Pictured to the right, the first printer i had. The Geeetech Prusa I3 X-2 
(Photo: Geeetech Wiki)​

I began my journey at school in norway in 2015 or 2016, at an age where we have to figure out what we want to do in terms of career. And at first, i thought i wanted to be a car mechanic, Because cars are cool. But during the first year of this school i slowly learned about CNC machines and CAD. Modeling something and then turning it into a reality was something really fun. And that's when it clicked. I want to use a CNC machine and make stuff.

Some time later at school, a 3D printer showed up. Creating something from nothing but a plastic string and some pre-programed movements. It was so cool to watch it move and extrude material along a generated path. similar to a CNC machine. This would then spark the interest of designing things of my own to maybe sell. 

I received my very first 3D printer after finishing the school i went to and before i went off to become an apprentice at a local CNC business. I bought the printer with the money we had been given out amongst us in the class from having a "class business", a business consisting of only us students where the teacher was available for guidance if needed. The printer arrived in parts and it was a journey to get put together to say the least. I knew nothing about using such a thing, let alone building one. But that didn't stop me. I put together this machine from Geeetech, a prusa clone but with two extruders. What a nightmare that was to get working properly i'll tell you that. 

However, I got it working before I went on my vacation, which was before I started my apprenticeship. My first step in my career life. At my first workplace, the very first step in my professional life. I gained understanding of how a project within machine making kind of business starts and ends. I got to be apart of something that made things easier for other companies around the world. 

I got my second 3D printer while i was still an apprentice. It was a tiny little printer from a company that has since gone under. So that meant no support or no updates for the printer. As well as spare parts. It got the job done when the first one was out of commission, which was a thing unfortunately. But that is life with these kinds of machines. Sometimes they work the way you want them to, and sometimes something happens with the mechanics or electrical parts of it.

I was an apprentice at my first ever job for two years before getting a job offer for the same place. I bought myself a third 3D printer. This would be the biggest one yet, and the one i would use the most. Mainly for its size, as well as capabilities and future possibilities. This printer made most of my projects i have listed throughout my website. I had space on the printer to try all kinds of things. i would also use it as a learning platform. learning how things connect together and how i could apply it to different fields. 

Also after working as an actual full time employee for two years or so, i began to take an education. At first it was a "why not" kind of thing. But after some time during the first year it became more clear to me, i don't want to purely be a machinist. I love making stuff, using my creativity to solve the simplest of issues. My inspiration and wanting to make more stuff that i wanted. Hence why i made two 3D printers (check my projects further down). Cause i finally understand how things should move and be placed together. 

I was a part time student while still working full time, which was draining at times. There were times where i did not have any motivation for schoolwork, happened way to often. But nonetheless, my knowledge grew, despite getting a lower grade in math. It still worked out though. So im very happy. 

In the fourth and last year of school, we had what was called "Main Project" (directly translated from norwegian), where we go in groups and find a solution that, for example, an outside source. We acted as like a business, or a team within a company that is handed a project that needs to developed. My group and i worked with a company that is a competitor with the company i worked at at the time. Finally using my skills for something greater. We had the whole year to come up with something. And we managed, at least to a satisfying enough factor for the teachers, passing with a decent grade. I also got to use my newest printer that i purchased. Which would be my fifth and technically sixth printer at this point. 

This solidified what i wanted to do in terms of work/career. Being product developer. Using my creativity to help others in different kinds of industries or even other parts of the world. That is what i like doing. 

My third printer. An anet A8 Plus. (Right)
(Photo: Treatstock)

The Second printer i got. A M3D Micro+ (Left)
(Photo: Stem Supplies)