Would be so kind as to suggest a printer for me? I have no experience at all with 3D printers or 3D modeling. But I am super interested and have electronics and coding knowledge. I would like to print things like brackets, enclosures for custom circuit boards, organizers, keyboard plates, etc. Ideally I would like to spend around $300USD, but I am open to going as high as $500USD if it would save me headaches and make the experience more enjoyable and streamlined.

Please suggest something for me and let me know if I didn’t provide enough information. One final note, I live in range of a microcenter if that is a factor.

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    5 months ago

    In addition

    • They have filed some controversial/anti-innovative patents.

    • Their printers phone home with encrypted information. Last I checked, there were speculated security and privacy issues with it, though someone should correct me if this was resolved.

    • They only open source their slicer because of the GPL licence, but they don’t open source anything else (firmware, hardware, etc).

    Again, I just recommend people look into these things before they buy a printer. Do your own research and come to your own conclusions :)