3D printer thread - what have you been printing?

[Cakebatyr]

I've managed to strip all four of the friction bolts on my SK8 mounts. aaaaaaah.

Also now that Fastenal is no longer doing retail for small customers getting the right bolts is a total bitch.

[Great Dog]

nothing.

[RoboChimp]

Is it possible to 3D print a working dustbuster or small vacuum cleaner? I was thinking of using a blower fan design.

[paindoc]

The Cyclops hotend from E3D is awesome. So much easier to use than a normal dual extruder setup since you don't ahve to level the two nozzles.

Also, tungsten filament is neat but stupidly expensive and stupidly hard to extrude

[ramirez!]

Any of you use an inductive probe for a z-stop? Got a bundle of LJ12A3-4-Z/BY sensors, and they work, but seem to overheat and die super quickly if they're in 'contact' with the bed for too long. The Printrboard I use is supposed to drive these sensors no problem, so I don't think it's a power problem, especially since they're cold when not detecting anything.

[H11]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/moLW3lY.png[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/EGrKLGP.png[/img]

Thoughts? I have someone local selling both and I have 0 clue on decent prices. Would be looking for a beginner printer, since I basically have 0 clue what I'm doing.

[Zero-Point]

It seems you can find printers on [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Upgraded-Full-Quality-High-Precision-Reprap-Prusa-i3-DIY-3d-Printer/252315049556?_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D7e1c45c7830d44abb0adce9b02867488%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D201529210934#rwid]eBay[/url] for <$180 now, and print quality looks to be decent. Might get me one in the future.
(I say <$180 because the price seems to vary between $155 and $175 or so)

[Rosek]

[QUOTE=dark soul;50374327]Man its been a while. Ended up finishing the mask and doing a cosplay with it. I went to c2e2 and didn't like the fact that i didn't have anything in my hand so i ended up making a stun stick.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/I6Btunn.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/aXnEla0.jpg[/img]

I used the inside of a light saber and added some sounds to the stun stick aswell.

[video]https://vid.me/nW7M[/video][/QUOTE]

That stun stick is fucking awesome, what did you use for the sound?

[kmito225]

hey guys, i wanted a 3d printer for a long time, but dont know which one to buy, could you help me out ? im looking one to 1000 EUR

[waylander]

[QUOTE=Zero-Point;51601913]It seems you can find printers on [url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/2016-Upgraded-Full-Quality-High-Precision-Reprap-Prusa-i3-DIY-3d-Printer/252315049556?_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D7e1c45c7830d44abb0adce9b02867488%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D201529210934#rwid]eBay[/url] for <$180 now, and print quality looks to be decent. Might get me one in the future.
(I say <$180 because the price seems to vary between $155 and $175 or so)[/QUOTE]

I think it's worth paying a bit more for a kit like the tevo tarantula, its a good quality kit with a large support group on Facebook

[editline]31st December 2016[/editline]

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;50697033]I got a ~$300 Prusa i3 kit and yeah, save up a bigger budget. Save yourself the time, headaches, and money (you'll be buying parts to upgrade it to be decently usable or reliable without a doubt).

Is the Micro3D fairly low maintenance and easy to use? The lack of a heated bed sucks.[/QUOTE]

I know this is a old post but with a decent kit thats not true, I only bought a glass plate and cooling fan anything else I printed, it works pretty good but it'd probably be worth me getting a bltouch clone to save on setup

[Zero-Point]

[QUOTE=waylander;51604724]I think it's worth paying a bit more for a kit like the tevo tarantula, its a good quality kit with a large support group on Facebook
[/QUOTE]

Seems like an interesting printer, but looking around it seems the Tarantula has a few issues with stability. Not saying the all-if-not-mostly acrylic printer I posted wouldn't have similar issues, but what I like about the version I posted as compared to the Tarantula is the direct extruder, which seems to be a better choice for flexible materials, which I would like to experiment with once I get into 3D printing.

[Snickerdoodle]

What's your guys's thoughts on the Maker Select v2 or Monoprice Mini? I didn't realize FP had a 3D printing thread until now and Reddit's /r/3Dprinting sub has been recommending these two to me

[Van-man]

As always with most 'assembled' 3D printers sold that isn't ridiculously expensive, they're all rebrands of some obscure Chinese OEM or a Prusa clone.

