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An Ender 3. It is a good starter printer and is what I used when first getting into 3d printing before switching to resin.
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Yes, the Ender 3 is pretty much the most popular and most commonly available one, you'll find a million resources to learn to use it, upgrade it, troubleshoot problems, etc. And of the features I mentioned, the only thing it doesn't have is the auto-leveling system (which you can buy separately and install later).
Of course, at this point it's not the best, the biggest, the smartest, or the fastest available, but if set up and used properly, the print quality ceiling with it is high enough that it can give you results comparable to high-end filament printers.
I myself am still using it after years, and while I'll upgrade to a newer model when I get the chance, it's good enough that I'm not in a hurry.
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Can't stress this enough. This alone is worth a $100 upgrade.
An important factor in getting a 3D printer is ease of obtaining replacement parts. They're still pretty chintzy devices in general. Listen to this man, don't go too cheap or it's not worth it. You'll end up wasting a ton of plastic you could have put into a good machine instead.
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Luckily the CR Touch is about $40, plus some time cursing at getting the new firmware on your printer.
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...alright, by the time I can afford a 3D printer i can afford the $300 Ender anyways
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- Aug 11, 2020
Shell out a little more and find one with the autolevel.
There's this one that has it (Ender 3 Neo) for $310 leafbucks but I'm unfamiliar with that model in general. Shouldn't be too different from the base model.
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Consider $17 more and get one with the bed leveling baked in: https://www.amazon.ca/Official-Creality-Printer-Printing-220x220x250mm/dp/B083ZPVX77/ Although I guess there's a v2 neo now too.
Keep an eye on prices, they tend to go on sale fairly regularly.
Also be sure to budget for filament and a couple spare nozzles at the very least.
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I’m content. this site is back on the clearnet, and I can laugh at people while getting an internet point or 2
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Look mate, go for that if you want but if not being able to print anything larger than a trinket doesn't make you regret it, the first time you get a clogged nozzle and you have to disassemble the whole thing to unclog it because it has protections out of the ass to keep children's hands out of the hot parts, that will do the trick.
Or when you notice that prints are just popping off of the buildplate halfway through because the plate isn't heated and the base layers detach from it as soon as they cool down.
Or when you can't find any replacement parts for that form factor.
Sorry to repeat myself but I really don't recommend it. It's meant for kids, which is fine, but I guarantee you'll want more almost immediately, and you'll regret a waste of 200 maplecoins.
And if you decide you don't like 3D printing, you'll have trouble selling it for the reasons I mentioned, while everyone in the pre-owned 3D printer market is looking for Ender 3-likes.
Edited to add: I think it's not even supported by Cura, one of the most popular slicers, which you'll probably need to use.
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I found a nice gig but I have to move to a blue city. I hope I don't get robbed walking to work.
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So now it looks like I'm on the search for a new vehicle. Not a lot of cars within my price range that I feel like can be an equivalent replacement for the Forester, but I'm considering looking at either a used Golf or Civic.
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According to the Amazon page it supports Cura, and talking to a couple local enthusiasts they're pretty certain that because it's so tiny and enclosed the print head alone should maintain a warm temperature inside the work area. Plus if I decide I don't want to use it the self enclosed design makes it easy to stash it on a shelf somewhere.
Other then that I should be sleeping as my new job starts early tomorrow, but I got used to staying up until 1-2am. I'll lie down again after I'm done poopin
Catman from cat town
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Haven’t posted on here because I didn’t know where the site was for awhile.
However, I got my first full time job with benefits and I enjoy it too. Life is looking up.
However, I got my first full time job with benefits and I enjoy it too. Life is looking up.
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Job went good, a lot of things to learn at once and I did get overwhelmed trying to get up to speed. On the way home there was a severe thunderstorm with geysers shooting out of the storm drains and my road to home blocked with water so deep it covered the hood of a poor unsuspecting hydrolocked sedan. On the bright side my car is so old that I don't care if I get scratches from jumping a curb so I was only one hour late getting home.
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Bad. Work has been way too stressful, I'm unbearably lonely, and my insomnia and anxiety is only dampened by alcohol and Benadryl, with which I've been going way overboard. I'm overdue for my yearly physical which I keep putting off because I'm afraid I'm going to find out that I've got liver disease or lung cancer or something which just makes the anxiety and insomnia worse on top of everything. Kinda wish I'd just die in my sleep lol.
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If your body doesn't hurt, it's highly unlikely you got anything. And if you go yearly, you would've known there were signs of it developing. Take a deep breath and think about the cold hard facts.
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I'm in a similar boat. In my mid twenties right now, I have really no ambition in life and I pretty much never have had that much to begin with. I wanted to go into carpentry after high school, but that really didn't go anywhere. The most I'm doing right now is learning Polish as a second language on Rosetta Stone and volunteering at a library, though I'm planning on looking for a paid job around late July or early August. Thing is, I can't really think of anything I want to do as a job, and I can't join the military under any circumstances because of health reasons (not that I would want to join, anyway), but I feel like I don't really have any interest in any field, don't have any hobbies which I could turn into a reliable source of income, and really have no sense of direction.
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All,
I have completely lost it. This is what you get when you take in a broken mind and manipulate it even more until it's just a cold vessel with no discernible emotions or ambitions or goals or really much of anything. If you haven't ended up like me, there's still time. There's still a chance that you can get the help you need and get out of here. Please. Go now, for your own good. I can't make you do anything though. That's all I want to tell you all. Don't take the same path I did. Don't end up like me. You'll spend the few days you have left fearing people who really want you dead. Killing time until it's the killing time. Wanting to redo every second of your life and not fucking it up like you did to get where you are now.
This is the bad ending for thebigjoel. I like to think somewhere else I ended up fine, but such a reality is only a dream. I guess we can find beauty in watching people fail. Just make sure you stay on the ball, because once you fall off - sometimes you can't get back.
This will be my last message anywhere. I'm not an autistic retard, at least not enough to shoot up a school or something. I'm just gonna leave and let you decide what you think happened to me. If you liked me around, wish the best. If you hated me, I've got good news. This is all a huge waste of time and I pity you for reading through this autistic wall of text. God bless all of your souls and godspeed. Shine on, all of you.
-thebigjoel
sorry L
I have completely lost it. This is what you get when you take in a broken mind and manipulate it even more until it's just a cold vessel with no discernible emotions or ambitions or goals or really much of anything. If you haven't ended up like me, there's still time. There's still a chance that you can get the help you need and get out of here. Please. Go now, for your own good. I can't make you do anything though. That's all I want to tell you all. Don't take the same path I did. Don't end up like me. You'll spend the few days you have left fearing people who really want you dead. Killing time until it's the killing time. Wanting to redo every second of your life and not fucking it up like you did to get where you are now.
This is the bad ending for thebigjoel. I like to think somewhere else I ended up fine, but such a reality is only a dream. I guess we can find beauty in watching people fail. Just make sure you stay on the ball, because once you fall off - sometimes you can't get back.
This will be my last message anywhere. I'm not an autistic retard, at least not enough to shoot up a school or something. I'm just gonna leave and let you decide what you think happened to me. If you liked me around, wish the best. If you hated me, I've got good news. This is all a huge waste of time and I pity you for reading through this autistic wall of text. God bless all of your souls and godspeed. Shine on, all of you.
-thebigjoel
sorry L
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post your farewells in the bye-bye thread.