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Looking to buy a 3D printer. to many different products out there to really look at.
So far i really like the Printrbot simpile metal. also seems to have good upgrades that can be done to it.
also looked at the da vinci and prusa 10" i3v Kit
Any input would be great. maybe point me to a printer that i haven't seen yet or printer that you like that has i high print quality.
Theres too many printer at the moment, most of them above the 1000 dollars Tag, is not about which one you want, Its about which one you need, you aré a thinker/hobbist get a prusa, you dont want to mess with técnicall Stuff get a makerbot, what aré you planing to build and using what materials?
give us moré info and Meabe we can show you a better direcction, Meabe not the Best one but a moré accurate one, cheers
PS: search the forum first Plz, this tópic has been cover many times, do it before the trolls wake up and get Hungry ;););)
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Originally Posted by bshadown
just looking for something affordable, that has a good print quality, has a good amount of support.
don't want to get a product that has a little user base.
i like the makerbot but its price is more than i want to spend. looking to get my feet wet.
Flash Forge, or Wanhao
Hi nefiwashere, we are currently selling an Ormerod for under £1000 if that is any use to you? Send us an email at kathleen@3d-print-works.com if so.
I pulled the trigger on the makerfarm 10". See how it goes.
Okay. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Ok that can be tricky, most 3D printers cost a lot nowadays even my self im getting a printer from indiegogo, just for the price Tag and because it looks moré realiable, dont get me wrong theres a lot of well know printers out there but personaly i dont want to spend 2 days solving one single issue, im moré on the consumer product side so i need less headaches and moré producction,
that been said, i would go either for a craftbot (indiegogo) a cobblebot (kickstarter) or something with a known name like Rostock Max v2 from seemecnc.com. i went for the craftbot, it should be here by september. Hopes that help you. Cheers
Take a quick look at the Cobblebot thread in the Hardware forum before going too much farther into that. I won't repeat all the things in it here, seeing as how that thread is still fresh and easily found.
Djbrowny pretty much sums up the entire thread nicely:
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Very pleased with my Printrbot Simple Metal.
I too bought this printer ,my first ,am very happy with it ,how is yours working out ?Quote:
Originally Posted by nefiwashere
Wait for the LulzBot Mini to be released, 6" x 6" 6" build volume, auto-leveling, runs a modified version of Cura instead of Slic3r, so super easy to use. Plus it has an all-metal hot-end, so you can use a huge variety of materials.
been going good, had some issue of the wrong firmware being on the ramps. had the 8" firmware. once i changed it my bigger prints were not getting cut off. i later printed out a different z end stop to make it easier to get the extruded height from the bed easier. after i did that and did a lot of printing and than added auto bed leveling. which made a huge difference for me in time to get ready to print. before you have to manually level out the bed which can be a pain especially after every print.
i could not find the first z endstop i printed out. that little upgrade made it less frustrating to level the bed
auto bed leveling from thingiverse
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:335632
if you do it follow the guide on thingiverse as far as what to print and what to buy. than you will use zennmaster guide on setting up marlin.
not to hard to get going but it was worth it.
questions or issue just let me know.
I got the MakerFarm i3v 10" about 2 months ago. It was my first experience with 3D printing so the learning curve has been pretty steep. It is turning out very good prints and I'm very happy with it. I also setup the ABL with the same thingivers items you did nefi and it makes a very big difference in print quality. Well worth the effort to figure out. One of my biggest challenges was getting rid of warp with ABS. PLA was printing great but I struggled with ABS until I read a post on this forum by Prinbus that said to turn the Hexagon cooling fan around so it was drawing air through the heatsink fins rather than the stock setup of blowing air through the heatsink. Just that change stopped all warp for me and now I can print both ABS and PLA great... and it was a 5 minute fix. It appears that blowing through the heatsink allows the air to bounce off the back of the X-carriage and blow back on the print causing the warp. If you haven't tried that yet, give it a shot, great tip by Printbus.
thanks for the tip. i stopped printing with abs because of the warping. what temp do you have your bed and nozzle at with abs? i also have this setup http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:335613 im still using the fans it came with tho. i did get the smaller fan just been lazy to take it apart and wire it up. might do it today since my filament is not feeding, getting stuck and the bolt is just eating at the filament.
I'm printing ABS with a bed temp of 110c and the hotend at 240c. I have heard good things about jclough's fan and shroud system from others but haven't tried it myself yet. Let me know what you think of it after you get it installed.
you will not be sorry,i love mine
Attachment 3230Having some print issues see pic. Printing @ .1
I have a solidoodle. I works great for me. But you need to do few upgrades yourself.
Overextrusion, or burnt filament?
I have had the MakerFarm Prusa i3v 10" for about a month now. I am very pleased with it. I have jclough's fan and shroud system as well and am very happy with it. I also installed this Z-isolation from YouMagine https://www.youmagine.com/designs/z-...-makerfarm-i3v I am setting up ABL this weekend as well as an alarm to notify me if I run out of filament http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:83274,and the print cooling fan system http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:351280
Support from Colin at MakerFarm has been fantastic.