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Anyone got advice for a good beginner friendly budget 3D printer? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mostly for familiarizing myself with the tools. I don't think i need to print anything but PLA and PETG to start with

edit: i bought a bambu labs a1 mini

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've heard that the ender 3s are really fiddly. I'm not opposed to tinkering, but if I'm being honest i just want something i can push print on with minimal fuss for my first printer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anything in that price range will be fiddly. You can spend a little more (eg. Bambu, Prusa) and gain reliability and support. But I've used $200 Enders and $50,000 commercially maintained Stratasys Fortus machines and aside from printing ABS and dissolvable support material, my cheap hand-tuned POS outperforms it in every regard. We just replaced the Fortus with a couple Utilimaker S7s at work and I'm still watching mechanical engineers print spaghetti at least once a week.