What is the best 3d printer for beginners
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@milesthomas Do you know what materials you want to print and how big you want prints to be?
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@mrehorstdmd Thanks for the feedback. The size of prints that I have in mind is not bigger than a basket ball.
I have been skimming the internet this past few days and I have known many types of printers including the ones suggested in this thread.
There is one that stood out and if anyone has ever used i would appreciate their insight.
This was from a blog best 3d printers, it suggested a printer known as Comgrow Creality Ender 3 Pro. I am not sure if it is the same as what @jens55 suggested.
I will deeply appreciate your feedback
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@milesthomas, the Creality Ender 3 Pro is a model slightly different than the Creality CR10S. They are made by the same company (Creality) and I would expect quality to be similar between the two models. Don't let the 'Comgrow' part confuse you, that is the distributor.
If the size is sufficient for you then it would be an adequate alternative. All I can say is to please verify your size requirement. At 220x220 mm it would be too small for me but if you are into small miniatures it probably is just fine. I doubt that a basket ball fits into that build volume .....
If you are into things that are tiny, as in things like chess figurines or similar, then a resin printer might be a better alternative for you. It can produce a MUCH better print quality but it has an even smaller build size, the prints are not as strong and consumables are much more expensive .... but resolution is impressive. I would consider the output to be 'fragile' but that is not an issue with figurines.Edit: You posted in a forum that is specifically geared towards printers with a "Duet" controller. The controller is the brains behind the printer and the Creality printer (any Creality printer) does NOT use a Duet controller (unless highly modified). As such, while this forum welcomes your questions and participation, you should be aware that any Duet based printer is a completely different animal. Community support for such a printer would likely be served better by other forums.
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@milesthomas, what is your budget and what do you plan to print, large parts or small and high details figurines?
With no more info, I would say Prusa MK3S kit or Creality Ender 3, depending on your budget.
They are both very popular and you will find plenty of support, information and mods from the user community.
BTW, these are not 3D printers that are typically discussed here in the Duet3D forums.
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@zapta said in What is the best 3d printer for beginners:
BTW, these are not 3D printers that are typically discussed here in the Duet3D forums.
Maybe not in stock form, but they do get loving conversions to Duet boards occasionally.
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I picked up an Anycubic Photon Mono X from Printing Pixels and it's been great so far, super easy to use.
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@volarez said in What is the best 3d printer for beginners:
I picked up an Anycubic Photon Mono X from Printing Pixels and it's been great so far, super easy to use.
Is this Chitubox based hardware and software?
There were concerns in the community recently that the Chitubox eco-system shifts toward a more closed and recurring fee based model.
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I would say: No contest, it's the Ender 3 V2.
It's not perfect but affordable enough so if you find that this is not your thing, it's not the whole world.It's upgradable, mine now have a SKR 1.4/PI setup running Klipper (Soon it will be RRF) and it has a Voron Afterburner ABBN printhead. There's tons of stuff on Thingiverse to upgrade it if you like/want/need.
The rest of the Creality is IMHO a bit meh and if you want more than the Ender go elsewhere.
A prints the size of a basketball takes forever and the probability of something going wrong is not negligible.
If you KNOW that you are going to want to print PLA/PETG and you don't want to upgrade and modify but you want a reliable printer, the Prusa Mk3S+ is probably what you want (I know too little about the mini). Together with PrusaSlicer and Prusament Filament you'll have an ecosystem where you can more or less click and print.
Myself, I like the Voron printers but they are not for beginners and the risk of a no finish is quite high unless you love tinkering with stuff and learning new things the whole time. They are lovely printers though
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I'd throw support in for the Ender 3. I've recommended them to 3 people now and they all love them. The V2 has better electronics than the pro but I'd go for a pro and use the saved cash to swap out for RRF. Probably a D3 mini, albeit it does end up more than a V2 that way.
If you then wanted a true budget conversion to RRF I hear good things about the Fly E3 / pro.
https://teamgloomy.github.io/ender_3_conversion.html
Personally I intend to eventually move everything I have 3d printer / CNC wise over to RRF. I'm putting a Fly E3 in my k40 laser ATM as I already had the stepper driver modules and wanted to give it a try. However everything else will get a genuine D3 mini. My CNC mill and Lathe will get a D3 mini, 1HCL drivers and linear axis feedback assuming the beta goes well.
Good luck with your purchase and welcome to the rabbit hole...
