3D Printer suggestions

Hi,

Microcenter had/has(?) a sale on the Creality Halot for $99 recently.  I picked one up, but haven't had a chance to mess around with it yet.

Regards

Pat

I've seen that but have been hesitant.

Hello!

The 3D printers keep getting better and better... But I still recommend concentrating on the design to be printed and - unless you print tons of stuff - instead of buying your own printer I'd look for somebody who would print your design for you. There are lots of machines with free time just waiting to be filled with print jobs. On the other hand, do you really want to get involved in poring smelly resin, then washing your print and hardening it with UV light, cleaning the machine and so on?

And it's much easier to find someone to print out your design for you that it is finding someone who would design your design for you.

OK, so any way you go - good luck with it and have a nice day

Paweł

And it's the resin/UV ones you want.  The filament-melting ones, I don't think have the resolution that anyone wanting to augment a model kit will want.  I, too, have a Creality one, but have yet to fire it up.  There's a steep learning curve with the developing a model, running it through the slicer program and properly setting up/using the printer.  

I don't think you'll be happy with a $160 printer....  at least yet.