that is a bit childish, but it still can be fun. In fact I already tried to order this one. From 4 different sellers, twice on AliExpress, twice on Amazon. I never got it :(
counselwolf ( @counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 23•10 months agoA 3D Printer, I think I’d enjoy making small “functional” things.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 12•10 months agoI thought that, too but I mostly make small non-functional things, which is also nice
golli ( @golli@lemm.ee ) 10•10 months agoI like the idea, but I fear that I would quickly run out of things to print that I actually need. After then I’d start looking for applications. And the one thing I don’t need in my life are more small (or large) plastic things.
👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English8•10 months agoFixing and adapting things around the house is what I like most about having a 3d printer.
I’m pretty sure the first printer is now paid for itself by doing that. Just because of things I haven’t had to pay to replace. As of this summer I’m up to 3 printers and I can’t claim I’ve paid for all 3.
davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English3•10 months agoI have a CNC router for work, but I do use it for random things around the house occasionally. Building shelves is suddenly a lot easier…
boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 3•10 months agoCan you give some examples of things you’ve replaced? I’m just curious
👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English3•10 months agoSure.
- Feet for my keyboard
- Some shims for an over door set of hooks that were too wide for all our doors
- A knob for my garage door
- A chock for the same garage door
- The screw rings that hold the shades on a floor lamp
- A cap for some antique bellows that my grandfather made (so it can go in storage and not end up full of rodents)
- All sorts of screws and rods and covers of various sorts.
I’m about to design a new ceiling lamp nut for our kitchen, because the original has gone missing after a light bulb change. I’ll use a spare metal nut then print a cover to go on it so it looks intentional.
boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 2•10 months agoThat’s amazing, thanks!
kubica ( @kubica@kbin.social ) 3•10 months agoSame, but I would be picky and not want a small one. But still would end up as a decorative object, so…
limeaide ( @limeaide@lemmy.ml ) 2•10 months agoI want one too but I’m scared I won’t use it. I’m holding off until I meet someone with one and see it in person
counselwolf ( @counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•10 months agosomebody said try your local library (this is probably a US thing)
neal33 ( @neal33@lemm.ee ) English2•10 months agoDo it! I recently purchased one and love it. Feel free to ask questions if you have any.
Mkengine ( @Mkengine@feddit.de ) 1•10 months agoWhat are everyday uses for a 3D printer?
neal33 ( @neal33@lemm.ee ) English1•10 months agoGreat for fixing items around the house. Anything that is plastic or could be replaced with plastic can usually be printed. Also great for hardware and jigs. I’ve had mine for a bit over a month now and have been constantly running it. Check out printables or thingiverse to get an idea of what people are printing. Both are websites people upload models to.
counselwolf ( @counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•10 months agoit’s not a priority right now, maybe when I get extra money.
I’m looking forward to it though
Rockslide0482 ( @Rockslide0482@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•10 months agoCheck your library. Mine has one available to use at many of the branches in my area. If I ever come up with something to print instead of buying one I’m going to try that out. Then if I decide to get really into it, I’ll have practical knowledge to know what I’d actually want to buy.
Instead, I’ve just never done any 3D printing, which is also fine.
counselwolf ( @counselwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 1•10 months agois this a US thing? I don’t think we have these in our country.
Rockslide0482 ( @Rockslide0482@discuss.tchncs.de ) English2•10 months agoI don’t think it’s necessarily universal in US libraries either. I’m not in a big city, but overall our library system is pretty good. They have a number of branches with “maker labs” so there are things like Cricuts, sewing machines, laser cutters, audio recording/production equipment and 3D printers you can rent. I’d recommend at least checking around.
kubica ( @kubica@kbin.social ) 17•10 months agoIt might sound dumb, but I thought for a long time if it was worth to buy a tablet or not. Because I suspected I wouldn’t even use it if had it. Then I found a great sale that helped me confirm my suspicion.
room_raccoon ( @room_raccoon@kbin.social ) 2•10 months agoIf you don’t use it, maybe you could mount it in the kitchen to pull up recipes on. That’s what I would do, anyway
calhoon2005 ( @calhoon2005@aussie.zone ) 1•10 months agoThat and a music remote if you have some Bluetooth speakers about the place.
