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I enjoy 3D Printing, mostly as a home tool. I will admit I print minis or similar for people, but 3D Printers really shine when you can use it to fix something, make something better, or even just something new. I've since sold off all my Ender 3s and my AnyCubic Max. I now have a Bambu Lab A1 Mini. It's offline, and only accessible via LAN. While it's smaller than all my other printers, The speed and accuracy is very much imporved.
My old AnyCubic.
I was asked to update and setup a friends new to them Creality Ender 3 V2. I replaced the plastic extruder with a BMG Clone 3:1 Dual Gear, still Bowden tube but with a blue capricorn. A 3DTouch was installed. The bracket was printed on my AnyCubic. I built the firmware on my Chromebook and enabled a ton of new features for them. I compiled Marlin 2.1.x. I enabled things like Input Shaping, Bed Tramming, Linear Advance, and way more. I also flashed the LCD to get off the dumbed-down Creality interface. They really hide all the good features, and the basic Marlin screen keeps focus on readability.
My Creality Halot One. Fairly small SLA Monochrome Resin printer. I mostly use it to make Keycaps and DnD figures. While it has great detail, this comes at the cost of resin and the rinsing agent I use. I limit my prints to ones that require the fine detail only, and I never waste my rinsing agent. I filter and reuse.
