Comment on 3D printer for someone who rarely prints
PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Idunno why you would want a 3d printer for a print here and there. Most of the fun with 3d printing comes with the printer itself. Hot end gets clogged, bed adhesion problems, levelling problems, diagnosing and going overboard on a simple fix, that what the fun is all about.
agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 1 year ago
Well, I don’t want to do that. For me a printer is a tool, not something to tinker with.
I get where you’re coming from, but I’m tinkering at another front.
rbn@feddit.ch 1 year ago
From my experience it’s definitely not as bad as described there. Yes, there are some issues here and there but still a 3D printer is an awesome tool to have at hand. I often designed / printed spare parts and fixing something on a Sunday afternoon spontaneously without much planning and lead times for a third party feels pretty awesome. I would say in 8 out of 10 times I can just plug the printer and start using it without issues. In 1 out of 10, I have to do some small tweaks (e.g. bed leveling for 5 minutes) and in maybe 1 out of 10 I have to invest a bit more time for leveling or unclogging the nozzle. But even all that is less than 30 minutes.
Fixing the printer is nothing that I enjoy but using it is so handy that it definitely makes up for the small hassle here and there.