(08-15-2019, 08:12 PM)EdK Wrote: So what brand of 3D printers are you guys using? I'm considering building my own but haven't made up my mind yet.
Ed
(08-15-2019, 11:20 PM)Vinny Wrote: My filament printer is a PRUSA-i3 (actually it's a Chinese clone of it) and my resin printer is an Anycubic Photon (not the S).
I have the real PRUSA-i3 and a Rostock v3. Both were kits. I do not have a resin printer though Vinny's success has me interested.
My experience with both kits is that getting a kit is far superior to trying to build one from scratch.
I'm not sure you would save a lot of money by doing it yourself even if you think you have a lot of the parts lying around. At least for the first one I'd get a kit as that way you have a printer that actually works rather than pieces you are still trying to figure out how they should all go together. And the advantage of having one that works is you can then use it to make parts for your second one ... or to make improved parts for the one you have.
As an example, my PRUSA-i3 was a mk1. Since then they have upgraded the printer several times but have made the .stl files for the new pieces available on their site. I printed and upgraded to the mk2, then printed and upgraded to the mk2.5 when it came out, then printed and upgraded the plastic to mk3 when that came out but did not upgrade the electronics. So I guess I have a mk2.75347893 or something like that.
Think of it has having a lathe to make parts for you mill and a mill to make parts for your lathe kind of deal. You have a printer to make parts for your printer.