u/BirdLooter

Hey I bought a Prusa Core L and since it's some weeks until it will be delivered, I wanted to read books about 3D printing, that are also kind of "up to date".

What filaments, what to know around 3D printing, the physics of melting plastic, printing with different colors and stuff like that. Maybe even some CAD or general tool recommendations.

Kind of a starter guide to send me on a journey I actually enjoy.

Anything you can recommend?

Sorry I'm a beginner, but I don't want to cheap out and get a shit experience. I read that Bamboo Lab is the best one for its price, but I don't want Chinese servers being able to see what I print and potentially forbid things I want to print at some point. 3D printing is all about freedom and I don't want something to interfere there.

On the other hand, I read that Prusa also isn't as open as they used to be. I don't know in what kind of regards that was meant. I don't intend to print weapons (I legally own weapons, that would potentially make the government take away everything I own), but does Prusa kind of accept/decline printings I want to do in some way? In my opinion, what I print is nobodys business and the printer itself should never "report" anything anywhere. I don't care about spyware in my network that does this anyways potentially, but I would not spend money on a device that does that all by itself, as I think it's already bad enough with the privacy invasion everywhere. Ppl who have nothing to hide should walk around naked, otherwise they are liars. Ooops, sorry for going off topic again. :D Please help! Any advice or opinion is highly appreciated!

EDIT: Bought the Core 1 L. Thank you all!

I have 2 car quadlock mounts. I attack my phone for navigation. I am about to change phones and for the phone I will get there is no quadlock case and the universal adapter will be to clunky/big.

Is there some accessory for my card holder, that removes the classic "quad lock mount" and just provides the magnetic ring?

The phone will have an iron ring (and not a magnet, i assume), so the quad lock accessory should add the magnetic part. Just to hold, I don't need wireless charging. If I anyways have to use a cable, I will put it directly into the phone (most times I won't need it).

I'm still clever, right??

I mean, it's not like those galaxies look different every time, right? It would be so easy to completely make the images up and train an AI on solid images from Euclid and other "outer space" telescopes.

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I'm torn between getting one now or wait for the S50 Pro.

Any opinions? Do you expect it to be far below Vespera in terms of potential? I guess at least the price will be way better, but it might take until end of year for it to come out.

Also other recommendations or "news" are welcome. Maybe the Dwarf 4, but afaik that one is not even announced.

Btw: I know you guys have a bias, but that's welcome! 😄

Or is it "buy two scopes if you want to do that" kinda thing? Because the very cheap SV555 already outperforms almost all enormous setups (in size/weight/price/result) out there, so why even bother getting a big scope and then using it for AP, if those small units already do a tremendous job?

Would you nowadays say, that if you wanna do both, get separate devices and keep one for visual only?

Is this even possible? It's mainly for visual but also for astrography (ignore camera stuff in the weight limit though).

I figure something like the AM3, a carbon tripod and some very well crafted APO refractor.

Would be curious what you would get if you had 5k USD of budget.

I'd appreciate replies that take the newest tech into consideration. To make the setup time as quick as possible (auto-align, goto, enter a planet and it should automatically aim towards it).

Tripod: TC40 (ZWO)

Mount: AM7

Will a slight breeze jiggle and wiggle the 160 scope like a roly-poly toy? Or will that still be solid for astrography use. Or would that require a heavier mounting setup?

I'm a bit unsure if I would regret "only" getting the 140. But I don't want to upgrade mount and tripod.

Tripod: TC40 (ZWO)

Mount: AM7

Will a slight breeze jiggle and wiggle the 160 scope like a roly-poly toy? Or will that still be solid for astrography use. Or would that require a heavier mounting setup?

I'm a bit unsure if I would regret "only" getting the 140. But I don't want to upgrade mount and tripod.