Ok, so I know nothing about 3d printing, but since we became empty nester, am looking for a new hobby. My wife us taking up pottery, but thats not for me, and 3d printing seems like a good bit of fun.

Started looking at videos and comparisons and all that, and the Ender 3 came up, but it seems smaller, so looked at the 5 plus. Then I started to wonder if there might be better options, while staying under $1000. Bambu, Prusa, Anycubic…what should I look at if I want larger prints but am a beginner.

  • atocci@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You make a fair point, I feel like ive been working on this thing for the last 2 months straight to finally get some real high quality prints out of it. I think I’ve only had one real breakdown though, and it’s totally my fault for not making sure the first layer stuck to the bed before walking away.

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      1 year ago

      The self bed levelling has pretty much never worked. We’ve had to install manual adjusters to get prints to adhere.