3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: !functionalprint@kbin.social or !functionalprint@fedia.io
There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml
Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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What are your goals? Do you want it to just work (and be more expensive) or do you mind tinkering with it (and it being cheaper)? Do you want to print fast (more expensive) or is slower ok (and cheaper)?
Personally, I wanted cheaper and medium functionality. I don't want a pure-tinker situation (no voron or ender 3), but I don't wanna pay for Bambu features or Prusa features/quality. I went with Sovol SV06 Plus. It's a 4/5 *'s printer for me. I don't think I like the volcano style hotend, it's too stringy for me, but I like the big build area. The filament runout sensor location is a poor design decision, but that's easily fixed with a 15 min print. There's something with the ABL that I've not fully figured out (perfect in center, but worse the further it gets away from center), but it might be twist in the X gantry. I've read reports on that, but haven't verified it on my machine. (I solved that by printing fat 1st layers, 0.6mm width on a 0.4mm nozzle.)
Sovol or machines like it are good for mid-range, IMO.