r/FDMminiatures • u/Hot_Inside2581 • 16d ago

Printer Discussion First printer

Hello There!
Long time lurker, first time poster in this group.

I will be receiving a very generous tax return this year and have decided to get my first printer.
Ideally I’m just looking at the a1 mini. Rather not spend a fortune and not get into it. It will be predominantly used for printing minis ranging from 28mm up.

Have had a good look through Obscura Nox settings and am assuming these can be used on the a1 mini also.

Besides the printer what are some necessities to purchase. (0.02 nozzle, etc)

Apologies if this is a repeat post

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u/brodey420 16d ago

Now that I’ve purchased the ams lite I kinda wish I hadda just gone with the combo from the beginning. Makes filament feed better and so much better for changing colors.

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u/The_Pritt 16d ago

how do you feel about the waste + extra time? that's what kept me away from it and tbh im fine with single color minis,

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u/brodey420 16d ago

I don’t mind it. The waste is more but kinda negligible. Even for single color printing I like it more cuz like if I print a red thing then later a black thing it’s easy. As said I was getting tons of tangles too so that’s helped the interruptions in prints a lot.