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With the k1, Bambu labs, and prusa xl all coming out I’m really starting to look at my 3 year old SK-GO as “slow”. Do you think it’s worth waiting for awhile and seeing if the competition heats up more or should I just pull the trigger on one of the current high speed machines

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[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

These new generation printers seem to be a lot more user friendly. My starter (and current) printer is the Sidewinder X2 which I got for the larger build volume, 32bit board, TMC2209 stepper drivers, direct drive extruder, etc. It's been pretty good but I've also replaced/upgraded a ton of stuff including swapping out the stock glass bed for an aluminum bed due to major warping.

If I was to buy a new printer today I'd 100% go with a CoreXY machine to eliminate the bed swinging back and forth and causing so many issues. Other neat features would be multi color/filament extruders but that's also something I could live without.

You can either go cheap up front and upgrade parts/tinker later or spend a lot up front and have a more user friendly experience. Most printers are capable of the same quality so you're really just paying for reliability and features.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 1 points 2 years ago

The dual extruder and auto bed leveling are really appealing, but this seems to limit choices a lot. My budget would probably be $500 give or take $200, does that change your recommendation at all?

[–] Dangerhart@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I second every bit of this. My first printer was a sidewinder I upgraded like crazy and converter to klipper. Ended up just wishing I started with a corexy. Mine had a bit of a bend in the x gantry that took me forever to figure out and was not possible to compensate for. Went to a 300mm voron 2.4 afterward and have been super happy

[–] poofy_cat@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I'm also trying to fix my perpetually-broken X2, fun times.