👍Maximum Derek👍 ( @Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de ) English16•10 months agoA Flipper Zero. I probably have the components to make something functionally equivalent, but that form factor, all-in-one nature, and simple UI look nice.
I have no need for it, I just want to tinker.
TheButtonJustSpins ( @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ) English7•10 months agoSame. Also a lockpicking learning set. Just seems fun.
Dubious_Fart ( @Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml ) English13•10 months agoAn electric bike.
Always wanted one. Will never, ever happen though. The thousands of dollars they cost will always be better spent on bills/food/meds/doctors appointments.
boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 1•10 months agoYou can get kits to retro fit a standard push bike. I think you can do that for a few hundred.
Dubious_Fart ( @Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml ) English3•10 months agoevery decent conversion kit I’ve seen has been around a grand, and still requires you to buy a decent bike to put it on, plus puts the onus on me to not fuck everything up.
boogetyboo ( @boogetyboo@aussie.zone ) 1•10 months agoAh fair enough. I had second hand info from my partner who was looking into it. He already had a spare bike to convert and he didn’t think it was too expensive to do - favoured the option over buying an actual E bike that he wasn’t positive he’d use much.
eezeebee ( @eezeebee@lemmy.ca ) English11•10 months ago- A bike. My last one was stolen off my apartment balcony
- A kayak. Nowhere to put it though, and the balcony is out of the question thanks to 1.
guyrocket ( @guyrocket@kbin.social ) 7•10 months ago- The best lock for bike and kayak.
;)
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 2•10 months agoThey have folding kayaks if that would suffice. There’s also some types that break into pieces and slide into each other like cups taking a 12 foot kayak down to like 3 feet.
I’d avoid inflatables in most cases though.
lol3droflxp ( @lol3droflxp@kbin.social ) 1•10 months agoAren’t the folding ones like super expensive?
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 2•10 months ago$500 for an Oru Lake
$280 for a Tucktec 10’
There are other models but those seem to be the most popular.
They can absolutely get crazy expensive and started that way but have come down in price a lot.
lol3droflxp ( @lol3droflxp@kbin.social ) 2•10 months agoThat’s unexpected, thx
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 1•10 months agoSame, I’m also currently looking for a kayak and it surprised me as well since when I last looked there wasn’t one under 1k.
Now of course they are limited compared to a normal kayak but for someone in an apartment that has no other options it would at least get them something until their living arangement allowed them to get a proper one.
And if all you ever want to to is casually hang out on flat water it really doesn’t limit you at all.
lol3droflxp ( @lol3droflxp@kbin.social ) 1•10 months agoI know a guy who has one with stabilising air pockets on the side so it can actually be used along the coast for fishing but that one is super expensive
QuinceDaPence ( @QuinceDaPence@kbin.social ) 1•10 months agoIt would probably/possibly work without them but the issue with folding kayaks on the sea or rivers is more impacts, there’s a lot of rocks in the fun rivers and in the ocean/sea there’s reefs and other abrasives.
Whereas with a rotomolded kayak its durable enough to even be used for rentals in those conditions. You pretty much don’t have to give a shit with a rotomold since they can take a lot of abuse.
Gnorv ( @Gnorv@feddit.de ) 2•10 months agoWhere do you live? I might have a kayak to sell.
eleefece ( @eleefece@kbin.social ) 8•10 months ago- A stand mixer, I’ve always wanted one but don’t have the space or the money.
- A dreamcast, I foolishly sold the one I had and I miss it a lot.
- An iPad just to try Procreate. I’ve seen videos that make it look like the bees knees and it really catches my attention.
toiletwhole ( @toiletwhole@feddit.de ) English5•10 months agoI have a stand mixer that I acutely never use. It’s decent and almost new.
Maybe I can get it somehow to you.
eleefece ( @eleefece@kbin.social ) 2•9 months agoThanks! I appreciate the intention but considering that I live in Mexico, probably with the shipping cost I could afford a new one, hahaha.
