Mostly for familiarizing myself with the tools. I don’t think i need to print anything but PLA and PETG to start with

edit: i bought a bambu labs a1 mini

  • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Do you want a 3d printer as a hobby, or as an appliance? I started with an Ender 3, tinkered with it until it became an entirely different printer and then broke. Did the same with a Ender 3 S1 Pro. I’ve learned how to fix just about every part by spending hours tinkering with it. I hear Prusa printers are similar but also just a little better in most respects.

    I recently got a Bambu A1 Mini. After spending a few minutes setting it up, it ran all its calibrations automatically and connected to my wifi. Then I pulled up a model I liked and hit print from my phone, and it just worked. I’m pretty tired of constantly calibrating and leveling my old printers, so it’s nice to have something that does its job without me babying it.

    I’ll probably upgrade to an X1C early next year, unless there is some new hotness by then.

    Downside: firmware isn’t open source like on the Ender.

    • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      The A1 mini is exactly what I’m eyeing. This let’s me test the waters without a huge investment and then if i feel like it’s worth persuing I can upgrade to something more hands on and flexible

      • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        2 months ago

        That’s my thought process as well. Assuming nothing happens that causes me to dislike this, I’ll buy the big fancy one later and then give this to a friend’s kid or something.

          • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Just curious, have you gotten yours yet? How do you like it? Considering buying the AMS Lite for mine this weekend. Also started using Orcaslicer to help me calibrate filaments - it’s another slicer built on a BambuStudio base but with more features including a bunch of built in calibration tools.

            • comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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              2 months ago

              My a1 mini arrived yesterday and I’ve been having a great time with it. So far I’ve only used the maker world app to print pre sliced models, but I’m gonna start digging in to the slicer this weekend