3d printing BROs

[scott-o]

Anyone near me (Rehoboth/Attleboro) with a 3d printer that can print two copies of an STL file that I have built for me, its a small widget (96mm x 25mm x 9mm). I will buy you a beer.
I really should just get a printer but the space is an issue at current time.

 

[Kevin_NH]

Have you tried asking around at Rhode Island Maker Mill?

 

[pastera]

I'm in taunton on the Rehoboth line (1 mile north of 44)

What material do you need it printed in?

 

[scott-o]

@pastera DM sent

 

[edin508]

I'm in Walpole.

 

[scott-o]

Thanks both of you, @pastera hooked me up.

 

[pastera]

Thanks both of you, @pastera hooked me up.

You only thought I helped you out
Now you're hooked - it will start with a cheap bed slinger like an Ender 3 but soon after you'll be hanging out in back alleys trying to score a kilo of some exotic filament while trying to avoid the 3d printer cops here in Mass.

PLA is a gateway drug, prove me wrong.

 

[sshamrock]

Get a bambulab p1s or x1c. Buy once, cry once. I'll never buy a cheap printer again.

 

[pastera]

Get a bambulab p1s or x1c. Buy once, cry once. I'll never buy a cheap printer again.

Agree but also disagree
You can grab an Ender 3 for around $100 at Microcenter when it's on sale
That lets people get into printing for short money.
Going with a Bamboo labs puts you $700-$1400 out of pocket before you buy a spool of filament.

As a second printer - absolutely grab a PS1

 

[sshamrock]

Agree but also disagree
You can grab an Ender 3 for around $100 at Microcenter when it's on sale
That lets people get into printing for short money.
Going with a Bamboo labs puts you $700-$1400 out of pocket before you buy a spool of filament.

As a second printer - absolutely grab a PS1

You're not wrong either. All printers will have their issues, bambu and other $1k+ printers included. $150 for a printer and filament from microcenter is a good toedip into the 3d print hobby to see if you like it. And then avoid the rabbit hole of sinking money into an entry level printer.

 

[edin508]

Agree but also disagree
You can grab an Ender 3 for around $100 at Microcenter when it's on sale
That lets people get into printing for short money.
Going with a Bamboo labs puts you $700-$1400 out of pocket before you buy a spool of filament.

As a second printer - absolutely grab a PS1

And after you're done buying and installing $500 worth of mods, it's till an ender 3 and won't print as well as a Bambu or other higher end printer.

 

[garandman]

You only thought I helped you out
Now you're hooked - it will start with a cheap bed slinger like an Ender 3 but soon after you'll be hanging out in back alleys trying to score a kilo of some exotic filament while trying to avoid the 3d printer cops here in Mass.

PLA is a gateway drug, prove me wrong.

The machine on the left can print 16”x16”x16” parts from ULTEM. It was $145,000 when this pic was taken in 2012.

 

[pastera]

And after you're done buying and installing $500 worth of mods, it's till an ender 3 and won't print as well as a Bambu or other higher end printer.

Who is putting $500 into an Ender 3? You can drop $100 and get some great performance, not $1000 performance but enough for the average user.

The issue I see with the buy-once crowd is that it prices out new people. This happens with guns and bicycles a lot.
A $300 used M&P might have a sucky trigger but a new person can likely afford it and then put an after market trigger in later when they can afford it. And that cheap gun will shoot plenty fine for a new person who can use it to hone the skills required to take advantage of a $2k gun.
Same with bikes - a $500 used aluminum frame with an outdated groupset will outride essentially all new riders and give them a platform to gain skills to take advantage of the $5k carbon frame if they decide to go with that.

That $100 ender is going to print PLA just fine and to a level that is going to outstrip the knowledge of most beginners - and cheap tweaks can be made along the way as the person learns that open up better quality on the cheap. If the person likes it then dropping a few thousand on an X1 with AMS becomes an informed choice that they can actually use.