I want to get into 3d printing maybe just to print random and funny stuff, maybe some useful stuff, My budget is roughly $300AUD its ok if it goes a little over. im thinking the ender 3 v3 se but idk. I live in australia, im ok with building it from a kit, kinda, as long as it wont take more than an hour, ive heard the bambu a1 mini is good, but id prefer if it was bigger. i am not the greatest with technical stuff so i want one that shouldnt require that much maintenance. Im probably mostly just going to use pla but possibly occasionally something like tpu. Thank you in advance :)

Alright serious question, looking for some actual answers. I want to print polycarbonate in my ender 3 pro. I know that I can buy a better printer and it’ll be better time used and all that, but this is more about the question of “why the hell not?”. I’ve been given a roll of a PC-CF and I want to see what it can do.

So far, the printer is running marlin 2.0 software with a microswiss hotend, direct drive extruder with blue Capricorn tubing, and a good enclosure. I’ve heard about needing an upgraded heated bed and some people have talked about needing water cooling, but I wanted to ask the community.