Quote Originally Posted by Kit View Post
Hi,

Very new to 3d printing and reading allot, I was thinking about buying the Creality CR-10S5 since it is in my budget, it's got a large bed size for some of my ideas and i've seen some good reviews.... is it a good buy?

If I wanted to print a cube frame like the one i've attached, what is the maximum floating length per connecting rod that I can 3d print?
The maximum unsupported bridging isn't great. depending on the print settings and material, probably 5 cm, and that won't be pretty.

To print a cubic frame - n one piece - you'd need a lot of supports.

So how I would do it is cut the cube in half, use a peg and socket to fix the uprights and print each half seperately upside down. No supports needed :-)
Or print the top as one part and the base and uprights as another.
That way you could make a cube frame as large as the machine would allow.

Or better yet. have the top and bottom as seperate frames and print the legs lying down - which is much stronger and cleaner and would print significantly faster and then slot and glue together.
:-)