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awesomeolion posted:That's really helpful, thanks! Sounds like Prusa is the way to go. It looks like prusa3d.com is the official site for buying Prusa printers based on Google and the vibes. prusaprinters.org goes to printables.com Yup. I can recommend the Mini+, very happy with mine.
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I own an Ender 3 v2 and will confirm that Prusa printers look dreamy.
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I was 90% sure I would buy the Mk3s+ ... and then within six months buy the Prusa XL. Therefore, I bought a Voron 2.4 LDO kit and made that instead. I am a sucker for "BUILD THIS FROM A KIT!" anything.
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Doctor Zero posted:I would get a steel PEI flex sheet and never look back. Funny enough I’m going to have to return the printer, not that I don’t love it, but the micro usb reader doesn’t seem to detect anything from memory to Octipi. I think I’m just going to drop a few more dollars and get a bigger model. Honestly I love this stuff so much. I did see some open box items for 207 for the Ender 3 v2. Normally I’d just get the Ender 3…but I don’t want to get burnt whenever Microcenter offers a $100 off coupon again. Anyone have any suggestions on the Ender 3 lines that tend to be at around 175-215 or the open box Ender 3v2? Thanks for everyone’s suggestions and feedback. I can’t stress enough how helpful it’s been and how much I’ve enjoyed learning how things work, beyond hitting slice and then print.
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May 18, 2022 17:49
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QLxTVtyng What the gently caress awesomeolion posted:prusaprinters.org goes to printables.com This is a recent change-- prusaprinters was serving as a model repository, but a lot of people thought it was just for Prusa printers So now it's printables!
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May 18, 2022 18:06
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Sockser posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QLxTVtyng I tried to upload some models to thingiverse but it was so badly broken I couldn't finish creating an account, so I put them on printables instead. I thought it was the de facto replacement.
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May 18, 2022 18:13
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cruft posted:I thought it was the de facto replacement. It almost is. The code behind thingiverse is so bad that prusa was like "might as well put up a model site" and it's significantly better from a reliability standpoint. Just missing the huge back catalog of uploads
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May 18, 2022 18:21
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Sockser posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QLxTVtyng Hey! I did that with the Monoprice Mini Delta printer so that gravity would aid the wonky bed level probe mechanism it had! (Turn the printer upside down and print things that way) Honestly you can do the inverted printing thing with any machine where you regularly get good bed adhesion. Just need to secure it upside down on the bottom of a shelf. Looks like the print size limit is right up there at the point where gravity would pull a print off the build plate though. Definitely wouldn't want an inverted Voron 2.4 at the 400mm cube print area printing a full area print like that.
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May 18, 2022 18:25
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So any thoughts on the Ender 3 v2? Obviously this depends on just how much of an open box it is and nothing major or important is missing.
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May 18, 2022 18:38
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awesomeolion posted:I'm considering getting a 3D printer and I'm curious what's recommended in TYOOL 2022. I would be fine spending some more money if that means it actually works and I don't have to gently caress with it constantly. I would be doing the usual poo poo like printing small models I make or find on the internet. I'm in the USA and only use Mac OS. Thanks! As others have pointed out, this is the exact niche Prusa is good for if you are printing FDM. Depending on what you mean by "printing small models", though, you might be better off with a resin printer; I have no idea what the best it-just-works resin printer is.
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May 18, 2022 18:48
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Scarodactyl posted:I don't do resin printing, but do you think I'm right to tell my friend not to spend 10k on one of these for live prototyping of rings? https://www.b9c.com/products/b9-core-series I'm sorry I missed this, but just wanted to reflect what you were told. I have the whole setup for a b9 550 at work. While it uses a castable resin (emerald and another one at the moment) we don't use it outside of "here is kinda what your part will look like. But green." It apparently doesn't consistently burn out well. Basically I get to play with the thing because we use a solidscape and projet instead. If he wants a machine just to show prototype pieces, buy a cheap resin printer 4k or better for resolution if they are intricate pieces. E: we use 15 thousand dollars of b9 stuff to make poo poo like this for fun because we don't use it much otherwise. 
