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3 hours in and no one's brought up VoronDesign? You can't buy their priners or parts directly, you either have to self source or buy some variant or "BOM in a box" from a third party. I've had mine for two (three?) years and although the build was long it was very well documented, via a 240+ page lego-like build manual. It's a great printer and community.
Nice, there was one other mention but good to see a full vouch for Voron, definitely the kind of projected I had in mind.
I've built a 0.2 and a 2.4 from kits and they're great printers with loads of mods available, but I find them had to recommend unless you have the ability to print your own parts. You can buy a kit that comes with the printed parts or get them through the print it forward program, but if you break any of the parts during the build, it can be challenging to source a replacement.
If you do build one and don't have access to another printer, I would recommend printing replacements for the most critical components once you get it running (especially the hot end parts).
Otherwise, they're super fun projects and I can't recommend them enough.
I built a cardboard enclosure around my poor old i3 clone to get my Voron parts printed. It was a bit janky, but it worked and I can now say that my i3 clone can totally print ASA.
But agree that not having an existing printer at all does make for a potentially harder build, especially as figuring out all the parts you'll actually need ahead of time can be somewhat challenging.