# Getting started with FDM

> For a workshop deciding whether to buy a printer, and what to buy — before it becomes a shelf ornament.

Source: https://amitkuzi.com/services/fdm-getting-started/

The machine is the cheapest part of the decision. What decides whether it earns
its place is the parts you intend to make, the material they have to survive,
and who in the shop is going to run it on a Tuesday when it fails mid-job.

We work backwards from your parts to the machine, not the other way around. If
the honest answer is that outsourcing is cheaper for your volume, that is the
answer you get.

## What you get

- Machine and enclosure choice matched to your parts and your space
- The real running costs: material, failed prints, maintenance, operator time
- A first set of working profiles, not factory defaults
- One person in the shop trained to run and unblock it