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@safaorhan safaorhan commented Feb 17, 2026

👉 HEP 7: Start Melting Plastic
Authors @safaorhan
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Related PRs #41
Related HEPs -
Related Discussions #37

Introduction

This HEP proposes to buy our first 3d printer and a few spools of filament.

Pledging

This HEP accepts pledges. In the discussion #37 there are 11 upvotes to buy a 3d printer at the time of writing this, so let's put out money where our mouth is! 😄

Donor Amount
@safaorhan 3000₺
@mrabdullahsahin 1000₺
Collected Total 3000₺
Required Total 22056₺

Bill of Materials

# Name Each Total
1 Bambu Lab A1 Mini Combo 18756₺ 18756₺
2 Porima PLA Premium: Red, Purple 660₺ 1320₺
2 Porima PLA: Black, White 636₺ 1272₺
1 Porima PETG: Black 708₺ 708₺
- Total - 22056₺

Possible Q/A

Why BambuLab?
Easy to operate, plug and play, high quality prints. Also we have a few members who have positive experience using Bambu Lab printers.

Why A1 Mini?
It's cheapest Bambu Lab printer, silent, light-weight, do not compromise much from quality, entry-level.

Why A1 Mini Combo?
Multicolor printing for an additional 5400₺ sounds like a good improvement to me. Multi-color printing enables prints like rfid cards and badges with text and increases our overall capabilities. If you think we should not get the combo but instead get the A1 mini only (without AMS) let's discuss in the comments.

Why Porima?
Porima is slightly more expensive than the cheapest filaments available. It's consistently of high quality. It has a lot color options. When we use cheap filament, we usually waste filament because the prints fail more often and we throw away prints more often. Sometimes even we have to clean clogs from nozzles or AMS. Life is too short to deal with low quality filament.

@safaorhan safaorhan changed the title HEP 7 | Start Melting Plastic HEP 7: Start Melting Plastic Feb 17, 2026
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Ordered A1 Mini Combo from MetatechTR, used wire transfer to save some money. Paid 17.863,25 ₺.

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I ordered the filaments, the prices had increased since the last time I looked. Also black petg was out of stock, ordered natural petg instead.

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