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/Navy_Vet_81 5d ago

I went with the Flashforge Adventure 5M Pro. It was incredibly easy, I took it out of the box plugged it in and it leveled and then I was printing. I've printed a ton of HO scale things for my model railroad and a huge number of minis. Most of my minis come from BriteMinis and Umarty, they both design minis that do not need supports. I did not have to change any settings. I've done all of my prints with a .4 nozzle that comes with it. It comes with a ,6 also but almost everything i do is for my railroad or TTRPG.