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I've never found an elegant solution to add weight to prints. What are your favorite ways? What's the best cost/weight ratio? Weight to space? Cost/weight/space balance?

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[–] Zeth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

How much would you say that adds to the cost of the print? Just ballpark it for me please 😉

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

Well, this is how you horde them for when they become novelties at some point in the future.