Ok, so I know nothing about 3d printing, but since we became empty nester, am looking for a new hobby. My wife us taking up pottery, but thats not for me, and 3d printing seems like a good bit of fun.
Started looking at videos and comparisons and all that, and the Ender 3 came up, but it seems smaller, so looked at the 5 plus. Then I started to wonder if there might be better options, while staying under $1000. Bambu, Prusa, Anycubic…what should I look at if I want larger prints but am a beginner.
The P1P is like $600-$700 without the AMS so you may look at that. The print volume is smaller but I’ve had a 300x300x400 printer for years and maybe only once have I needed that X/Y size. I think the CoreXY construction is the real shining feature with these printers as you don’t need so much space, the print speed is much faster (no 2lb bed swinging back and forth rapidly) and it’s more efficient. I think my ideal printer would have the large build volume with CoreXY but I don’t think those exist outside of the Voron or some very expensive more commercial options.
Vorons max at 350mm^3. Adding more in x or y probably isn’t a great idea, but you could probably push z some more. Rat Rigs use larger extrusions and scale to 500x500.
I have a 350mm Voron. I havent completely filled my bed yet, but I have printed some fairly large parts on it. But man, big volume = long print times. I’ve gotten some… very large numbers out of my slicer. Volumetric flow isn’t that high, so I’ll likely grab a larger nozzle and print even wider (currently at 180% layer width on a 0.4 nozzle). Still, a 500mm part would take… a very long time