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I had picked up a used ($50) Monoprice MP III unit, which worked suprisingly well right off the bat. I've been designing dozens of basic brackets, caps, things like that. i also made a bunch of mounts that let me store telescopes (round things) on those stainless wire rack shelving units (flat things)...
I quickly hit the point where the small bed (120x120mm) was preventing me from moving forward.
So, last week I grabbed a used Ender 3 Pro with several upgrades for $80. Since then I've added a few more (double Z axis, belt tensioners, gantry support struts and a teflon tube setup). It already had a magnetic PEI bed, quiet stepper circuit board, all metal extruder and a few printed brackets and upgrades. It's pretty nice, and I'm all in about $120 now. I don't think it would have been worth the price new, with all of those upgrades put on, but $120? I'm happy with it.
I use Octoprint, it took 5 minutes to get it plugged in and running from the print driver.
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Mike Bradshaw
1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black
Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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