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How long ago did you have a printer? I ask because the newer ones don't require much dialing-in outside of setting initial Z-offset.
If you're building a Voron, then yeah it's going to need some tinkering. If you're getting something like a QIDI X-Smart 3, you just unpack it, auto calibrate, and start printing.
Oh it was just the... oh crap it was like 8 years ago. I had a wanhao I3. Time doesn't feel real.
Boo are you guys gonna convince me to get a new 3d printer? Then again I know for a fact I won't be able to make stuff as cool as these guys, and I can get these for a few bucks.
I just got a Bambu A1 this Tuesday and have been printing non-stop during the workday.
Made some Planters, Box for the Hotends, Poop Chute... No issues so far.
And setup was pretty easy. No need to tinker around. It just works. WiFi Setup was a bit finicky (it wants 2.4GHz and the length of the SSID seems to be restricted?)
But yeah... friend of mine summarised it perfects: