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I've used 'wood' filament - PLA with a bamboo fibre filler - it sands fairly well (with care), can generate something like grain by playing with nozzle temperatures (mine darkens at the upper end of the temp range) and accepts a spirit stain readily.
For all that, it isn't wood - with time, effort and finishing materials I still end up with things that look like wood coloured plastic, so you'll probably need more opinions than mine.
The main reason I've tried it is related to aeromodelling - in principle it's less dense than say white PLA, in practice it's still too dense to make anything structural for model aircraft.
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I'm getting back into making cosplay props and have been looking into 3d printing as all the markets where I usually search for repurposeable tat have been closed for ages. I've found lots of decent free/cheap .stl repositories so whacked a few on some online 3d printing services for a quote, came back at £350ish. That seems to be around the price of a half decent printer so now I'm starting down the rabbit hole...
Any good things for a noob to read for the basics?
Any thoughts on the Artillery Sidewinder X1?
Anyone ever use wood style filament? I quite fancy making some Mad Max weapons and knocking up some wooden stocks and furniture would be sweet