Message from @tgotr
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I've been interested in those, there's some nifty stuff
get a flashcart anyway
like you can buy a sonic "haunted" romhack with a cheesy ass bloody cartridge
They don't sell the everdrive clones on Aliexpress anymore because Krikzz got butthurt
@emre monoprice mini sometimes goes on sale under 200usd, monoprice delta's $150 iirc, other than that you're gonna be looking at kits
ebay?
kits are easy to put together but bear in mind you're gonna need a fair bit of tools it will not come with to calibrate it well
at minimum you need calipers and a dial indicator is really worth getting too
that already puts you out of the $200 budget for the cheapest kits i know of
Yea, I've been looking to get a cheap 3D printer. I don't want to pay a lot.
also: be comfortable messing around with firmware, because you'll need to write firmware onto the board yourself, and you're gonna be editing the firmware too
i would say wait for the mp mini delta
if you really want a sub-$200 printer
mp select mini if you can find it on sale, $220 msrp but sometimes it drops to $180
you can go full diy on a 3d printer for under 100usd, but you kinda have to already be comfortable with EME or robotics or mechatronics or whatever they're calling that field lately it seems to change every few years
I am a fabricator by trade, so I am fine putting shit together
and you'll be doing a lot of dumpster diving and repurposing other machiens to make that happen
specifically look for old thrown-out printers and optical drives
they have steppers and rails and gears and bearings
and if you're okay with it being super tiny optical drives have entire assemblies you can use as is for an axis
in that case: what is your biggest caliper, how long
6 inches
same, 's why the kossel kit was such a pain for me :(
had to do a lot of "okay, is this value right? no, slightly off, change firmware, flash, how bout now? no, still off, gdi"
but one can make it work with patience since you can measure test cubes with a caliper that size
yea
i just want like a fkn 12 inch caliper
only the expensive Real Machinist Tools brands seem to make them though
i live well enough but i can't exactly sit here and drop a grand on some mitutoyos for a specific project like that
I use a 12 inch Caliper when welding, they can be a pain in the ass on their own
if you have access to one use it
you'll be up and running with a delta kit way faster
ah OK.
OH, thing to note with the sub-$200 printer kits
you _must_ replace the power supply, and you _must_ put a fet between the heated bed and the hot bed connector on the board
otherwise you will have fires, maybe not immediately, but it will happen
ahhh. a fet?
you simply do not fit a safe and reliable 25A+ power supply in that budget, and the boards cannot handle the current a hot bed needs
ohh
so you put the heat bed output on the gate of the fet and wire that up to the power supply directly instead of putting all 20A of that through the pcb