the whole process is basically cnc but with z hops and extruding instead of removing material.
we do not even have conical slicing yet.
Ya, it is, and it’s been there for quite a while now thanks to Bambu.
The X1 just works. Coming up on a year of frequent use, I can count the number of failed prints on one hand. It’s incredible.
It's all just much less tinkering then 5 years ago.
Tell me you don’t anything about 3d printing without telling me you don’t know anything about 3d printing.
Also, subtractive manufacturing is much harder than additive manufacturing, because you need to position the machine around an existing piece of stock and sequence your operations manually, instead of letting a generic slicing algorithm slice from bottom to top with an offset vs the intended printing location only being a problem if you accidentally print over the edge of the build plate, which is usually not possible mechanically.
also there are so much stuff that are in open prs and issues for years that are not implemented for slicers.
"take a load" - I don't know what kind of load, do you mean the fact that PLA is creeping under sustained load?
If that is YOUR usecase that is fine, but that does not mean that set and forget works just fine for others. Btw gun people use PLA plus just fine.
I've owned or used probably every major (and some minor) printer released in the last 8 years and for most people Bambu really will just be "plug and play" (and even if something goes wrong they'll hold hands as much as needed)