3D printers

[Gypsy Girl]

Want/ need a 3D printer to make things for my other hobbies. Also I just like to learn to do new things. Give me whatcha got? I’d appreciate recommendations , experiences, thoughts of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

 

[ratflinger]

One of those from the Scifi books where you can print a spaceship.

 

[loganb]

Spend some time here:

The Everything 3D Printer Thread

But, like many ask, is the objective the output or playing with the printer itself. Like so many hobbies. Some like the journey while others like the destination. I am an Industrial Designer, sculptor, and model builder. I spend my time designing stuff then building it. 3D printers are just...

www.garagejournal.com

Edit...a lot of time

You'll find several names come up more often, Ender/Creality, Bambu, Prusa....learn lots more about those 3. Reddit has large communities on both printing and each of those brands, tons on YouTube....the channel Teaching Tech is probably as good of a place as any to start

 

[Gypsy Girl]

Spend some time here:

The Everything 3D Printer Thread

But, like many ask, is the objective the output or playing with the printer itself. Like so many hobbies. Some like the journey while others like the destination. I am an Industrial Designer, sculptor, and model builder. I spend my time designing stuff then building it. 3D printers are just...

www.garagejournal.com

Edit...a lot of time

You'll find several names come up more often, Ender/Creality, Bambu, Prusa....learn lots more about those 3. Reddit has large communities on both printing and each of those brands, tons on YouTube....the channel Teaching Tech is probably as good of a place as any to start

Thank you for the advice, yes there is a lot out there. A lot of information. But like anywhere they all have pros and cons. Talked to numbers sells people. lol just wanted to get some different feed back other than stick to nursing it’s not for women.

 

[loganb]

Nice thing about 3d printers....they don't care about the gender of the person telling it what to do!

I've got a prusa, I've got a Voron and a Bambu....

If you said you had 500 bucks and wanted to buy something that works but didn't have anything in mind to print...personally I would say buy a used Prusa mk3 on FB marketplace or a new Bambu A1 with the AMS lite

If you said you had $1k to spend...I'd say a Bambu P1S with the AMS

$2k...a Bambu P1S with a 2nd AMS and a bunch more filament lol

 

[Gypsy Girl]

Nice thing about 3d printers....they don't care about the gender of the person telling it what to do!

I've got a prusa, I've got a Voron and a Bambu....

If you said you had 500 bucks and wanted to buy something that works but didn't have anything in mind to print...personally I would say buy a used Prusa mk3 on FB marketplace or a new Bambu A1 with the AMS lite

If you said you had $1k to spend...I'd say a Bambu P1S with the AMS

$2k...a Bambu P1S with a 2nd AMS and a bunch more filament lol

Nice, not sure money plays a role in when it comes to my toys or tools I want . I always seem to make it work out, lol. Nothing specific. I want to make signs and I like remodeling my houses so decor and cool kinda stuff like that. I’m an all in kinda person don’t really buy unless really intrigued. Feel like I’d be bored with the beginners and not quite ready for the full advanced models, because I feel there’s a big learning curve. But I do like the one that does multi colored lol.
But thank you for the info. I appreciate it. I’ll check out those specific ones.

 

[cvairwerks]

The Bambu A1 has a big problem right now. The power cable to the bed has been shorting out and has the potential to cause a fire.

 

[loganb]

I don't think you'd be overwhelmed with either the Prusa or Bambu units if you're comfortable learning from Youtube university.

Their are extensive online sources of files at thingiverse.com, printables.com, makerworld.com and some others where you can download a huge amount of items that range from simple to complex to print without having to do any of your own designing. On the Bambu unit, you can even browse the files on their site(Makerworld), download them to the app and push them remotely to the printer all from your phone...or at least you can on the P1S and X1C...assume the same functionality is on the others.

As you learn the machine and the settings and what PEI textured sheet vs smooth and what brims, skirts, wall loops and infill % mean and how they impact your print quality you can start playing with the different colors, multi piece prints etc. The operation of the machines (or the ones I listed) are generally pretty good...keep them clean, keep the filament stored properly(dry) and they do what you ask of them very well.

Most all of us learned this addiction/hobby by Youtube U so I think you can too if you want!

And yes....multicolored prints are super fun to both use and show off!

 

[nadogail]

Welcome to the Forum from my little corner of Southwestern California