During Christmas 2019, I was able to get an Ender3 Pro and begin 3d printing. I built and tested it during Christams evening.
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Since then, I have made 2 props, the Dark Saber and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s saber from Episode 3.
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I believe the Ender3 Pro is a great, easy to use and simple 3d printer for any beginner, like myself. I use Cura as my slicing program of choice and get most of my files and prints off of free sites, such as Thingiverse. I want to begin using different filament types, such as PETG and ABS, but at the moment I am only using PLA
I would say the biggest con in the beginning was leveling the print bed manually, But it no longer became an issue because I learned about print leveling.
All the information on the Ender3 Pro can be found here:
Truely it is a great, cheap 3d printer to get started with!