Thanks for the advice. I don't like vibrations so in the prints so far I have set the max speed to 200mm/s. The first thing I actually did was "root" the board and install an up to date version of klipper and mainsail using this https://github.com/Guilouz/Creality-K1-Series. When you say the y axis linear rod screws, do you mean the 2 hex button screws that go in perpendicular to the rod at the front of the machine or the two in the rear of the base?
The two front screws. Also the vibration sensor creality makes for it works well. Just be sure to grab the one for the KE/nebula pad and not the sonic pad model.
If you want filament printers, the ender 3 V3 KE is the lowest i'd go....though the SE is good if you need to go even cheaper. This is assuming US shopping.
Can confirm. My KE is still going strong after pretty good use. Sometimes the y axis bearings will make noise at high speeds, but print quality is still good for my needs. Very pleased with the KE.
ender 3 v2 was my first printer and it was great. any ender 3 will be pretty good if you put in the effort.
Thanks. And I was wondering, were DaVinci printers as horrible as I've heard?
I have no experience with the DaVinci printers but in general I try to stick with popular printers that have lots of resources online. The ender lineup is probably the most popular family of printers.
He could certainly build a (filament) printer easily; if you look at some of the models that use off-shelf parts they're basically a bunch of aluminium extrusion, stepper motors and threaded rods. But I'd recommend starting with a cheap one to know their quirks a bit so you don't start out by building a shitty one.
I mean my partner is an engineer and his school project was turning a robot arm into a 3d printer (which proved to be problematic) so he could probably make a decent 3d printer using some of the electronics he got for school. I'd rather get one that mostly works already tho, he verbally abuses his computer when he works and making a 3d printer may cause social services to be called.
Right. I'm not saying someone can't build their own. I'm saying it's relatively pointless in a practical use sense.
Which one?
Is this a first gen Mars? How does the pricing compared to a pre-owned one directly from Elegoo? https://www.elegoo.com/en-ca/collections/mars-series
unless someone really wants to go into resin now I'd maybe wait how the whole athena thing develops and if the improvements trickle down into the budget segments.
Eh, force sensors and whatnot are cool, but I wouldn't let it stop someone dropping a couple hundred to print some minis now.
