The start of a new hobby

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I bought a 3D printer!

I’ve gone with the Anycubic Kossel Plus with linear rails. This is a Delta style
printer, in that the head moves on all 3 axis’ – unlike a Cartesian printer
where the head moves on the X- and Y-axis, and the printer bed moves up and down
the Z-axis.
(You can read more about the difference between different types of printer here (https://all3dp.com/know-your-fdm-3d-printers-cartesian-delta-polar-and-scara/))

I bought the printer as a part-assembled “kit” from Amazon
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MD2IBX4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1).
It took a couple of hours to assemble and set up.

The printer features a heated bed, and it came with a spool of black PLA
filament, so I’ll be starting with that.

Here are some video reviews:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/C3pSqhCErx0

https://www.youtube.com/embed/HL3mAHV-9Ds

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Published October 31, 2017

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Max Glenister is an interface designer and senior full-stack developer from
Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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