3D Printers

[JayP]

Before taking up this hobby, I had a Creality 3D printer I used on rare occasions. I purchased it used and had problems with it from the start. It was supposed to be user friendly but that definitely wasn't my experience.

Once I put together my first scape and realized I could print some helpful parts and tools, I decided to purchase a new Bambu Labs A1 Mini. It opened my eyes to how easy and fun 3D printing could be. In the time since, I've been printing more and more items, not just for aquarium use, but stuff for projects all around the house. I decided it was time for an upgrade to something with a larger build volume. I was planning to move up to the A1 initially but then began thinking, perhaps having an enclosed printer might be smarter, to future proof my needs and desires going forward. After a lot of back-n-forth debating between the Bambu P2S and X2D, I ended up with the P2S this weekend. I have an expanding list of new aquarium related items I want to print

So what printers do others here use and what are your thoughts?

 

[renesis]

I've been into 3D printing, cnc routers, laser cutters for the better part of 15 years now. Printers have come a long long way, and the Bambus are a dream compared to everything I've used in the past, even my resin printer collects dust now.

I use a Bambu H2D and X1C here, and the enclosure is great for harder to print materials, petg is a breeze and used heavily in our hobby, but even engineering materials like ASA become possible.

The AMS is amazing, and enables even more difficult prints when you use different materials for support interfaces, and also auto roll changeover when one roll runs out.



The P2S + AMS will serve you very well.