I personally have never used Shapeways, but I've been thinking about it more and more. With the printers that I have at my disposal at home in and in my friends homes, I am very limited. I only have access to fdm printers which can only print in a handful of basic materials. However Shapeways allows us to have access to printers that would cost you over $500,000 to own. Does anyone here own a 3D printer but still uses Shapeways to make a lot of their designs?