SLA is also a mess

Ya Bambu is the way to go rn

**Get a Bambu printer. Do not get an ender. **

I own quite a few 3d printers and got into it in the late 2000s with MakerBot. I have learned a lot, and have tried to drag friends into the hobby, and most of them have been highly frustrated until Bambu came along.

Please, just get a Bambu printer, right now nothing else compares. Bambu isn’t fully FOSS (firmware isn’t) but people are working on open source firmware. Their slicer software is open source.

For printing anything for a car, don’t use PLA, I’d suggest PETG, ABS, ASA, or Nylon if you get a printer that can handle that (prob more than $300). PLA will warp in a car from heat/sunlight.

A Bambu A1 is $340 without the AMS lite. If you get that and like it, I’d recommend getting the AMS lite so you can do multi color and multi material prints. It can handle PLA and PETG which should meet most hobby needs. If you want to get into actually doing robotics stuff with it more seriously, sell the A1 and get a P1P.

You could swap the nozzle, or do a cold pull. Honestly it would be a little challenging to explain that well over text, especially since I am not familiar with your specific printer (I’ve used and own a lot of them though). The best bet would be to look up on YouTube how to do a cold pull, or swap the nozzle. Some good YouTube channels are Teaching Tech, CNC Kitchen, and Made with Layers. Teaching Tech and made with layers are probably where you will find the best info for a beginner, but CNC Kitchen is 🔥

Ya lowering the speed is a good thing to try. Also, you may have a very slight clog in the nozzle which can lead to weird behavior like stringing and under extrusion

Petg tends to string a lot more than PLA, also, drying the filament can help

Agreed, budget, and what are you trying to print?

What about one drive and edge?? Last time I had to do updates on the SOs computer I told her I’m switching her to Linux as soon as gaming just gets a little more stable (she plays halo infinite, which sometimes isn’t that polished on Linux)

Ahhh, home

Distilling down all the options to be us vs them. Are you an android pleb or do you have a blue bubble. Glad some people are fighting back.