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Click, print, profit: More young Singaporeans build on 3D printing to start side hustles

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(From left) Co-founders of 3D printing brand Inner Child Creations Chng Ying Tong, 32, and Nicholas Chee, 46, at their shop at 153 Mei Ling Street on Nov 15. 

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The barriers to entry for 3D printing have become so low that a 3D printer can be purchased for around $300 for use at home.

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SINGAPORE – Of the hundreds of thousands of items that can be crafted with 3D printing, Mr Jovi Lim, 19, chose to perfect one – table lamps.

“Since a young age, I’ve preferred using small lamps, and not big ceiling lights in my room. I love how they make a space warm,” says Mr Lim, who is in the final year of his diploma in business administration at Singapore Polytechnic.

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