Most folks go about their foray into 3d printing in basically the same way. I know I did basically the same thing as many others. I saved my nickels and dimes until I had enough to buy one of the many 3D printers with the best reviews at the price range I was at.
Just about very manufacturer puts out their series of tutorials on their specific printers. With the filament printer I started out with I picked the FlashForge Creator Pro. At the time it had the best reviews for my price range. There's a ton of tutorials on YouTube for this printer. Of course, no sooner had I unboxed it that I found that the next or latest and greatest 3D printer was introduced and I wished I'd waited just a bit longer but, I got what I got and it's worked out OK for me.
Like the cast bullet hobby, 3D printing can be just as addictive. It was about a year and a half or so later that I started yearning and saving up for a resin printer. I picked the Epax X-1 resin printer for the same reason I picked the filament printer I picked. It had the best reviews at the time. The down side to this printer was the very small build platform or work-envelope.
I thought they'd sent me a lemon cause this Epax resin printer came with disconnected wires and an un-level build platform that I had to fix myself. Fortunately, I'm a chronic tinkerer so I was able to get it working rather than having to send it back. Although resin printers to me are orders of magnitude better in print quality, the resin selections for the kind of stuff I like to make can be kind of costly. It is possible to get high quality prints with a filament printer as well. It just takes alot of learning to do so.
In addition to being a chronic tinkerer, I'm also chronically cheap. I use my resins sparingly once I've dialed them in and can get them to print with extremely good results. Here too there is a plethora of online tutorials that helped me figure out enough of it to get me printing decent prints.
You hear the phrase, "If I can do it anybody can" thrown around alot in regards to trying new things. 3D printing is no different. I'm more than just a little sure you too can do it; and do it well. It just takes a bit of effort.
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