dimi
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well there is only one type of fdm machine that is suited to continuous production printing. You want/need a belt printer :-) Production...

It is important for us to put our thoughts and ideas into this hobby. It is the only way it will grow into what you have envisioned. Because Lord...

there are an increasing number of ready built plug-n-play printers around. Some actually do what they say they do. The original makerbot...

have a look at the tronxy 5sa PRO...

I got expansion boards from ebay from a link just like this one: DRV8825/A4988 42CH Stepper Motor Driver Expansion Board For 3D Prin ju | eBay ....

Spoken like a true enthusiast. On your way into this hobby you should spend some time considering and then understanding why all of these printers...

It's also great to finally hear an answer as to why these 3d printers have fallen short of mainstream, right? Why it is that they never became the...

I thought I was very clear in my quote for 'a whole lot of money', lol. But you did say $2k budget. And I can build that. I mean we will still have...

the x5sa PRO. ...

nah, this particular issue is purely down to how some slicers react to very small parts.

An advert for makibox 3d printers popped up on - facebook I think. back then 3dprinters were kind of in the news, but cost an arm and a leg and a...

Oh - now that's an interesting offer. And, personally, having seen his work over the last few years - I'd take autowiz up on his offer. With...

So I have collected the 3 files that I have made to get the Geeetech 3 in 1 mixing hotend up and working in an i3 style printer. the i3 style home...

From all that I have read it sounds to me like you need a custom built 3d printer. Something hand made by someone of high skills to perform a...

creality are the kings of clone. So, probably genuinely made in a genuine shed :-)

the corexy design is easily the fastest of current fdm designs. And there are some big print volumes and decent machines around. Speed is partly...

well if it's going in your living room - you might want silent stepper drivers. I used my delta for the first time in a while yesterday - wow,...

I tried to reach out to Geeetech on Facebook to inquire about purchasing the parts that secure the 3 in 1 mixing hotend to the carriage and not only...

So all of the printers run on either 12v or 24v. All of the printer mainboards will take either. The heaters are meant for 12 or 24v but to be honest...

Nice - some interesting machines in there. Build volume rules out resin machines - anything nthat big will cost considerably more. So we're...

http://www.italnanotech.com/thermoplastics/ try that link instead.

But of course ! Also if you replace the nuts in your levelling knobs with nylock locking nuts - once it's physically levelled - it STAYS levelled....

also bear in mind that about 99% of all bltouch sold are NOT genuine. Also the chinese will always tell you it's genuine. I suspect the definition...

what is your budget ?

that usually happens if the part is really small - or the measurements are in inches (slicers pretty much only understand millimetres.) For some...

The above printer was only driving 2 stepper motors per axis and so in the above picture there is 1 signal getting split to 2 stepper drivers and...

Yet another way to avoid the firmware troubles is to just get a single stepper driver expansion board and wire the pins to the bank of pins right...

Here we are at mid travel with the bed and weights pretty much on plane with each other..