Entry level or mid range, I don’t want to break the bank as it probably won’t get used much but I don’t want to get straight trash either. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Not discounted currently (I’m not convinced BF/CM aren’t all fake), but I recently got a Sovol SV06 for ~$209 from Amazon and had seen it at that price for several months, so it’ll probably come back down again.
I had one minor issue but the troubleshooting video on the Amazon page showed me how to fix it, and it’s been printing like a champ with no issues so far. FDM printer (i.e., not resin) with an all metal hotend so it can handle more exotic/stronger filament types. The auto bed leveling is also super great, most Enders don’t come with that and from what I’ve heard bed leveling is a bitch.
Also it’s been my only 3D printer ever so I don’t have much of a reference point except the ones we had in university that were almost always broken. (Or at the least unlevel)
Cheapest reasonable quality sla printer I’ve seen so far: https://a.co/d/hyT4uV5 I bought one to replace my old epac x1
Thanks, that’s about what price I had in mind. It’s been awhile since I’ve priced them so I’m happy to see decent ones under $200.
Not a printer, but Playmaker ASA is on a decent sale currently: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0B45QLHFQ their 3 kg blue spool is $50
If you’re asking about a printer, are you looking to go FDM or SLA/resin?
Colorfabb.com has a 25% sale. For everyone looking for quality filament in Europe.
I’m not sure. I’m starting from zero so either? I’m pretty technically inclined but I’m hoping it’s easy enough to keep my teenaged daughter interested, if that makes a difference.
SLA is nice and you can make intricate figurines but it’s usefulness is limited. resin is also expensive, and a pain to manage and clean up.
if it’s your first foray into printing definitely stick with a “normal” filament plastic machine (FDM). you can do a lot more large-form stuff and also make significant inroads into making mechanical/functional parts that could solve problems around your house even. SLA can’t do that. Plus when FDM fucks up bigly it can usually be fix with a screwdriver and 2 sizes of allen key…
@IMALlama I think my account is borked. I can see the comments in my inbox but on my post I can only see my comment. It says (6) comments but I only see mine. A number of communities don’t seem to show up properly, I thought it was just a Lemmy issue but maybe it’s a me issue. I also didn’t think this community was even active because the newest posts are a couple months old for me but I’ve gotten good feedback so thanks for all of the advice and the crash course.
It may be the instanced you signed up with. I think lemmy.world has defederated from a bunch of other instances plus has a lot of users and a lot of stability issues because of that.
I only had ‘undetermined’ selected for a language option, I added English and all is good. Thank you though.
