Best 3D printer for me? Comment advice.

[pam987]

Nice suggestion

[Susanne]

From my opinion I would say Creality Ender-3 3D Printer for three simple reasons:


1. Easy Setup: Boasts a large build volume and takes little time and effort to assemble.
2. Features: Bowmen extrude, V-slot wheels, heated bed, full extruded aluminum frame, and the ability to print ABS.
3. Cheap Price: $289

[curious aardvark]

as far as the ender 3 goes - the bowden extruder and v slot wheels for the bed - are NEGATIVE features :-)
Plus no side support for the bed.

[josh3d]

I am looking for advice on which new printer to get. This will be my second printer, my first was a solidoodle 2 (which I bought from my high school at the time so they could get a better printer which was a printrbot simple metal). I have found the solidoodle is just a bit too small of a print area at times mainly in the x and y directions.

I definitely want a heated bed
I want a printer that has a good print resolution anything at or better than the printrbot simple metal was capable of.
I would have gotten a printrbot if they didn't recently go out of business, at least in my option they seemed to have made great printers.

The Solidoodle I have has a print area of about 150 x 150 by 150 mm, and is at times just a bit too small for times I can't just slice a print in half and glue together both parts.

My budget is somewhere around $500 - $700

I like to print functioning parts, like the NASA wrench and the platform jack that you print fully assembled the solidoodle has just never been able to do these prints.

Printers I have been looking at
The Creality CR-10S Pro with a micro Swiss hot end from tiny machines which would be around $700ish

Or do I splurge a bit more and get a Prusa i3 kit from Josef Prusa and is this kit easy to assemble and start printing easily?

But I would like to hear what other options or thoughts anyone has on what printer I should get!

[bushwacked]

Read through all this but seems to be a little old. Are the recommendations in here still solid? I was thinking Ender 3 for $230... Thoughts

[TriPro USA Technologies]

Read through all this but seems to be a little old. Are the recommendations in here still solid? I was thinking Ender 3 for $230... Thoughts

i3 structure, self-assembled, free shipping directly from Denver, Colorado. Model No. TP-3 3d printer. 10% Discount code: lucky10TriPro USA Technologies LLC

[curious aardvark]

well personally I wouldn't touch an ender 3 with an extremely long bargepole.
not a great design and for every one that works we have 20 people on here with problems.
If you're going for an I3 style. Then get one with a direct drive extruder and side support rods or rails. NOT a single central support that's mounted on sideways wheels. That's just never going to be completely level - ever !
If you're intent on an i3 then this is probably the best around in the budget sector.
https://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Tou...gateway&sr=8-6
That's a decent bit of kit. A rebadged flashforge i3 creator plus (monoprice don't make printers, but rebadge and sell for less than the original manufacturer). Head and shoulders above an ender 3.
Doesn't have the bells and whistles, but a very solid design with lots and lots of mods on thingiverse and a large support network.

My current budget recommendation would probably be a monoprice voxel
It's a rebadged flashforge adventurer 3. Not a massive build platform, but pretty decent otherwise.

[curious aardvark]

yes.
It's just a pain sourcing all the bits individually, and generally works out more expensive than buying a kit.
Which is why so many people buy a kit and then modify it.
:-)

[inov3D]

artillery now known as evnovo are a new manufacturer and there 1st 3d printer i highly recomend

build print volume quiet great print quality
https://www.inov3d.net/artillery-3d-...nder-x1-review

[AlexanderPetrex]

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