Also good for composting and making room in your recycling bin

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Awesome! Is that a real device that's available for sale? Those would be good school or scout projects to donate to animal shelters.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have the STL files on Thangs for 3D printing.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I've been thinking about getting a 3D printer. Well, yesterday I decided I need a 3D printer. I know nothing at all. What should I get?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Don't get an ender unless you want your hobby to be working on the printer. That's fine, but it's not the same as having something ready to go when you unbox it.

    Prusa printers are quality and open source; very much worth supporting if you have the money. Your hobby will be printing things for other things if you get one.

    Bambu printers are cheap, but not open source. However, you will spend most of your time actually making stuff instead of fixing the printer.

    Cheap, reliable, open source/modifiable. Pick two.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have an AnkerMake M5 and it’s gloriously painless. There are intrinsic unavoidable challenges to 3D printing, but this thing has been incredible for casual creation.

    https://www.ankermake.com/

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Do I need the M5 or can I get away with the m5c? I really know nothing about it or how much material things need. I just want to make cool things. How much filament did your cardboard cutter require?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    I’m not the OP but I went ahead and bought his file and sliced* it and with 20% infill, it will require about 77g of filament. So with one normal spool, you could print 12 of them.

    I can only vouch directly for the M5, but looking into the differences, it looks like the M5C would be a solid option. I would miss the onboard camera and the ability to check my prints and get notifications of suspicious issues, but the printer itself is more or less the same otherwise.

    Edit: and with the current sale, $200 is a STEAL

    • Slicing is the process where a program takes the 3D model and turns it into layer by layer instructions for the printer and where you configure lots of settings such as infill, which is how much of the interior of the model is printed with a lattice for structural support. Prints are rarely 100% solid material but rather a hull with infill.
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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    Ender 3 is pretty good introductory model and does nice prints with little effort.

    If you're a buy once, cry once sort of person, Prusa makes good stuff that has a lot of community support.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have a 3D printer buyer's guide on my website that lists a few. I mostly use and would recommend any Bambu printer, there's a few that can suit any price range. Elegoo also make good printers too which won't break the bank

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I own an Ender 3, 5, and a Prusa Mini. The mini is by far my most reliable printer, but both enders have had a lot of work done to them to get them where they are.. and not quite click to print yet.

    At one of my jobs I maintained some 35 Prusa Mk3s, about a dozen Elegoo's, and witnessed their graveyard of Anycubics and some other brands. The Prusa's generally only needed to be unclogged or have their nozzle changed less than once a month, with only a couple failures per week max, the room also was not temperature controlled and they had some.. questionable engineering practices.

    The elego's were like pulling teeth, needing glue to keep it adhered, frequent clogs and skips, thermistors needing replacement after under 100 print hours, blobbing would get into the part coolig fans. Small leveling knobs. Prusa's IMO were designed to be serviceable, but seem to need it way less.

    Especially at a business, the premium on Prusa printers over say bambu labs is well worth their customer support. Ive never used a Bambu so I cant necessarily recommended or not, and I do wish I had an MMU on the cheap as you'd get with their mini, but Im most pleased with my Prusa mini

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I looked at prusa and pretty quickly realized that I couldn't afford them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Check local sales, as much as I hate Facebook, marketplace around me sometimes has some nice steals, like my OG ender 5 for 100$, and that job was selling off their Prusa MK3s to afford MK4s about half off. You never know -_o_-

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