Hello LulzBot peeps!

I was given this head at work and told that we used to have printers (before my time) that were gotten rid of. I've personally never owned a 3D printer but have used several in the past.

Here are my questions:

1. Are LulzBots generally a good starting point to learn 3D printers and their inner machinations? Are they a dying company with dying support? I read they laid off 80% of workforce back in 19', and it seems like they just never recovered based off the limited scrolling I've done on this forum/online.

2. Would this be worth keeping and attempting to install onto a TAZ5/6 printer?

3. If not, maybe someone on this forum would like it as a spare part on their build?

4. Personal thoughts on potentially buying a "for parts" printer that doesn't extrude? Is that a good scenario to replace the head with this one? Or can there be a hidden reason besides just head issues that a printer would cease to extrude?

Sincere thanks for your time reading this.

Steve-O

I have an original Lulzbot Mini. It turns on, connects to Cura, and heats, but won't extrude. The extrusion failure might be due to the only filament I have being at least 6 years old.

It can probably be made to work or used for parts. Free to a good home. Just pay actual shipping costs. US only.

I designed these for taz 6 printer. I linked my Printables profile below.

https://www.printables.com/model/850220-lulzbot-taz-6-x-linear-rail-mod

And also.

https://www.printables.com/model/1037313-lulzbot-taz-6-y-linear-rail-mod

My friend loaned me a Taz Pro. With it came several spools of 3mm filament. I have been happily feeding Taz the 3mm thinking that's the size I'm supposed to use. Can I use a different diameter filament without having to change the print heads?

where can i buy a replacement for this

Hi everyone, I bought a used TAZ and everything seems to be working fine except the filament gets soft before reaching the nozzle, and I realized that this was because the heat sink fan isn’t blowing. I tried turning it on with the machine’s interface to no avail, and tried the same on another print head that it came with. Then I tried powering both with a DC power supply and they worked fine. I opened up the side of the printer and 24VDC is being sent to the fan by the circuit board when it’s supposed to be on, so I don’t see where the problem is. Has anyone had a similar problem? Thanks.

I have a lulzbot mini 2 in Ontario, Canada I am trying to sell. Anyone interested?

Hello. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement wire harness for the x-axis of a Taz6? Thank you.

i have a lulz bot mini one and the problem that i am having is the print head cant stay at the proper temperature and cools down and stops like a layer or 2 in. my main question is do i have to replace the entire hotend and if so what part on the lulz bot website that is the correct one for the lulz bot mini one or do i just have too old of a printer and the parts are no longer for sale

we swt=itched to chromebooks this school year... so im looking for a slicer for chromebooks that supports the TAZ 6

thanks

As said, they ain't all that. Especially on a stock taz.

Looked at echo and prusa on suggestions and stock cura as well. Thing is it's a crap shoot to determine configs for those slicers.

Have tried prusa using cura code and that breaks everything.

So is anyone else using stock old-school Taz 4 or other 2.85 print head extruder with something other that cura Le and if so, what slicer and would you share your settings if you're pretty pleased with the results?

Hello,

To start I am a teacher and I inherited a Taz 6 with a Flexydually tool head, do not have a normal single print head to replace. I only want to use PLA, so I am not concerned with the dual head. Every time I try to start a print and it calibrates, the flexyhead hits the metal disc that is for homing right in form of teh back left corner bed support disc. How do people keep this from happening with a dual extruder? I think this may be the reason my calibration fails each time? Is there any special I need to be doing with this print head?

I need to figure this out in the next couple of hours, otherwise I will miss out. I need to make an informed decision on whether to buy a printer or wait for another opportunity.

There is a lulzbot mini 2, used with box, and a brand new ender 3 pro in box available at a moving sale in the area where I'm visiting. Owner is open to offers and may let it go cheaply.

The owner is clearly a maker with lots of fun tech gear and kits and tools. I don't have further info. The lulzbot may be complete or may be missing some stuff. There's also a few accessories available seperate from the printers but bundled as one lot: Lulzbot single extruder tool head v2.1, Lulzbot mini heat bed kit (which I think are for the mini 1?), and a crate of 1kg HIPS and PLA filament spools as well. Do I need these parts if I buy the mini 2? Should I grab the filaments while I can even though I probably wont use even a third of it in the next few years?

This will be my first printer. I've 3d printed just a few things before on a monoprice and some other random printer years ago but nothing since. I am competent with electronics and mechanics and modelling, but really need to learn everything about 3d printers from scratch again basically. I will make prototypes, tools, handy gadgets that need to be strong, but nothing critical or production level. Need an informed decision quickly and appreciate the help. Thanks.

I have a lutzbot 1 that runs with cura 21.08 and on the past the same problem kept showing up I used to close the application and open it again and it used to work but now it's the same problemem over and over again. please help

Has anyone here used the newest Lulzbot mini 3 printer? If so, what is your opinion? I haven't been able to find any user reviews which is unsettling. I have the first gen mini and a lot of filament.

I already own a fairly new Prusa mk4 so a new mini 3 probably isn't worth it but I'm still open to getting one.

I’m having an issue with my Taz6 where when I auto home it’s fine and finds home no problem but when I start a print it misses the home button and pushes the build plate down until I turn it off. I’m new to this so I’m not sure exactly where to start so I can fix the issue.

Anybody have any recommendations?

Hey guys, I have a business local here that has 2 Lulzbot TAZ Pro’s for 550 each, double extruders. Bed heats, they seem to be in working order. Used by a research university with somewhere around 300 hours on them, factory reset now. I also have access to a local print shop that sells a ton of 2.85mm PLA and PETG at 10$ per 1kg. Discounts on more if bought by the pallet. I currently have an ankermake m5c and looking to start expanding and starting a print farm.

The question is: would these lulzbots be a good investment for the price point and availability? Or am I better off moving on and going a different route?

AKA: is this a good investment in 2024?

Thanks team!

I'm using my Taz 6 again after years. The probing is super inconsistent and I'm just spending WAY too much time trying to launch. Once I get through it, no issues at all.

Here's my question. After a successful probe routine and print, can we maybe store and use the previous probe numbers?

I have custom gcode that omits G28 auto level but the nozzle is a bit too close to the bed. Do the previous G28 numbers get wiped every time?

Can we store or resend? Thanks for any help or leads on this!

I recently got a lulzbot mini and I was wondering if there's any way to connect a phone (android) to it and 3d print files that way instead of a laptop/pc

Anyone know where I can get this connector?

Anyone know where I can get this connector?

I wanted to build a prototype of some machine with 2 motors (2d 4 directions, just to follow some shapes) and wondered how hard it would be to manage that without the use of the motherboard.

https://reprap.org/wiki/Stepper_motor

https://lulzbot.com/store/nema-17-stepper-motor-kt-mt0002?ref=KT-MT0002

I received two Mini 1's from my school and they're not in the best shape. One of them is older and I want to convert it to Klipper (or modern Marlin).

The school has recently put a new SE extruder on it but that's the only modern part, this thing's ancient.

I plan on replacing the control board and getting a fresh install on it. Is this possible? Any help is appreciated...

hi after some printings my Lulzbot mini 1 wont autolevel and just default to halted and disconnecting from Cura LE i tried to print skipping the autolevel and the printer tries to print as usual but the PLA wont stick to the bed, im triying printing with diferent settings to see exactly where the problem may be but since i´m fairly new to 3D printing my alternatives are kinda limited.

any advices or similar experiences?

https://preview.redd.it/a7a2b25lq1bd1.png?width=1296&format=png&auto=webp&s=52b289403619d1ca86a12d9684b2ae5333314768