Experiences from a beginner
You all have heard about that cool stuff, 3D printers. You could do basically do everything with it, from printing a Star Trek badge to even a working machine gun (which would be cheaper to buy in real) :D.
So, I got one of these, Anet A8 from China. Has been some major nitemare to import this into here, Thailand, but anyways, For some more bucks you could try to buy locally with mixed success.
My story, to be continued.
Everything came in the package and it took 2...3 days to assemble all.
You need to turn that heatbed holder (H-thing) upside down, so the middle strip points to the bottom, otherwise the belt is not movin correctly, that is wrong in the description.
Other than that, all moved together as supposed and you can find plenty of guides and info in the interwebs.
My personal additions.
get a glass bed, I'm using a mirror (which are fantastically flat by design) and some glue stick and water. Everybody suggest hair spray, but it's not necessary. Everybody has a glue stick, just water it down.
make sure your belts are tensioned good enough so it does not snap. You can upgrade those later and add belt tnesioners.
get a good nozzle fan. I print right now this Mistral thing.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2121279
do not try to change filament if it runs empty. Just print with enough supply ready. Screw that 10m they pack (it's enough for that x-axis tensioner)
Thingiverse is your friend.
Everything else, upgrades, whatsoever you can do later. But these are simply the basics learnt by doing.
Happy making!
