I really appreciate the effort you and the other commenters have placed into the responses. Thank you for drop the print tuning tutorial. That is saved and I will start digging into it in the am. It’s seems the consensus is to take my time, be patient with it, and learn the proper way to use the software and hardware before diving deeper. All the the filament types, drying and proper storage, plate textures, etc… Really good ideas to search for interactive online learning and tutorials. I will take advantage of those as well. Learn to crawl, walk and then run 🫡

💯 that is the path!! thanks brotha, appreciate you!

“u don’t need ANY fuccin upgrades after getting a H2D, print a benchy, print some calibration cubes, learn slicer settings, USE ORCASLICER, do a fun .22lr project and maybe a Glocc, real entry level projects then after that just jump in the deep end”

I went bit wild on the printer, it seems. I will settle down into learning mode with the very basics, as you and others have said. I def want to become proficient before going to something like 3d2A. Thanks for your input, I will take your advice.

Yeah man, I went a bit nuts. I should have mentioned that this primarily for my son and engineering projects for his education. The 3d2a is secondary, that more of my personal side project / interest. I was looking at Bambu mostly for ease of use / hit the ground running with minimal learning curve for him. While i sit in the background learning. We were going to get a x1c, then the H2S came out. He ended up talking me into the H2D… I could have said no and saved myself a ton. Ehhh I have blown money on worse.

I will for sure take the time to consider your idea of a Elegoo Centauri Carbon. I will take a look!

Damn! Thank you for all of that! I have been investigating filament driers, this past week. Like useing a blast oven or repurposing a airfryer / dehydrator Vs buying like a Sunlu or Creality. I will def put together tools suggested, that’s a point I skipped, thinking I have a solid garage set up with hand tools, but tools more suited to finer work I will have to scoop.

I using a slicer program and those types of things I will heed your word and dwell there and gain experience there with tuning and calibration for clean final projects.

I work in process automation and my oldest son has just started 3rd yr of an EE program, so the printer will not solely be used for 3D2A. Primary use is really projects and prints for him. He has experience with CAD modeling with Blender and exporting to Prusaslicer i believe. So it’s more for him, and he is somewhat familiar. But has a lot to learn as well.

My plans are slightly different, haha. But I will plan on learning via non 2a projects until proficient and confident. I am def interested in learning as much as I can before starting to improve or success rate and really understand the process and intricacies of printing.

Your suggestions on what to provide in a help thread, as well as Beta testing, is duly noted, that will save me a lot of heartache and flaming. The DONTS will be in the forefront for sure, when health risks are involved.

TY again.