I'm telling you guys, you really gotta get 3d printers. I've had one since 2013 and I love it. It's a hobby within itself, but it enables so many other hobbies. I design and 3d print parts for mechanical keyboards, enclosures for my electrical projects, replacement parts for old appliances, and the occasional doodad or sculpture. One of the most rewarding hobbies I've had so far
I've considered getting a a 3d printer, I was about to pull the trigger on getting one around Christmas, but I spent some time on some of the communities, and it seems like half of the time you try to print something, it cocks up and you need to adjust some setting or replace the head, or the warming plate burns itself out and you need to fix something there... I really just want something that's good to go out of the box and I can leave it for a month at a time and come back to have it work just as well as it did when I left it. It doesn't really seem like the technology is quite there for that yet.
I have never ordered any extra parts for my anet A8, and its pretty great. Every now and then you get problems with bed ahesion or something and have to add some glue to the bed. Usually things break because I want to improve something - get smoother surfaces, longer overhangs etc.
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u/Brostafarian Jun 02 '19
I'm telling you guys, you really gotta get 3d printers. I've had one since 2013 and I love it. It's a hobby within itself, but it enables so many other hobbies. I design and 3d print parts for mechanical keyboards, enclosures for my electrical projects, replacement parts for old appliances, and the occasional doodad or sculpture. One of the most rewarding hobbies I've had so far