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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

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)

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

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.

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 😄