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Buying a 3D Printer in 2026. Main options: 1. The expensive xenophobic one that sometimes lies 2. The cheap one that lies all the time 3. Spend countless hours researching and building a Voron

Stargirl

@thea.codes

6 May

You wanna print stuff? Fuck it, bambu. You want a project? Wanna learn how it all works? Wanna feel a sense of accomplishment for printing out a test model? Voron. (I love my voron)

André (makerbymistake)

@makerbymistake.com

6 May

I would like a Voron. But the time I will spend building it, I could be designing stuff I wanna print.

Stargirl

@thea.codes

Have you built a 3d printer or anything like it before? If so, a good kit goes a long way - the ldo kit is the gold standard, but other kits are also good! I built my 2.4 relatively quickly, but I also have a lot of experience! Otherwise, consider something like RatRig.

6/5/26, 5:40 pm0 reposts1 like

André (makerbymistake)

@makerbymistake.com

6 May

I have never built a 3D printer from scratch before. I have experience building other stuff but I'm sure the kit would be taking room on my workbench for a long time. Just being realistic 😄

Stargirl

@thea.codes

6 May

You can always get a printer for printing for now, then use that to print your voron parts later!

Emily M

@koldunya.space

6 May

this is the way. I have a friend that built a large-format printer and the only structural parts he bought were the metal things. Bars/rails/rods/lead screws. Everything else was printed on his existing printer.

Stargirl

@thea.codes

6 May

This is 3 years old now so there's some out of date stuff, but here's my 2.4 build experience if you're voron curious: blog.thea.codes/my-voron-2-e...

blog.thea.codesMy experience building a Voron 2.4 - Thea FlowersMy ups, downs, and sideways adventures in the world of CoreXY printers