About 5 years ago I ended up getting myself 2 big toys for Christmas: the Oculus rift which was fairly expensive at the time, and one of the cheaper 3D printers.
In terms of which one I've gotten the most enjoyment out of, there's no contest. The 3D printer is top shelf, I find that VR tends to sit on the top shelf because I'm not using it.
In terms of which one I've gotten the most enjoyment out of, there's no contest. The 3D printer is top shelf, I find that VR tends to sit on the top shelf because I'm not using it.
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There's a lot of good options in the market, the biggest thing that I would say for someone who didn't have a 3D printer is to go with an XYZ printer and don't try to go Fancy with something like a delta. I found that everything has to go so perfect with the delta and there's so many different variables that it was just a lot nicer having a nice simple design.
I went with a tevo tornado which I retrofitted with a duetWiFi board, and it's been bulletproof enough for me that I would probably recommend it to others who wanted to get into 3D printing, but it comes as a completed unit so that might not be up your alley. I believe that there are kits that will come with all the parts that you're going to need and then you can build it yourself, that's what my first printer was, and I had no problem with doing that. It helped me learn a lot about how all the different stuff worked together.
One thing I found is one of the first things that you start printing is upgrades for your printer.
I went with a tevo tornado which I retrofitted with a duetWiFi board, and it's been bulletproof enough for me that I would probably recommend it to others who wanted to get into 3D printing, but it comes as a completed unit so that might not be up your alley. I believe that there are kits that will come with all the parts that you're going to need and then you can build it yourself, that's what my first printer was, and I had no problem with doing that. It helped me learn a lot about how all the different stuff worked together.
One thing I found is one of the first things that you start printing is upgrades for your printer.
I think the creality cr-10 and ender3 are similar, many parts can be swapped in and out.
I think you might be able to get a decent deal on ebay shipped right from china, think both Companies are chinese. Might be faster than shipping to the us then over to NZ.
I think you might be able to get a decent deal on ebay shipped right from china, think both Companies are chinese. Might be faster than shipping to the us then over to NZ.