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May 18, 2022 18:54
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Droogie posted:E: we use 15 thousand dollars of b9 stuff to make poo poo like this for fun because we don't use it much otherwise. I'm calling HR. Marshal Prolapse posted:So any thoughts on the Ender 3 v2? Obviously this depends on just how much of an open box it is and nothing major or important is missing. Are you the one looking to get into 3d printing so you can defeat your brother? Looks like your brother is gonna remain undefeated at this rate, if so. Some Pinko Commie fucked around with this message at 20:11 on May 18, 2022 |
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Marshal Prolapse posted:So any thoughts on the Ender 3 v2? Obviously this depends on just how much of an open box it is and nothing major or important is missing. People advocate prusa machines because they "just work". Enders can be totally acceptable if you know what you're doing, and even really good with some strategic upgrades. Getting an open box Ender is masochistic: - Someone returned the machine. There is probably something wrong with it. - You are gambling that there is nothing wrong with it, and previous owner returned it for another reason. - Nobody restocking the "open box" machine runs test prints to see if there's something wrong with it.
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May 18, 2022 19:48
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There's like a 99% chance an open box Ender has been harved for parts
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May 18, 2022 19:51
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Well that’s why I’m gonna inspect it and if it sucks I’ll just get a different ender two to replace the SD card issue, Which is legit not working anyway so it was coming back anyhow. Luckily with microcenter it’s still returnable, if I get it back and it has issues. Also there’s a chance that it is a floor model instead and they actually do do prints with them at the store, so perhaps they do retest stuff? It’s just I want that bigger build plate (and it’s glass) and also the end or three just seemed easy as hell if a part‘s missing or needs to be replaced later it’s not a big deal and also the description mentioned only packaging material, but I’ll check and I do appreciate all the advice from everyone and heads up.
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May 18, 2022 20:05
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Marshal Prolapse posted:Well that’s why I’m gonna inspect it and if it sucks I’ll just get a different ender two to replace the SD card issue, Which is legit not working anyway so it was coming back anyhow. Let us know how it goes, OP. FWIW I like my E3v2 a whole lot.
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May 18, 2022 20:08
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biracial bear for uncut posted:I'm calling HR. Sorry if my religion makes you uncomfortable.
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cruft posted:Let us know how it goes, OP. Will do! I have to disassemble my current one in the back my car so I can return it, but I did get a chance to look inside the box as they opened it for me and everything was sealed and they said whenever 3-D printer comes back it goes back to the company for inspection to make sure the parts work. It doesn’t look like anything is missing or abused. Plus I still have the ability to return it.
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Scarodactyl posted:Thanks! His gemcutting business has been taking off and he's hoping to get into jewelry making (but he'd having casting done by a third party rather than doing it himself, he just needs physical prototypes to prototype and/or impress customers with). I suspect even a cheap resin printer would work for that but I'm not sure. He's apparently been told that calibration and/or alignment are a timesink on other printers. That seemed questionable to me. Everyone loves that!
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Droogie posted:Sorry if my religion makes you uncomfortable. Breastfeeding in an industrial area without proper PPE is an HSE violation, religious beliefs have nothing to do with it.
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biracial bear for uncut posted:Breastfeeding in an industrial area without proper PPE is an HSE violation, religious beliefs have nothing to do with it. Excuse me, but this company has a space for that. ...which while I support, I am just now realizing that it's wild because 90+% of this place is industrial manufacturing and warehouse. Huh. Never seen a baby here.
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Sockser posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QLxTVtyng came here to post this. Might be my next project after I finish the cnc machine 180x180x180mm print volume, core xy, and fits inside a filament box. He was showing this off a year ago but the files werent available to my knowledge
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  I would assume that if it was sent back to the manufacturer and tested and refurbished. I think I’ll be good. Famous last words I know. That said everything that’s should be sealed is same for the glass bed (in case it doesn’t show. Well I don’t see a sd card with usb stick, but that’s like not an issue and for all I know this doesn’t come with one. Well that or under the main stuff lol Edit: it was in fact under the main stuff. 
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Droogie posted:Excuse me, but this company has a space for that. Bro the baby doesn't go to the warehouse...
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Poking around the settings of a brand new Mono X. I see the UV power setting is at 100% from the factory. Is that something I should reduce, and what considerations are there with that setting?
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bird food bathtub posted:Poking around the settings of a brand new Mono X. I see the UV power setting is at 100% from the factory. Is that something I should reduce, and what considerations are there with that setting? With the caveat that I don't actually own a Mono X - most of the exposure settings I've seen for it have you set the LCD power to 80%. If you search for "[resin brand] Mono X settings", there's quite a lot of information out there that you should be able to use as a jumping-off point. The various Facebook printer owner groups are often surprisingly informative too, but signal to noise ratio can be a bit annoying at times.
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Related to my inconsistent first layer problems is that I'm getting a occasional "wonk" sound on the X-Axis. I think it's some sort of rubbing or harmonic, but I can't isolate it. It doesn't occur with small moves and I can't trigger it with manual axis moves or thru octoprint. I'll try to get a recording. It's a Mk3s. I recalibrated the axes (again) and adjusted the SuperPinda (again). I've tightened the x-axis belt because it was slightly loose by one tooth. It changed pitch after that and is a deeper sound now. Maybe the idler on the right side?
