re: Getting started in 3D printing

If you're in ebr the library has them in a few locations. You pay something like $0.05/gram for the fillament. Might be a good way to play around and figure out what youre doing and what you might want before you drop a lot of coin on a machine and have buyers remorse. You sound like you'll end up printing a lot so will eventually want to buy one but if you only needed a few things printed here or there it could be an option to save you from buying one at all. Just a thought