3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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Rules
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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It will be my first printer. I'm learning FreeCAD now in preparation. Open Source is important to me as I don't like software spying on me so I'd go through this process. In the future if I end up finding that 3D printing is something I wish to pursue more I think I'd step right into a Voron.
Its a 3d printer, it does not need to be networked (often can't be networked, without octoprint etc), so no real potential for spyware. Safety features being turned off causing fires is about the worst that can happen.
Its worth considering if you want to do 3d printing for producing prints, or tinkering with the printer itself. A lot of the cheap kit printers are very bare bones, so you'll end up spending lots more time tinkering and upgrading. If you just want to make items, spend more on a higher end printer.
Cheap first and upgrade later is pretty reasonable though.
Good points. I'll definitely ponder them and see if maybe I don't want to network it