3D printer folks. I currently own an Anycubic Photon Mono X I was gifted and it does a good job of small models, scatter terrain, bits for minis, etc.
I'm considering an FDM printer for straighter edges, larger (lighter!) terrain, and printing 3D structural stuff (makkin' as we say up here). For example, if I need a propeller, I'll print one. Not something I can do with resin.
Recs for a mid-range FDM printer? Would prefer to avoid Bambu for obvious reasons.
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Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •What's your budget?
In general my current go-to recommendations are:
- Prusa (if affordable & available)
- Qidi Tech (Cheap but okay)
- Snapmaker U1
And to avoid:
- Bambu (fuckwits)
- Creality (IPO & heavy AI slop)
- FlashForge (AI, false marketing)
- Anycubic (often cheap shit, thieves)
Andy
Als Antwort auf Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •Haha, okay. 😁 if money allows it the by far best option on the market keeps being Prusa (also the only non-Chinese option by now, Prusa is EU-based). Their "Core One" lineup are awesome printers.
Some may point out that you'll generally get the same model quality with other modern printers, and that's true! The reason why Prusa is more expensive however are all the other things that make a product great, such as repairability (parts & tutorials), no "dark patterns" and long-term support.
Perfectly Unstable
Als Antwort auf Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸 • • •@Natanox
Not only long-term support, 24/7 support. I had a problem a Saturday night, since that’s when I had time to play with the printer. Went to fire off an email, but the chat was open as well. Got a response and the issue resolved in ~20 minutes.
My main irritant is a slightly lower build volume than many others, but other than that very happy. Bought a MK4 as a kit and upgraded it to MK4S, then to a Core One, and added a MMU for multiple colors. Soon to be a INDX for true multi-material
Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Als Antwort auf Perfectly Unstable • • •micha
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •Natanox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
Als Antwort auf micha • • •@micha No. Just no.
"Many hate Bambu"
Yeah, because they fuck over their customers, their printers are irrepairable shit and even if they catch fire (the A1) Bambu will try to hide the issue. They break (FOSS) licenses, their lawyers are going after everyone who dares to look into their software and their influencer campaigning is atrociously manipulative.
Don't suggest something from a company everyone in the community knows are absolute shitbags.
oisin
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •ObtuseRecluse
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •find a printer that is supported by the slicer you intend to use, most budget printers are "good enough" nowadays. I used to tinker alot with my printers and always ending up regretting not buying the more feature rich model. Here are a few things I would not go without anymore when buying a new printer:
Any kind of automatic bed levelling, a nozzle probe is nice to have but not necessary.
An actual enclosure. This way I can filter the air and keep dust out at the same time.
A build plate over 250x250mm simply because I print at this scale.
Any kind of mmu/ams/cms, i never print multi colour but i do want my filament in a humidity controlled environment plus automatically changing over when the filament runs out is nice.
Quick ish nozzle swaps, i have upgraded my daily to a micro swiss flowtech hotend so i can change nozzles without much hassle so I can have sharp detail when necessary or caulk gun mode when prototyping.
Corexy kinematics since I find bed slingers to be lacking in tall prints
Andy
Als Antwort auf ObtuseRecluse • • •Eric
Als Antwort auf Andy • • •a year ago i buyed a sovol. And i love him. Its no core XY (why should i need). Its a Sovol sv06 ace. There is a 230x230 Version and a bigger one.
The got EU stores. (250€)
Works plug & play.
Only the sv08 maybe need more optimizig..
bellforin
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