As for the printer, ender3 and ender5 are good budget buys, if you add a ABL sensor it's as good as prusa if not better while I'd argue my ender5 prints better

As for the printer, ender3 and ender5 are good budget buys, if you add a ABL sensor it's as good as prusa if not better while I'd argue my ender5 prints better than my prusa. Here is the filament extruder I built: https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-home-for-cheap-6c908bb09922 https://medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-ho... You might find this interesting as many people end up spending thousands of dollars in filament and lots of wasted printed parts as getting accurate part takes several attempts.