Hi, I am brand new to 3d printing and I think it’s something I’d like to get more into. The only issue is I have extremely limited space, and I travel for work.
I am wondering if there are any 3d printers that would be practical for this type of lifestyle. I was eyeballing the prusa mini +.
Are there any 3d printers that pack/travel well?
I also travel for work and have been missing my mk3s back home. I’ve been eyeballing the Bambu Labs printer to bring on the road with me. My company will ship things around for me as I travel to different sites, so I don’t have to worry about fitting it in a suitcase. I just have to worry about it being packable and shippable, which my mk3s in it’s diy enclosure is absolutely not. The bambu is marketed more like an appliance than a project, in that it’s practically ready to go straight out of the box. Presumably, this means it should be able to go back in the box and ship off to the next site.
Check out the Positron! It’s the most portable one I’ve seen. The guy behind it, Kralyn, been providing the plans to the community so you can make it yourself.
https://github.com/KRALYN/PositronV3
Since he’s released it to the public, it’s possible that you might be able to find someone else selling them commercially rather than having to build it. The latest version is V3. It’s so small it can fit into a filament box!
Wow, that is absolutely incredible. Thanks for sharing that with me, that’s really exciting and I’ve been obsessively chasing after every piece of information I can find since seeing that. So far there is only one kit that I’ve found, but it’s not really verified so I don’t know if I’d want to chance it for that kind of money… I’ll be keeping a close eye on this one though!
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Gotta define by what you actually mean when you say portable. Do you mean pack up for flying? Just driving around? Hotel use? Honestly if you travel that much you might want to just look into maker spaces or libraries.
Driving around. The ability to put it away in a box or protective case would be really nice.
Thanks for the suggestion on makerspaces and libraries, that’s definitely something that’s been on my mind too.
I think the biggest hurdle would be packing it away, putting it back together and recalibrating - that seems like it would get old fast. Someone’s already mentioned it but the ender 2 or prusa mini seem like best bet. That could be small enough you could take the gantry off and put into a foam case
You can add the Kingroon KPS3 Pro to the list of printers you might consider.
3D printers are 10ish kg so not that easy to carry them in hands, but not hard to move. You dont have to look for anything specific, but if you move it you also need filament and some tools probably. Small cabinet on wheels would be perfect for you
