I've had so many issues with my Anycubic resin 3d printer, and for this and other reasons, have been considering an FDM/filament printer.
Is it fair to say that most printers in the $150-300 range are crap? I just saw on one of her LED necklace tutorials that @geekmomprojects uses the Prusa MINI+, and it seems like a good number of makers speak highly of that brand, so maybe that's where I'll look. But any tips on where else to look/stay away from are appreciated! #3dprinting#3dprinter#FDM
@yelof@geekmomprojects depends on what you want; I wanted a first printer as a tinkerer to learn about 3d printing and was gifted an Ender 3 V2 when that was new. It’s been great, I learned a lot, and (after mods and upgrades) it reliably turns out really good prints.
(tho to be fair it turned out decent prints for the price as soon as I was done assembling it. but only if they were the kind of objects that were… not simple, that’s wrong… it did a good benchy out of the box and that’s not really simple. But it is small! So not on larger objects and not on objects that were challenging. It now does well on objects that are large and/or challenging.)
But if you want something turnkey, yeah - spend more.
@moira Hi! I really appreciate this reply. Just the sort of perspective/angle of review I was looking for. Sorry for my delay in replying---thank you for taking time to help me!
I live for learning/tinkering but with all of my learning/tinkering time tied up in other projects, I think I'm willing to pay a bit more for 'turnkey', so long as it's an easy machine to maintain/repair. Thank you again
@yelof Not at all, and I hope you have lots of fun with your new printer! (I think 3D printing is pretty dang cool even if you want or need turnkey. :D )
@yelof@geekmomprojects there's more modern, quicker, cheaper, cooler, etc than Prusa. But they have a long history of "just works" with support for the machines a decade after release.
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