3d printing has 'high barrier to entry' for novices
- 1 costs
- 2 it is 'difficult' - mostly u'd need to assemble the 3d printing kit
- 3 it is 'difficult' - u'd need to dig around the internet for the right s/w to get started and lots of tuning needed for a real print (perhaps lots of things to learn - especially when a print goes wrong)
- 4 as well as technical physical challenges e.g. you are dealing hotends running at 200+ deg C, highly flammable solvents (e.g. acetone) - fire hazard
for those who are keen but is not yet ready to mess with a real 3d printer
there are some tips for challenge (3)
you can get started with 'virtual 3d printing', see this post in this thread
https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/109707892-post7.html
after you test your 'virtual print' actually you won't really need a 3d printer, you can search for 3d printing services locally and have them print the stl file, u'd probably still need to work rather closely with them as some models are probably unprintable