Been out of the loop for a couple years on the printer tech, looking at a Bambu labs P1S unless any of you have any better recommendations.
3D printer recommendations
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I have a Prusa. works well eventually, always takes a of futzing around to print part.
However I don't have much of a need for fragile plastic bric-a-brac so I haven't used it much. Kind of excited that ordering printed metal parts is no longer exorbitantly expensive.
I did make a bag of dicks for @kidwoo
However I don't have much of a need for fragile plastic bric-a-brac so I haven't used it much. Kind of excited that ordering printed metal parts is no longer exorbitantly expensive.
I did make a bag of dicks for @kidwoo
Fragile ones?? What a waste…
They were polycarbonate for the best strength and a whole bag of replacements. I gave him the best I could give.
I can only suspect that is the reason for his disappearance. He is busy, very busy...
I had an originial prusa years ago and loved the print quality but it was a bugger to babysit. I also was only using it for FPV parts and hobby stuff but now I am need of making actual functional tool stuff, organization stuff as well and practical construction items so need something a bit faster than a dick maker.
Bambulabs seems to have made a big dent in the high quality, dependable, speedy 3d print market, so you probably can't go wrong there.
I chose to build a Voron V0.2 around Christmas, which was a very enjoyable experience, like getting a huge Lego Technic box for your birthday... only with worse manuals.
The building experience did give me a lot more insight into the inner workings, and allows me to customize and tune things at will, but I totally understand it when people can't be bothered.
I chose to build a Voron V0.2 around Christmas, which was a very enjoyable experience, like getting a huge Lego Technic box for your birthday... only with worse manuals.
The building experience did give me a lot more insight into the inner workings, and allows me to customize and tune things at will, but I totally understand it when people can't be bothered.
200k for a pretty solid metal printer, kind of interesting hearing about filling it, didn't think it was going to be so hazmat.
Actually not too far off. However even if you 3-d print a pattern for investment casting the cost of cast parts is very expensive for low volumes and you get a lot more design flexibility for printed parts.
