Want To Buy A 3d Printer - Which Should I Buy?
If you have one please tell me about it - how long have you had it, how much do you use it? Is it great or awful?
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I bought a kit for $450ish and assembly was pretty easy, but I'm good with this kind of stuff. I'd recommend a metal frame instead of plastic, standard parts as mentioned above because you'll have to rebuild the extruder periodically for worn gear and nozzle replacements, heater replacement, and some cables will fail after a while due to repeated flexing. My extruder motor got funny for a while and after replacing the whole works, found it was the stepper motor cable had gone out.
One of the features I like most is a Z proximity sensor and auto bed leveling software. Setting the bed height is one of the most tedious chores, and it's a good thing when the hardware makes up for small errors. I had to replace the bed adjustment nuts with nylock type due to loosening. You need to put some lock-tite on other fasteners to stop disasters.
Reality is you'll have to do maintenance and rebuilding, so a kit gets you the assembly knowledge.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015IHMOSK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Price is down to $390, pretty good deal imo.
One of the features I like most is a Z proximity sensor and auto bed leveling software. Setting the bed height is one of the most tedious chores, and it's a good thing when the hardware makes up for small errors. I had to replace the bed adjustment nuts with nylock type due to loosening. You need to put some lock-tite on other fasteners to stop disasters.
Reality is you'll have to do maintenance and rebuilding, so a kit gets you the assembly knowledge.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015IHMOSK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Price is down to $390, pretty good deal imo.