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If you can stretch to £400 get a CR10 S4


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I swear by my CR10 with its 300x300x400 bed, and I bought it from Amazon. The beauty of this is that if you buy from Amazon and have a problem (which is unlikely for a Creality but can happen) then you can return it. Buy from eBay and you might then be dealing with China. It depends if you want the larger print size, I need it to print turrets. If you don't need the extra bed size then the ender 3 is much cheaper for a 220x220x250 print bed Plus it can handle abs filament which the cr10 can't. This isn't a problem for me as I use Pla.

It all depends what you want to use the printer for. Whichever printer size you need I would recommend using the Creality design as it is reliable and low maintenance with rugged bullet proof construction. Have a look at the printer review videos and you will find that Creality pretty much comes out on top. If you check what forum members use I think you'll find they are mainly Creality users, I think Wayne (midlife306) has 3 of them at the last count.

Alwyn

Plus what software do you need or dos they normally come with it

I think we all use Cura for slicing, it is free to download. That and CAD software like Fusion360 (also free) is all you need.

I use Slic3r to manipulate & position the parts on the print bed, I then save it as a STL file & load it into Cura where I produce the final GCODE for printing.
Both software packages are free to download
Cheers
Wayne


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What is the advantage of doing it that way vs doing it all in Cura, Wayne? I find Cura to be pretty intuative, once you turn off the auto slice feature as that just gets annoying real fast when the build area starts to get full

I just find Slic3r easier & faster to use, I can cut things off & position things to join them together easily etc


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I see. I've never had to cut anything up to fit on the print bed, so Cura has been the only tool I've needed

Here's a little update on the new resin printer

Good to see you've finally got it all going.

Resin printing is a whole new level when it comes to detail.