roncromberge
Printing Apprentice
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2025
- Messages
- 11
- Reaction score
- 9
- Points
- 15
- Location
- The Netherlands
- Printer Model
- Epson SC-P900
Yes @pharmacist i’m also like 3D printers.
I don’t know if you already own a new 3d-printers?
But here is my 50 pence advice
I’m a long time 3d-printer enthusiast. Started 10 years ago with a cheap Chinese prusa like bed slinger. Most of the time you’re busy to keep the printer in shape. Then I bought a Chinese corexy printer. It was crap but I rebuild it so it finally works ok. But to make the corexy good I needed a second 3d printer to print the parts. Bought a sheep creality ender 3 pro… it works for a while and then the problems begin. Due to the cheap build quality the tolerances gone way out of bounds. Next an elegoo Neptune 4 pro. This one was the first that make the promises true. But it was slow. And the prints are Not on par with a good corexy printer. After the truly success marketing campaign over YouTube every 3d-print YouTuber and many off site YouTubers, promoted the bambulab 3d printers. And also I after a year switched to the bambulabs x1 carbon with ams. And this is the printer that’s makes all promises come true. Until they showed their true face. About privacy and respect of open source.
So I’m not recommending the bambulab line. But when I buy a new printer it will be a prusa core one! Not the cheapest. But I think the best supported printer firm. And all open source.
Or if you like tinkering and build your own 3d-printer choose a Voron 2.4 kit. Expensive but you’re in complete control. And the open source community add constant new innovations to the printer.
Ron
I don’t know if you already own a new 3d-printers?
But here is my 50 pence advice
I’m a long time 3d-printer enthusiast. Started 10 years ago with a cheap Chinese prusa like bed slinger. Most of the time you’re busy to keep the printer in shape. Then I bought a Chinese corexy printer. It was crap but I rebuild it so it finally works ok. But to make the corexy good I needed a second 3d printer to print the parts. Bought a sheep creality ender 3 pro… it works for a while and then the problems begin. Due to the cheap build quality the tolerances gone way out of bounds. Next an elegoo Neptune 4 pro. This one was the first that make the promises true. But it was slow. And the prints are Not on par with a good corexy printer. After the truly success marketing campaign over YouTube every 3d-print YouTuber and many off site YouTubers, promoted the bambulab 3d printers. And also I after a year switched to the bambulabs x1 carbon with ams. And this is the printer that’s makes all promises come true. Until they showed their true face. About privacy and respect of open source.
So I’m not recommending the bambulab line. But when I buy a new printer it will be a prusa core one! Not the cheapest. But I think the best supported printer firm. And all open source.
Or if you like tinkering and build your own 3d-printer choose a Voron 2.4 kit. Expensive but you’re in complete control. And the open source community add constant new innovations to the printer.
Ron
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