Comment on Hot take: 3D printing toys kinda sucks

• squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s mostly outdated. Sure, you can still get an Ender 3 in 2025 and spend years fixing it up and upgrading it, but you can also spend €200, get an Anet A1 Mini and be done with it.

  These things print almost flawlessly out-of-the-box and are dirt cheap.

  €200 for the printer, €20 for a roll of filament and you are set.

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  • RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    TBH I prefer the older machines, I stay away from the proprietary all-in-one stuff. I’m all about modularity, and usually means keeping parts and processes standard between builds for production’s sake.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So I should buy the Anet A1 mini?

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    • fishy@lemmy.today ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I recently got a flash forge adventure 5m and was printing in 30 minutes with no prior experience. There’s definitely a learning curve but if you can get a paper printer working, you can do a 3d printer

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It’s a good printer if you just want to print and don’t care for hardware modding. If you fit into that profile, yes, get it.

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it seems like quite the time suck of a hobby, with quite a high barrier to entry

  That’s printer building and maintenance

  3D printing in 2025 is easy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBQ-QfcY3Qs

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