#Looking to get back into 3D Printing...

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hazy osprey
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Hi All,

Back in 2020 I bought myself a Creality CR20 Pro.
I have had a pretty rough time with it over the years struggling with bed levelling and associated issues.
Over time the frustration of using it meant I spent less and less time printing.

But I always miss it, so thinking about getting a new more modern printer and chucking the CR20.

Just looking at entry level printers a Ender 3 v3 SE or maybe the KE.
My question, would this be an upgrade over the CR20? Have printers evolved enough to avoid the bugbears of old?
Or am I just going to be frustrated?

Looking forward to your thoughts.
Regards
Abev

woven coral
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Creality still ships shitty printers. The most common issue withe the ke is that they were mentaly ill and used a loadcell for abl and auto z offset without accounting for the extra space needed correctly

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So if you want to use the full area of the ke you have to file down the pillars the cell is on or lift all other 11 i think up

heavy storm
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Whats your price range?

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@woven coral , do you have a reccomendation per price range, obvs avoiding the troll printers..

woven coral
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i mean you can buy a creality printer if you are aware of what you get

heavy storm
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I was happy with the Ender5 Pro except for the wavey bed

woven coral
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but many arent and there are still some fat sweaty cellar trolls that say ";y EnDeR jUsT wOrKs!"

heavy storm
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Popped a glass plate on it and took me a month to get stuff attached to it

woven coral
heavy storm
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@hazy osprey what do you want the printer to do - may sound like a stupid question, but do you want a no faff (or the least faff) that you can get - or do you want to upgrade and mess with it?

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And what's your budget..

hazy osprey
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I ended up ordering the ender 3 V3 KE. I watched a bunch of reviews on it and they all said it was a good beginner printer...

My current CR20 Pro is a difficult piece of kit that I have struggled with for 5 yrs so I am sure this will be better, faster and easier.

heavy storm
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Don't chuck it though, give it a clean and flog on Gumtree or the likes

woven coral
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proves my point

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good luck#

hazy osprey
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Plugged in, pressed print and got a great benchy 🙂