Ender 3

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand the Creality Enders 3V2. The firmware is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the features will go over a typical Bambu owner's head. There's also the Enders nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into

First step is to look up the pricing of a Bambu Lab A1 in your local currency. IMO, the target cost should be 50% of that or less (preferably much less). It's not 2019 any more and we're not competing against wildly overpriced Prusa MK3's. The amount of printer and ecosystem $300 buys these days is

Not for me, thanks. I learned a lot from the Monoprice and Creality printers I started with, and they were definitely cheap, but I got what I paid for, and that included the need to do a lot of work and upgrades to get decent quality prints consistently. My Mk4 and Core One are workhorses, and produ

As Bambu is bespoke and community unfriendly , anycubic KobraX may create hassles for newcomers ( i own one and i am 100% satisfied ): For new printer i would go for creality spark I7 at the moment. KobraX also has looong delivery time often. I3 and similar are still a good choice to LEARN how a pri

Lets see, just off the top of my head nozzle clog extruder clog heatbreak clog aka heatcreep excessive retraction clog tangled filament broken filament ptfe bore vs extruder spring strength jam Marlin linear advance on a Creality mainboard catatonia Enders are fun! So many ways to go wrong.

I started printing in 2018 with a creality ender 3. I've used/owned 12+ printers since then. I'd say 5% of prints fail for a random reason. I do maintenance after every print that includes removing purge lines, excess filament stuck to the bed, and making sure the nozzle is clear. This takes about 3

Check the extruder - stock E3v2's came with a plastic unit that was prone to cracking at the hinge where it's hard to spot. There are metal clones of the stock extruder but it's a design from the dawn of time and there are better options that don't cost much in the modern world. Also check the tip o

Is it worth trying to fix an old Ender 3? That is the $300 currency unit question. IMO it's worth it if you want to deep dive into the nitty gritty of printing like it's 1899 and learn enough that DIYing a Voron or Ratrig (or whatever) is not a problem. If you just want to print stuff and learn the

u/Malow is right - time and money can get these things running quite well, even by modern standards. First step is to look up the pricing of a Bambu Lab A1 in your local currency. IMO, the target cost should be 50% of that or less (preferably much less). It's not 2019 any more and we're not competin

Here's what nobody will actually tell you... Basically each and every Ender 3 bed is going to be a taco. It's not actually going to be flat because these are rolled aluminum from the factory. So when you heat them up they basically remember the fact that they were rolled and they basically become ta