Hey! Now I think I changed my mind and I’m thinking about getting a cheap 3D printer kit, possibly under $300. Is a xyz axis or delta printer better? If you have any suggestions or information you want to tell me, please comment!
Holy crap - sorry nobody replied to this. A cartesian (what you’re calling XYZ) printer is going to be the easiest to start with. A delta, unless everything is perfectly straight, can be unintuitive to figure out when things go wrong.
@ThantiK ok which one would you suggest?
I honestly wouldn’t know. I don’t buy printers, I build them.
@ThantiK ok thanks.
Start with a prusa I3 kit - it will teach you the most, and print pretty well when you get the hang of it. You can go cheap with everything else but get a decent extruder.
@Doug_Rector which one? Can you link it?
That is a decision you have to make - do some research, read this forum , to get you started here is what Amazon offers http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dindustrial&field-keywords=prusa+I3+kit
For good value I have used http://www.amazon.com/RepRapDiscount-Hexagon-Hotend-1-75mm-nozzle/dp/B00W8FL5BS/ref=sr_1_3?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1463363499&sr=1-3&keywords=hexagon+print+head and they seved me well
Very popular is the E3d http://www.amazon.com/E3D-All-metal-HotEnd-Full-Kit/dp/B00NAK9JFO/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1463363727&sr=1-1&keywords=e3d+v6 generally acknowledged as one of the best
@Doug_Rector for a kit do you have to buy a separate hot end?
depends on the kit - read the descriptions. Most hot ends that come with cheap kits are not worth using IMHO