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I have found a creality ender 3 pro on facebook marketplace for $75, would this be a good 3d printer at a good price for my first time?

I probably wouldn’t be printing too often, but I have a number of ideas for things that I’d like to try making.

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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Ender 3 is great for a project printer. You will update it over time and learn all the ways that a printer can have problems. But at least you are able to fix it yourself, and there is a huge online user base who can guide you with issues.

If you want an 95% works, and 5% hobby/tinkering printer for an extremely low budget. It's the only one I recommend

(agreeing that bambu story btw, would not go that route)