@mike g. posted:Hi John, I ment.to ask you what 3D printer would you recommend for someone who has never done anything like that?
Hi Mike,
First I have EXTREMELY Limited experience and overall knowledge of the current products available. I can say what I have I am overly thrilled to have. I was very fortunate to take advantage of a temporary over stock problem with one of the distributors and get a creality CR-10S pro for 160.00 bucks. That was a steal at the time and may still be a geart deal if you could find it. At the time I was recovering from knee surgery and had lots of time to learn proper calibrations and alignments for this unit. along with adding upgrades that I feel should be standard (which at this time maybe standard/stock features) Tying the two z-axis drive screws with a toothed belt to keep each side in sync. A BL touch unit for z-axsis heigth measurements are the two huge ones for the CR10. I did find very small objects were a challenge to print with details intact, so for items that are real small detailed I purchased a resin printed which I have played around with, and it does a great job. That one is an eglegoo Mars 3 resin printer. For the couple of items I have printed the detail is spectacular. There are learning curves for using the software to design, then the slicing software ans the printing software.
Basically I am very happy with the two purchases, and like anything else time spent learning pays huge dividends. The PLA filament printer is great for making anything larger, the resin printer is great for small detail items like crates, rooftop duct work etc. I went with water soluable resin which is still smelley and hazardous to work with, to do it over again. I would do the filament printer and get to know that and then decide if you need small detail parts that are beyond the pla printers capabilities. A decent printer will make or break your experience with 3D printing if the time is not put in.
That is the best I can say as I am not an expert, just can relay my experiences.
John
