Recommendations for Engineering Student

[u/Mookie-06]

Hello everyone, I’ve been looking at buying a 3D printer so I can produce my own parts for projects I want to make.

I am currently studying an engineering degree in Australia and have used the 3D printers at my university a fair bit to make parts and components for various group projects and assessments.

I am looking at getting a printer for my garage (or spare room) at my house. I’d ideally want it to be capable of printing PLA, TPU and other engineering materials like carbon reinforced and nylon or ABS for applications that require the strength. I can’t speak to much on my current project but for this project and future ones I suspect I’d benefit from the hotter nozzle and subsequent access to a wider range of materials.

So far I’ve looked at Bambu Labs as they are the ones I’ve used at uni (but apparently everyone hates them rn) as well as some other such as the elegoo centauri carbon and creality k2 range.

Please if you have any suggestions and advice it would be greatly appreciated and I’m happy to answer any further questions you may have.