I pretty much only print Hatchbox. I use the Hatchbox presets on my Prusa and have rarely ever had any real issues.
Prusa just did a surprise announcement. The MK4 is now shipping.
Oh, and upgrade kits.
ARISE THREAD! Amazon has some great deals on 3D printers. I just picked up the Creality Ender 3 V2 Neo 3D Printer for $229 (down from $399).
While I don't know much about 3D printing, this seemed like it would be a great introduction to printing (with some patience from what I have read). Any of you experts have a "10 things I wish I knew before I started 3D printing" list anywhere? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Z3... is probably a little dated at this point as a lot of printers come more assembled than they did when this was released but Teaching Tech's stuff is always really solid.
This thread is just about dead (ok, like, super dead), but thought I would post some of the things I've created so far. 3D printing is super addicting and even though I would love a Bambu Labs printer, I'm happy with the Ender I purchased. There's definitely a learning curve and a ton of upgrades you can make for the printer.
First up, my latest and greatest! This was experimenting with pausing the print to switch out filaments. The flames were printed horizontally and took a lot of work. However, this was my first experiment with doing that. It was also multiple pieces to print, some Loctite, and some paint (which I'm also not great at yet)
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Next up? Halloween! This was printed in white filament and was another chance to hone my painting skills.
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This skeleton was also printed in white. This was a light stain and then a darker stain. As I was taking the picture, a fly landed on his head. The timing was perfect!
Nice. Thinking of replacing my current printer with Creality Ender 3 neo or S1.
Nice prints. I keep forgetting to post stuff I make in here too
Or even take pictures of them.
Here's a spider I printed last night using filament called Burnt Titanium. The glitter really doesn't show well in the picture.
Finished him off this weekend for my son.
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Here's my latest halloween print:
his photo loads fine for me.
his photo loads fine for me.
Loading fine now and it looks awesome!
Latest Halloween print. I printed this one at 175%. It took awhile for all the parts but may make another one because I love it so much
I'm thinking about getting into 3D printing minis and scenery for tabletop games. What should I look at for a starter printer, and how much should I expect to spend on hardware and supplies?
I've read up a little bit on filament vs. resin and filament sounds a lot friendlier for beginners. I live in a climate with fairly impressive temperature extremes and high humidity in the summer, so I figure the best place to put the thing is the basement, which already has a dehumidifier set up.
FDM printers are less messy and the filament is cheaper for sure. If you were just printing small stuff even one roll of filament would last awhile. A roll of PLA which would be the most likely type you would print that with is 18-25 bucks. Resin printer may give you a bit more fine detail at smaller sizes but honestly most modern FDM printers still do a great job.
Yeah I did get a resin printer to make dnd figurines. When it worked the details were great. But it was more work due to the cleaning process and messy.
If high level of details is not an issue I'd due filament instead. Cheaper too.
partially this is also dependent on your budget. filament is generally cheaper then resin, but resin can get your better results on things like minis.
But for larger things like terrain most folks do FDM as it cost less and also weighs less.
If you're not too picky about your filament brand https://3dprintingdeals.com/ keeps a running list of sales. Pretty often I'm able to get reliable filament brands for around $12 / kg.
SO, due to a combination of extra disposable income, my oldest printer kicking it, black friday sales and peer pressure I got a Bambu X1 Carbon with AMS.
The print quality and speed are pretty fantastic. And I hate nearly everything about the printer.
I'll be keeping it of course, because it's just too good, but man...
* Every part is proprietary (but fairly cheap and available in the US)
* Certain features REQUIRE you send prints through their cloud service (dunno what happens if they or my Internet are down)
* User serviceability is super bad (40 screws just to get to the cabling harness under the bed)
* You MUST use their slicer (but it's a fork of Prusa Slicer and they have contributed back)
Congrats on the X1CC! I upgraded to it and will never look back. The cold plate that it comes with works great but definitely put glue on the bed. Another trick that worked really well was hairspray. A thin layer of it really helped so that the prints did not stick too terribly to the bed.
I picked up the textured PEI plate (Bambu) and it's amazing. No glue, hairspray, or anything and it prints really well. I don't think I'm going back to the cold plate.
I've got about 600 hours on my X1CC so far. If you have any questions, I may or may not be able to answer them but I'll sure try!
Thanks!
I'm used to PEI spring steel plates on all my other printers, so using glue seems like the stone age. haha.
Definitely going to pick up some PEI plates ASAP.
What are people's experience with the Creality Ender-3s.
I'm thinking of getting this Ender-3 V2 Neo.
What are people's experience with the Creality Ender-3s.
I'm thinking of getting this Ender-3 V2 Neo.
It was the first printer I got. It's not a bad printer but it's not a "set it up and print" type of printer. You do need to spend a good amount of time dialing in the settings, leveling the bed, and getting it right. I got it to make sure I wanted to spend money 3d printing before spending a lot more money. Within 2 months I upgraded to the Bambu X1CC, but a lot of people do like the Ender as a first printer. You definitely get to learn a lot about what makes it work and why!
When the Bambu's hit the streets a few months ago, I was weighing getting one with vs upgrading my Prusa MK3S to MK4. Of course, I started with an early run MK3, so the price difference between the MK4 upgrade kit I'd need and an outright new MK4 kit made it a no-brainer to just buy a full MK4 kit.
And everything Orphu mentioned was part of my decision against a Bambu. But man does it look like the AMS blows the doors off the Prusa MMU.
An update to my comments above about Bambu.
You CAN use another slicer. Orca Slicer is pretty great, and allows you to do most things detached from their cloud services. It still uses the proprietary Bambu network plugin though, and still sends telemetry (unless you block it).
But I can't deny the speed and quality of prints I'm getting out of this thing.
I bought a Bambu P1P (without AMS) this weekend during the sale, the price was just too good. I still run my MK3 full time so I'll have both printers running.
My latest print. Mecha Godzilla. A lot of pieces but a truly amazing piece. 14" tall and 28" long. He is articulated so arms, tail, head, and legs all move.
That is soooo great.
-BEP
Re: Bambu
That is great !! I was just looking for a cool Godzilla toy for my son this Christmas and this is cooler than anything I found available.
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