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Ender 5 plus as a beginner (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by InigoMontoyota@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml
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Ok, so I know nothing about 3d printing, but since we became empty nester, am looking for a new hobby. My wife us taking up pottery, but thats not for me, and 3d printing seems like a good bit of fun.

Started looking at videos and comparisons and all that, and the Ender 3 came up, but it seems smaller, so looked at the 5 plus. Then I started to wonder if there might be better options, while staying under $1000. Bambu, Prusa, Anycubic...what should I look at if I want larger prints but am a beginner.

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[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Avoid the Ender as a first printer. Avoid AnyCubic in general (Kobra Go's are garbage)

Prusa make excellent printers, but charge for them Bambu also make excellent printers but charge for them.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with Anycubic these days? An i3 Mega S was my first 3D printer and I have complaints, but it's not garbage.

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I have a mega x and 2 kobra go’s. I don’t think there has been a single infant in time where they all worked together. Constant breakdowns!

[-] atocci@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

You make a fair point, I feel like ive been working on this thing for the last 2 months straight to finally get some real high quality prints out of it. I think I've only had one real breakdown though, and it's totally my fault for not making sure the first layer stuck to the bed before walking away.

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

The self bed levelling has pretty much never worked. We’ve had to install manual adjusters to get prints to adhere.

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