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Hi all, I want to buy my son a 3D printer for his 20th birthday. He is a third year computer science major, so has no issues with the software side. I have no idea where to start, or even what questions to ask. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Thanks for this, I'm impressed by Bambus' quality but I've always been highly suspect of the true cost of their "turnkey" operation and appliance-like nature.

It was making me sad seeing people just recommending them left and right even though it seemed like a huge step backward from all the hackerspace community-spirit innovation we've been seeing with 3D printing.

I'm really glad to see people pushing against that and advising people to consider the ramifications. <3