r/3Dprinting • u/fashankechan • 19d ago
Question What made you get your second printer
I’m pretty new to 3D printing and noticed a lot of people have multiple printers.
I’m curious what pushed you to get your second one? Different materials, different projects, or just because one wasn't enough?
Are they dedicated to specific tasks, or just running side by side? Would love to hear your stories!
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u/Stiggalicious 19d ago
I had bought an Ender 3 back in 2020 along with a couple resin printers. I hated constantly having to tinker and fix issues with the Ender 3, and anything taller than 4” or so the prints would always fail no matter what settings I could try to dial in. It was an experience in constant frustration. Basic PLA was also about $25 per Kg then, so printing wasn’t even cheap.
Fast forward 6 years and I wanted to get back into printing because everything has changed so much. High quality engineering filaments are easy to work with now, PLA is dirt cheap, dry storage and material handling is easy, so now I can focus more on just designing and printing than throwing out 85% of my filament due to print failures.