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Deviant posted:i keep mine at 80 I'll bump it down to that. I assume exposure times in general will have to increase? Current settings with 100% using Elegoo grey ABS like are 6 layers burn in at 60 seconds. Are those settings way out of line? It was 50 seconds based on community values but 6 of 8 test prints stuck to the FEP. At 60 seconds and some sand paper scuffing of the build plate only 1 stuck.
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run an exposure test. ameralabs town, or something. mono x needs a particular filename though, R_E_R_F.pwmx i think. been a minute but i'm sure google knows
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Well I looked over all the parts and everything looks perfectly fine. So I’m pretty drat happy with the deal I wound up getting. That’s said I’m going to wait to assemble it until I pick up the new Springs, nozzle, and maybe the auto leveling kit. Does anyone have any feedback on the CL auto leveler? Also anyone with experience with the direct extruder that Swiss sells? I was watching a video on upgrades you can give your Ender 3 V2 and oh man the stuff you can do with this. That said I wouldn’t be getting the direct extrude anytime soon for cost reasons, but it’s definitely something I might want to pick up in the next few months. However I figure that just the nozzle upgrade, along with the springs, and maybe redoing the Cupler on the bowden tube, should suffice. Finally does anyone have any, “you should print these upgrade stls as soon as the printer is running”, suggestions?
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Marshal Prolapse posted:Well I looked over all the parts and everything looks perfectly fine. So I’m pretty drat happy with the deal I wound up getting. That’s said I’m going to wait to assemble it until I pick up the new Springs, nozzle, and maybe the auto leveling kit. Don't mess with bling until you get some time under your belt.
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NomNomNom posted:Bro the baby doesn't go to the warehouse... Lazy babies. Jesus. I will say of the B9 that it's easy enough to use that a stupid lazy baby could operate it successfully. In lieu of a stupid lazy baby, I have little to no issues using it.
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Can anybody recommend a mesh editing / nesting / slicer solution for commercial use? Something with a free trial period so we can kick the tires a little? We’re locked into a particular lovely proprietary CAM/slicer for setup and actually sending jobs to the printers, but the nesting functionality doesn’t even work properly and we’re wasting a ton of time working around it. I want to show people how much easier life will be when we can nest, add supports and do other print setup on a decent platform, export it to .stl, and then drop that into the proprietary slicer at the very end. Big bonus if this software will also let us add text / build info to the meshes fairly painlessly, we’re having QC issues and want a way to tell which prints came from what printer.
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Doctor Zero posted:Don't mess with bling until you get some time under your belt. Yeah I figured the key ones will be good to start with and I am so looking forward to that auto level.
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NomNomNom posted:Bro the baby doesn't go to the warehouse... I've heard people use the rooms where I work for hooking up.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:Can anybody recommend a mesh editing / nesting / slicer solution for commercial use? Something with a free trial period so we can kick the tires a little? I don't have much experience with this so someone else will probably have better suggestions, but I've usually heard about MeshMixer when it comes to editing provided STLs. It's usually better to get the fusion or STEP file and edit that rather than the mesh, not sure what input file type you are dealing with. I have used some software called "ideaMaker" to apply a texture to the outside surface of STL models, it might have the capability to do nesting / supports you are looking for. The UI is terrible.
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Prusa XL wheeeeen I'm sure the Shanghai lockdown didn't help the situation any
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Scarodactyl posted:Thanks! His gemcutting business has been taking off and he's hoping to get into jewelry making (but he'd having casting done by a third party rather than doing it himself, he just needs physical prototypes to prototype and/or impress customers with). I suspect even a cheap resin printer would work for that but I'm not sure. He's apparently been told that calibration and/or alignment are a timesink on other printers. That seemed questionable to me. On one hand he could start messing around for 100s of dollars with something from Anycubic, Elegoo, etc, but if it's a business then absolutely pony up for the Formlabs. They know their poo poo, and their poo poo works. If it's a business thing then you're also paying to NOT gently caress around with vat film replacement, print surface leveling, etc and just reliably print instead. I'm still trucking along with a Form 2, the Form 3 is even better.
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Doctor Zero posted:Don't mess with bling until you get some time under your belt. When I got my Ender 3 I printed off a bunch of "must-have!" thingiverse upgrades; they've all gone in the trash. An improved fan duct and a little tool bin are the only ones I'm still using but neither is a must have when you're starting out.
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