Ok I know that some filament you need a hardened nozzle but do you really need hardened steel extruder gears it seems like the only thing I can find out about this is only by bambu labs it seems like a selling gimmick to me that only on brand that includes hardened steel extruder gears is bambu the reason I’m asking is for running more abrasive materials though my voron ERCF and the hot end like glow in the dark filament the Ercf and the hotend is running bondtech bmg extruder gears

I am planning to buy new printer for me that requires HD printing capabilities and a strong prints because I usually print Wide planar surface like for example, vehicle body. What are the goods and the bad between those 2 printers? Regarding to durability and sparepart availability. Also what software did those printer use? Thank you

I'm going to be making some DIY build plates for my printer from a cheap aliexpress PEI coated plate and 0.2mm FR4. I plan to sand blast off the PEI and then adhere the FR4 to the plate.

Does anybody have any suggestions for adhesives to bond the FR4 to the spring steel that can withstand 110*C and not break the bank?

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I've found 3M 486, but it's not exactly cheap.

Has anyone ever used any of the virtual foundry ceramic filaments? I can’t find any examples of it actually working.

Anyone Familiar with the mold printing resin specifically?
I want to print custom Choc bar molds, and 1/24th scale model car parts.

looking for recommendations of users in here, ive done tons of research on the Tubez, and this just makes me want everything lol

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Sources say you can leave them in a plastic container but I see nothing specifically about the wash and cure stations. I have an Anycubic one and would prefer not to replace it.

Seriously what the hell are you guys doing

Hello! I have an Ender 3 Pro, there alot of mods, but most noticeably I have a direct drive mod that takes the stock heavy motor and mounts it on top. I seem to be getting very noticeables layer line, and I think direct drive can do better. What are my options? I will try retightening the belts, but should I just get an actual direct drive extruder, and can somebody point me to one on amazon.ca? I need direct drive because I also print TPU.

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Hey guys, just curious, dies anyone know why some are yellow and some are blue but majority are green?

Needed an enclosure, neighbors just had the hot water heater replaced. Win-win for 2 printers meeded enclosed.

The problem is that the first 5-6 layer of my print is non existent. I know that it's too close but it's not due to bed leveling issue. Because other people used it right before me just fine.

I use ultimaker cura. My question is, ist that any type of setting that would chnage the z offset of the printer while printing?

Hello! So I recently switched my filament roll off after it was nearly finished. After I did the switch my auto-leveling has consistently failed at the first out of the 25 points 8 times in a row. When I turn on the printer, there is nothing that appears to be wrong. The only trouble comes when I start the auto-leveling. The printer will come to tempature within advertised time per usall but as it moves from its home location to the first point, the X axis head will start going down to the plate, it then contuines even after touching the plate bending the whole Y axis plate and the head flashes red as the display panel says "Leveling Failed" and the head stays at that spot with a red sensor on. Is anyone else experincing this problem and is there a fix?

I was playing around with some sliding potentiometers and I was wondering if they would be able to be used to accurately level the bed. If you have seen similar projects or know if it would be better than a traditional microswitch, please let me know.

Im looking to get a miniature printed in bluecast resin and then cast in bronze. I think my local jeweler can do the casting but does anyone know of an online service that can do the print?

Thanks

I might have a problem and I drink a McDonalds finest Diet Coca Cola everyday. That makes a lot of McDonalds cups. Now can I make filament out of these cups like people do with bottles. If so I threw hundreds of cups away in wasted filament :)

Hi all, new to 3d printing but having a problem where the slicer just seems to ignore the fact there is a gap. It's a rabbit basket with a lot of floating parts. Basically only the front legs and the tail touch the ground but it doesn't seem to recognize that. When I preview each layer, it will print several layers while leaving a hole in the middle, then try to print the first layer of the legs and belly right over the hole. It's also printing the ear that is floating before it prints the feed. I didn't notice until it started printing and then I looked the preview. I have tried playing around with the support settings to no avail. This is from thingiverse, not something I created. I do get Link and photos below. Any help is appreciated. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6530882

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Buddy of mine has been 3D printing for a few years now. This—an AnyCubic Photon Mono from about 2020-21—being his first one. His wife got him a brand new Elegoo Mars 8k for Christmas and gifted this to me for my birthday a few weeks ago. However, I honestly have little idea where to begin with the upkeep of this.

I have and will continue to watch some videos on setting up, what and how to print, and general care around it, but I wanted to pose this question to the group as a way of note keeping and peer questioning:

What do I need to get started printing? What do I need to get this printer exactly started up (assume I have nothing)? And best for upkeep?

TIA to everyone!

Ive got $100 in gift cards. I'm looking at buying a second machine, already have a k1 from black Friday, no upgrades besides new extruder and hotend. Need to buy nozzles and want a second bed plate.

With that being said, I'm also thinking about getting a second machine going so I can run longer prints at slower speeds for quality and still produce.

My options are: Flashforge adventurer 5M - enclosed, 600mm/s and 20k accel, coreXY, DDE, high flow etc. from what I understand relatively lacking in the software department... $199 after gift card.

Neptune 4 pro - bed slinger with 500mm/s, DDE, high flow, big(bigger) build plate, pre installed klipper and more open source than the above, no enclosure, semi open software I believe ? $199 after gift card (or direct from site for $179), not sure about flow rates and hot ends

Anycubic Kobra 2 pro - 500mm/s 20k accel bed slinger, more closed software and proprietary apps, heard lots of QC issues and not the best reliability from what I've read, not as good cooling as the Neptune I don't think, not sure about flow rates and hotends $160 after gift cards

Qidi x smart 3 - coreXY, enclosed, 500mm/s input shaping and pressure advance configurable, high flow/speed, runs fluidd and orca like my current setup, promising company, not sure about how open source the software is - $219 after gift cards

Trying to stay away from creality but the e3v3 KEor SE doesn't sound bad or even an s1 pro, just wanna experience something new that's not creality but the prices are hard to beat especially with a $100 gift card.

Thought about digging into the sovol sv06, I can get it for like $100 after gift card too rn from Amazon.

Think I'll avoid the AnkerMake unless y'all suggest it. Closed source and the above should be matchable I think...

Or should I just spend a buncha money on consumables and nozzle upgrades for my K1? I can do a little bit of both (I need more filament anyways) so planned on spending a bit extra outside of just those ranges. But would it be worth upgrading pulleys and belts or adding a second aux fan or a new hotend to the k1 I currently have? Kinda like the idea of multiple machines running and these prices look real good... I could use a camera but I also have old raspberry pi cameras or can buy cheap ones for my K1.

Otherwise..... Help me spend some money! 🤣 What would y'all buy? I'm def getting a set up hardened nozzles for my K1, wondering if the nozzle/camera bundle is worth it or spend the money on a diff camera or a raspberry pi or USB webcam setup. Also figured some extra build plates are always helpful.

Thanks in advance!

Been Noticing some issues with laying down my first layer.

Thought it was probably due to this.