AtomicPopsicle ( @AtomicPopsicle@beehaw.org ) English4•10 months agoI’m with you on the iPad for Procreate. I also just want something I can take to bed or outside so I can draw, and the drawing tablet I have only works on desktop/laptop with too many wires running across, so I usually only use it for graphic work or cleaning up sketches
eleefece ( @eleefece@kbin.social ) 2•10 months agoIndeed, having to carry only one screen to draw on sounds very tempting.
room_raccoon ( @room_raccoon@kbin.social ) 2•10 months agoI love my stand mixer! I don’t have room either, but I still carry it back and forth to and from the kitchen to use it all the time. It’s pretty difficult to carry for me but still less work than kneading for ten minutes.
Brkdncr ( @Brkdncr@artemis.camp ) 8•10 months agoA small construction excavator. I hate having to move dirt and gravel around with a shovel by hand.
A trailer. Would also come in useful for the aforementioned item.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod ( @Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social ) 6•10 months agoA pasta roller attachment for my mixer. Pasta is crazy easy to make and I think I can do that more often with the right tools
jmp242 ( @jmp242@sopuli.xyz ) 6•10 months agoI suppose a newer supertelephoto lens for my camera. I don’t use it enough to actively look for it, but if someone got me an RF 100-500 as a present I wouldn’t say no. Or even a EF Tamron 150-600 G2.
A side by side ATV kind of thingy for going out on the trails in our woods.
I_Has_A_Hat ( @I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.ml ) 6•10 months agoThermal Camera.
They’re just so cool. Super useful for checking the effectiveness of stuff like insulation or heat sinks, and can be used to find hot spots you didn’t know existed.
I just have trouble justifying dropping $300 on something I would only get maybe an hour max of usefulness from before it sits in a box for years.
stoicshrubbery ( @stoicshrubbery@lemm.ee ) 2•10 months agoI did this but with an infrared thermometer gun. As far as everyday use goes, it’s super helpful for cooking.
datendefekt ( @datendefekt@lemmy.ml ) 5•10 months agoEver since my father passed I’ve got his old motorcycle standing around. So first thing would be a driver’s license for motorcycling. But I’m already taking classes so that’s that. And the biggest lesson is what a money sink this hobby can be.
Then I’ll need a motorcycle - either get the old thing working again or get a new one. Or why not both? Because the old one’s 30 years old and doesn’t have ABS.
And the third thing would be a Bambu Lab P1 3d printer. I don’t need the speed but damn do they look good.
BlueKey ( @BlueKey@kbin.social ) 5•10 months agoA Teletype
I just like the sound and the oldschool vibe of these machines.
But the ‘realistic’ aspect shrinks as they are hard to get. davefischer ( @davefischer@beehaw.org ) English2•10 months agoI have a non-functioning ASR-33, and an almost-functioning DECwriter III.
megane-kun ( @megane_kun@lemm.ee ) English5•10 months agoA (mechanical) typewriter. I have a cork board next to my desk and I’ve fancied replacing my handwritten cheat sheets and notes with typewritten ones. There’s just something about typewritten stuff that makes it “official” to me.
A scooter/bike (electric would be fine). Never learned how to ride one, but I’d love to just take it for a ride up/down quiet mountain roads. Sure, I’d need to ride for a long time to reach somewhere quiet, but I feel that it’d be worth it.
alp ( @alp@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•10 months agoOne of my favorite things living rural is the peace and quiet everywhere all the time
megane-kun ( @megane_kun@lemm.ee ) English1•10 months agoIKR! If it were only more convenient (getting necessities without having to go very far, or just have them easily delivered), I’d probably love to live in a rural place.
Right now though, I am way too used to living inside of a big city.
ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠 ( @Nemo@midwest.social ) 4•10 months agoA tattoo on the inside of each forearm: On my left wrist, a wine key, all tools fanned out. On the right, a pocketknife, all tools fanned out. I’d specifically want my wine key and my (official BSA) pocketknife.
CrabAndBroom ( @CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml ) 3•10 months agoYeah one of those little drones is definitely on my list. Also one of those big wide curvy computer monitors. I don’t even know what I’d do with it, I just think they’re neat lol
Edit: Oh yeah, also one of those giant Wacom tablets.