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.

  • Scratch@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    1 year ago

    Avoid the Ender as a first printer. Avoid AnyCubic in general (Kobra Go’s are garbage)

    Prusa make excellent printers, but charge for them Bambu also make excellent printers but charge for them.

    • atocci@kbin.social
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      What’s wrong with Anycubic these days? An i3 Mega S was my first 3D printer and I have complaints, but it’s not garbage.

      • Scratch@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        I have a mega x and 2 kobra go’s. I don’t think there has been a single infant in time where they all worked together. Constant breakdowns!

        • atocci@kbin.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          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.

          • Scratch@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

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