2025: A New Challenge! Handicrafts, 3D Printers, and a Six-Month Battle

This year, in addition to building websites and creating handicrafts, I'm taking on a completely new challenge: 3D printing. The reason I decided to venture into this new field is that I've determined it's essential for manufacturing and selling the jig parts needed for my handicraft creations.

An Expensive Purchase and a Big Decision

For research purposes or personal use, a relatively inexpensive 3D printer would suffice. However, my goal is ultimately "manufacturing and sales." This means I need a high-performance 3D printer capable of at least a minimum level of production, and that makes it a very expensive purchase.

To be honest, with almost no income right now, I seriously hesitated about whether I should really invest in an expensive 3D printer just to sell handicraft jig parts. But I'm convinced that the handicraft materials I currently sell can be showcased to their fullest potential by combining them with original jig parts. This belief is what pushed me forward.

Unexpected Hurdles and a Six-Month Journey

I bought the 3D printer in January 2025, expecting to be able to produce jig parts immediately, but I was sorely mistaken. Both design and 3D printer operation were completely new to me. Even though I chose a model that was supposed to be easy to use, unlike personal use, manufacturing for sale demands a quality that's acceptable as a product.

I couldn't sell subpar products, so I repeatedly remade prototypes and revised designs. I painfully realized that it wasn't easy to create something satisfactory.

And the biggest problem turned out to be the hazardous exhaust fumes from the 3D printer. If I had just used existing treatment methods adopted by others from the start, there would have been no problem. But my useless spirit of challenge surged, and I ended up trying to create my own original exhaust treatment system. In the end, almost six months passed just on the production of this hazardous exhaust treatment system.

Finally, Light at the End of the Tunnel!

However, the time has finally come to be released from this wasted effort! I'm finally seeing the completion of the hazardous exhaust treatment system that I've been battling with for so long.

All the wasted materials and time from my trial and error have become invaluable experiences. I can finally dedicate my time to design revisions, 3D printer setting adjustments, and prototype production.
From now on, I will use these past six months of hardship as fuel to create jig parts that everyone will be delighted with. Please look forward to them!