Published May 14, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He holds an undergraduate degree in English, a Master's degree in English with a focus on professional writing and editing, and another Master's degree in Computing & Information Systems. After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning here at XDA. Sign in to your XDA account The first few months with a 3D printer make it very easy to lose your sense of judgment. I printed dragons, articulated sharks, tiny castles , cable toys, and at least three objects whose only purpose was proving the printer could make objects. It was fun, but it also made my printer feel more decorative than useful.…