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Well I am very happy with this new hotend. Not a single filament jam yet!!! I am having other temp related issues. I think we will print with lower...

The best printer is Spegelius because he actually prints in color. Unlike some of us posers and wannabes out here. But one day we will rise up and...

This wisdom is going to largely come from hands on experience. You might find some stuff to read and learn a little on the subject but you will...

I have a couple thoughts on that. First try printing it 5c cooler. Then again 5c cooler. And again until it wont print well and understand the best...

There was some layer shift on Y axis right near the top. This is with 2lbs of plastic on the print bed. I have 2 steppers driving Y with one TMC2226...

Alright it is time to have some fun snd show off the hardware and it's capabilities. So first and foremost i just want everybody to see there is no...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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..

Hey I have an idea. Instead of trying to get more stepper motors in play to lift more weight, how about applying some better engineering skills to...

I think I like that printer you suggested in the other thread CA. The sidewinder. Artillery Sidewinder X1 SW-X1 3D Printer: Amazon.com: Industrial &...

I think you should look at the Geeetech A30T. It has a large build volume and is 3 filament mixing printer. Which means you can print every color in...

Well I look forward to you finding a good use for the ESP module as I have amasses a small handful of them and would love to use them in a meaningful...

2 is nice. 3 is better. And let me now explain why. With dual filaments we have 2 hotends that are linked and the one not being used oozes all over...

And I know it is not a 3d printer but I am a performance specialist running a Corvette shop for a decade now. You gotta see how I setup the Dyno for...

And Printalicious..

Open air is how I setup all my printer mainboards. With the wires tied back away from the mainboard so it is out in the open with heatsinks facing up...

From what I can see it looks like the screens are the same.