3D printed a featherboard

It's wild how similar woodworking and 3d printing are.

With woodworking

Now I can mix and match

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There is another way I find 3D printing and woodworking are similar:

3D printing: buy a $500 printer an $30 worth of filament, make a $20 feather board

Woodworking spend thousands on equipment and hundreds on wood to save buying a $200 coffee table

I still love both things though....
- But you make ten coffee tables and you break even. And then it's all profit
  
  I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment and I only give things away, there will never be a break even for me but that's not why I do it.
  
  I look at it differently. I make 1 coffee table that does everything I want/need, actually like the way it looks, & break even, albeit mentally. Same, but different, I guess.
TIL Featherboards exist! https://www.popularwoodworking.com/projects/tips-for-mastering-featherboards/
Very cool!

I got into 3D printing during COVID and it led me to my local makerspace, where I’m now learning woodworking to make a filament rack and other cool stuff. Same for electronics - I hadn’t assembled a circuit since college, but I’ve done several simple to moderate projects to improve my printers this year.
That’s awesome! How’s it holding up? Any signs of cracking?
I've been considering this. Let us know how it works/holds up
- It worked pretty well for the ~10 long thin rips I did.
- I imagine PETG would be plenty durable in this kind of application
  
  I used PLA+ with no complaints so far

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