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51609994]What's your guys's thoughts on the Maker Select v2[/QUOTE]

[URL="http://hackaday.com/2016/12/07/dont-leave-3d-printers-unattended-they-can-catch-fire/"]They got some cheapness/assembly issues[/URL], so a good idea to inspect it before putting it into use, but otherwise seems like they have decent reviews and possibility for upgrading/optimizing.

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51609994] or Monoprice Mini?[/QUOTE]

AKA [URL="https://hobbyking.com/en_us/malyan-metal-3d-printer-m200-2.html"]Malyan M200.[/URL]

Seems like a 'good enough' 3D printer for general usage judging by reviews, but also harder to upgrade/optimize.

But I suppose the compactness is the real selling point of it.

[smallpants]

How does this thread feel about FormLabs? Their machines look sick.

[waylander]

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;51609994]What's your guys's thoughts on the Maker Select v2 or Monoprice Mini? I didn't realize FP had a 3D printing thread until now and Reddit's /r/3Dprinting sub has been recommending these two to me[/QUOTE]

the maker select gets really good reviews, imo youd get pissed off with the small build area on the mini pretty quickly

[Paul-Simon]

Impulsively bought a Flashforge Finder at a 25% opening sale of a local Clas Ohlson.
A friend of mine has an M3D printer, and while it earned us some experience with the stuff, it also taught us that 3D printers are:
- unreliable ("let's hope it even starts this time")
- pricey (like $800 for the worst printer imaginable)
- noisy (it made new horrifying sounds every time)

The Flashforge however - it just [B]WERKS[/B].
Clearly the consumer tech has advanced some in 2 years.
My friend is very jealous of me and my [I]actually working[/I] 3D printer.

Stuff:
[T]https://puu.sh/sYRS5.png[/T]
[T]https://puu.sh/t1ZOA.png[/T]

[Media]https://youtu.be/ptHDSTDGRM0[/media]

[PyromanDan]

[QUOTE=paul simon;51613252]Impulsively bought a Flashforge Finder at a 25% opening sale of a local Clas Ohlson.
A friend of mine has an M3D printer, and while it earned us some experience with the stuff, it also taught us that 3D printers are:
- unreliable ("let's hope it even starts this time")
- pricey (like $800 for the worst printer imaginable)
- noisy (it made new horrifying sounds every time)

The Flashforge however - it just [B]WERKS[/B].
Clearly the consumer tech has advanced some in 2 years.
My friend is very jealous of me and my [I]actually working[/I] 3D printer.

Stuff:

[T]https://puu.sh/t1ZOA.png[/T]

[/QUOTE]

You probably know better than me since its your printer, but are you sure the power consumption is 100W on the Pro?
The Finder has a power supply capable of 150W.
I know the power cost is little, but etc

[Paul-Simon]

[QUOTE=PyromanDan;51614783]You probably know better than me since its your printer, but are you sure the power consumption is 100W on the Pro?
The Finder has a power supply capable of 150W.
I know the power cost is little, but etc[/QUOTE]

Oh, from my googling I found that the maximum power output was 100W
I might be wrong, but as it turns out it hardly matters anyways.

Do you have a source on the 150W figure?

[PyromanDan]

[QUOTE=paul simon;51614823]Oh, from my googling I found that the maximum power output was 100W
I might be wrong, but as it turns out it hardly matters anyways.

Do you have a source on the 150W figure?[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.flashforge-usa.com/flashforge-finder-3d-printer-2/[/url]

That is of course, the maximum, and I would imagine that it pulls ~80-85% of rated at max load, or 127.5W @ 85%

On another note, Ive wanted a good diy printer for a long time, but seeing the drastic decrease in layer thickness in extrusion based printers makes me glad I haven't yet.
Waiting for the $300 mark to not be melamine and uncalibrated, reaching 100-400 micron at best. A $300 40 micron needing only some calibration out of the box would be ideal, but it may be another 2 years for that.

