This is why I came here. I think you’d need at least three. One to work while the other sleeps, and a spare in case one gets injured.

Check out resilio.

I kind of agree with what you’re saying on creality, but if you look at their core xy machines compared to other manufacturers of a similar price point, it’s just not worth it (K1).

To your point about larger size, Qidi XMAX3 is where it’s at. It’s rock solid and customer support is amazing. They’ve sent me free parts due to clogs and helped diagnose issues on the printer (this is what Creality lacks, support). It runs on Klipper and is easily modified, and it’s fully enclosed with a heater.

I also think a “beginner” machine has shifted. Most people want to print, not maintain. And now we have plenty of machines that need little maintenance.

Creality machines do excel at tinkering, swapping parts, and doing fun mods. But you need to know that’s what you want when going in. Even then for a beginner I’d say get something rock solid for your first printer, and get a tinkering machine for your second.

I agree with everything you’re saying about filament. The only thing to use CF with is Nylon if you need it to be a little more rigid, but it will eat your nozzle.

ASA and ABS won’t only smell, it will poison you. Do not hang out if you can smell it.

As per Amazon and their return policy, totally true. If you’re not buying there make sure they have a solid customer support, like Qidi and Bambu. Creality wouldn’t take a return for the world.

Bambu has community firmware.

I don’t think so. It looks like it lacks ABL, and the time savings from a core XY with ABL or auto first layer are MASSIVE. Also your print quality increases exponentially.

Take a look at the FlashForge 5M if you want a budget auto first layer printer, or the Qidi line for a slightly more robust printer (but needs more manual intervention).

And if you’d like to focus on printing and not tinkering forever, get a Bambu. Any of them.

Avoid creality.

Qidi has been fantastic for me. Amazing customer support. They’ve sent replacement parts as well.

For screenshots look at Greenshot.

Paywall

It’s not a death trap it’s just not to code. Possible fire risk? Sure. But there’s a lot of things that are too code that are fire risk as well.

Mainly it needs a disclaimer that it’s not to code for the US and for low voltage projects only.

Devils advocate here - you do need to print these to make them dangerous. They’re not items that are being given to children without parent consent.

Wow. Thats very impressive!

I’ve heard nothing but trouble from the K1M. Thats what pushed me towards a Qidi Xmax 3, I wanted that build volume. Still, my next printer will be Bambu.

I just came across Expanddrive. I haven’t used it, but it looks amazing.

Rustdesk works great, and it’s self hosted.

How does it have a large attack surface? I thought being immutable reduced the surface.

You’re going to love Bazzite.

Sonos is great but it’s just a few dollars more for an even better device with more flexibility (if you’re starting fresh).

I started with a conbee which led to a lot of issues.

Definitely start with a beefy zigbee coordinator. I like the Ukrainian made SLZB-06. It can be USB or networked. I prefer networked, that way I can move it to a more central location in the house and keep my HA running as a VM in the basement.

It’s not that bad. I run Davinci resolve in a Distrobox.

Edit: and when I say it’s not that bad it’s basically flawless

I feel like every time I blink there’s a better and easier way to do things.