My 9yer old is talking about a 3D printer, any recommendations?
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Neat. The only thing that's stopped me from getting one so far is not having a space where I'm comfortable having hot plastic. If I had a ventilated shed, I'd be looking too.
This. And also I feel the tech is catching up to the cost.
In a few years I'd wager they will be ubiquitous and a lot cheaper.
Print your own 3D printer, maybe?
Which features are most important...
1. Low Price
2. Open source
3. Just works
On the low price side, creality ender 3 can be had for about 200. But it may be a nuisance to deal with leveling or when stuff breaks down
If you don't care about full open source, or your prints running through Chinese cloud services then Bambu Labs makes some great offerings that "Just work". I'd recommend the A1 Combo multicolor. It runs about 500. The mini version with smaller build plate is cheaper but you'll wish you got the full size A1 soon enough.
If you don't care about price, plan to use it yourself and want more focus on quality and speed id recommend the Prusa MK4S at about 1000.
There's plenty of choices on the market, but these are some that will come up often.
You may also want to budget for...
- filament (pla, petg, different colors)
- a rack or some place to store the filament
- filament dryers (60-200 for 2 to 4 rolls at a time)
- surge protectors and/or UPS
- sorting bins for waste plastic and silicon molds (if you plan to recycle or upcycle)
- ample size desk or workbench to hold it and it's accessories
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The only thing I can contribute is to only use PLA for printing and to ventilate the room well
for PLA printing you could buy the Bambu Lab A1
which sells at under 400 bucks
it prints very well PLA, PETG and TPU
or even CF filaments with hardend steal nozzel
I have the Prusa Mini and I like it. I'd go for the semi-assembled version as it has just the right amount of PoW for a kid to get it running. They do a good job with default settings that make it print great right out of the box. Our kid has used it at a similar age, also.
Well, then buy one! And set up Fusion360 for the kid to learn CAD while you're at it.
Prusa printer and software (everything open source)
I keep waiting technology to text me the way that isn't just making little plastic toys
The ark investment people, like Kathy wood, at one point I had an ETF about 3D printing and I don't think it went very far