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purchase suggestions? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by fizzatbeyond@lemm.ee to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have looked at that one. I'm not a big fan of the gantry and would like at least 200x200.

[–] brettvitaz@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Prusa mini gantry is solid. I have been printing on one for 2+ years and will vouch 100% that it’s extremely well built. The 20mm you’re missing is seriously not the issue you think it is. It is rare that I ever go to one of my larger printers with the Mini being such a reliable workhorse. (workpony?)