getting one of these at your school would be amazing but if your looking at a smaller budget and are more technically inclined, there are cheaper options but they come with less support as well. a popular, low cost printer lately has been the Creality CR10 which has a 300x300x400 build volume for under $500 and 90% of it is already assembled and there are a few facebook support groups for it already if you need suggestions on upgrades (that you can print yourself) or tweeks to get better prints. I would love a Lulzbot but I myself have had to go with some of the $200 kit printers where you assemble 100% of it yourself including any soldering lol due to my limited budget. hopefully I will be able to get a lulzbot soon as well tho.
getting one of these at your school would be amazing but if your looking at a smaller budget and are more technically inclined, there are cheaper options but they come with less support as well. a popular, low cost printer lately has been the Creality CR10 which has a 300x300x400 build volume for under $500 and 90% of it is already assembled and there are a few facebook support groups for it already if you need suggestions on upgrades (that you can print yourself) or tweeks to get better prints. I would love a Lulzbot but I myself have had to go with some of the $200 kit printers where you assemble 100% of it yourself including any soldering lol due to my limited budget. hopefully I will be able to get a lulzbot soon as well tho.