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So back in the early days of 3d printing (2012) had purchased a Solidoodle 3. Iused it for a few years. It sat unused due to issues had run into with it and eventually got rid of it. Since then I haven't had a printer, but I've finally convinced myself that it is time to get one again. So l'm looking for suggestions for sub-$500 printers. While wouldn't consider myself a newb, I am very rusty. I'm however not opposed to tinkering and am a huge fan of open source. What printers would people recommend? I'm personally thinking the Sovol SVO6+ but am open to other suggestions.

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[–] fizzatbeyond@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do really like the Vorons and while I have no problem building one myself, it's a bit much for this go-round. When I replace (or supplement) whatever I buy this time, it'll be on the short list.

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

The build was... pretty long if we're being honest. Post build setup (setting up the pi, tuning) was pretty straightforward though and I had reliable prints with the stock profiles basically right off the bat with no real tuning beyond esteps and x-offset. I'm still fiddling a little, but the nice thing about a Voron is whatever you do will be super repeatable thanks to things like mechanical bed leveling. I'm also finding that ASA is a very tough material to print with.