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(for various reasons I needed to join a mismatched pair of 18v drill and battery, annoyed at how much fun it was)
Your local library may have one to print things for you. Saves that forward investment of materials and (some) skill.
But then you wouldn't have the chance to tinker the printer when it gets broken every chance you use it
Hot end clog much?
Nah. PLA works most of the time. I just have terrible issues with petg
I keep telling people, the bambu labs printers, while costly, they are very worth the price since they do such a good job at printing things without tinkering and fixing while also still being relatively straightforward to repair if needed albeit it isn't as easy as something bare bones like a ender. And they offer really advanced features.
Not selling my soul for a proprietary printer. I'm good with my elegoo neptune 4 pro