Last December I acquired an Ender 3D, my first 3D printer ever. I assembled it without much trouble and I've been using it since then.
Good points:
- Price (£199), for this value it was hard to resist. Other 3D printers with similar specs are around the 300-600 range...
- There seems to be a great community around it, and it is easy to find 'mods' to improve the machine.
- Assembly was easy and only took a morning.
Now the bad points:
- Some of the pre-installed screws required some tightening as they were loose.
- The power supply wobbles a lot when you (un)plug the power cord.
- I noticed that the heated bed has warped a little bit making leveling it a bit harder.
Overall I would recommend this for any beginner or for someone that wants to get into this hobby without expending a lot of money.
I've been always interested in rocket science, and what best use for my printer that make my own rocket! As a starting point, I wanted to make something simple. So I came up with this design:
 |
| Made with OpenRocket |
I designed the parts using Fusion360:
I'm almost done printing all of it. The remaining parts are a bracket to hold the parachute chord and the nose of the rocket.
Bye! Nacho.