[waylander]

Really impressed with the spring strength on the door of this print

[T]http://i.imgur.com/BgEzgp1.jpg[/t]

[EIREXE]

Finally have cash, I'm going to get the Wanhao Duplicator i3 V2.1, it's within my budget and it can be shipped to Spain and I heard the print quality is good so cool.

[waylander]

IMO you can get better for less but I guess it depends if your up for a diy kit

[EIREXE]

[QUOTE=waylander;51677023]IMO you can get better for less but I guess it depends if your up for a diy kit[/QUOTE]

I originally wanted bq's prusa i3's but the price has gone up for some reason ever since I first looked at it and costs around 570€ now

[waylander]

how much is the wanhao for you? i see it around £300/€340. a tarantula with a 200x280 bed and even a direct extruder for flexible filament is €295

this is a benchy off my tarantulai printed it a while back as well so if i redid it the few problems it has would go away i think
[t]http://i.imgur.com/N9FGDkY.jpg[/t]

[Slithers]

I'm looking at getting my first 3d printer. I am an engineering student with a decent amount of 3d modeling experience and I've worked around plastics before (albeit the injection molded variety). I've had a friend use his 3D printer to print parts for me before, but his printer is limited to PLA and I'd like to make parts with ABS and maybe Nylon someday (I'm going to have to get a lot of experience and a special hotend setup first so that's prolly years away right now). We use his 3d printer mostly for making replacement parts for things.

For example, here is a pump screen I designed to replace one that had shattered on a small pond pump.
[IMG]https://i.gyazo.com/d867af257ea86d635d202c849b89242f.png[/IMG]

I'm looking for a sturdy printer that prints reliably with an acceptable resolution. I like the design of the Printrbot Metal Simple w/ heated bed but am open to options. I prefer things that do not use parts that are poorly designed. Common pattern failures of parts are acceptable as long as it isn't the big stuff like stepper motors or power supplys (as long as it's not an every other print sort of failure).

I'm used to tinkering with old German cars so I think I'm mechanically inclined and patient enough to take on ownership of a 3d printer. If you recommend a kit, I'd prefer if the kit contains everything because nothing is more annoying than tracking down parts without a catalogue.

The biggest thing I need is reliability. If the resolution is so-so I can always print oversized and then sand/machine the part into spec (as long as the resolution isn't so terrible that none of the layers line up). And no, I'm not expecting it to be anywhere close to as reliable as a refrigerator.

[waylander]

a prusa i3 or clone, its usually recommended not to get a delta as your first printer as they are harder to setup/diagnose problems.

id suggest a openbuilds/aluminium extrusion based kit because it sounds like you want a flexible design you can upgrade

an original prusa mk2 is more than twice the cost of a cheap kit but i doubt its really worth it unless you want a preassembled printer and minimal headache, you could buy a kit with a bigger heated bed, dual direct extruders and a bl touch and still be under $400

[Slithers]

[QUOTE=waylander;51680201]a prusa i3 or clone, its usually recommended not to get a delta as your first printer as they are harder to setup/diagnose problems.

id suggest a openbuilds/aluminium extrusion based kit because it sounds like you want a flexible design you can upgrade[/QUOTE]

I'll take a look at the extrusion based kit you're suggesting. I have no interest in buying a delta as the moment I do will be the moment that my landlord evicts me for throwing expensive electronics through the window.

[editline]ggg[/editline]

I took a look at Openbuilds, but that seems to be people posting their homemade printers. The issue with that is the BOMs are either incomplete, nonexistant, or have outdated links to parts. I think I should stick to an all in one kit or a pre-assembled unit unless if there is a kit on there that works and has an accurate BOM. I'd have no issue with sourcing parts if I am given accurate information for parts. The openbuilds V channel is pretty nice, but I could buy 21' bars of chinese extruded 6063-T5 from a former employer for less

[editline]ggg[/editline]

Found a printer with a complete BOM and assembly manual on openbuilds for $345. I might just have to build it for myself. Probably won't start till late March though since I need free time and my tax return money.

[ramirez!]

I'd stay away from Printrbot Simples, honestly. They're functional and they work well enough, but the cantilever design means you have to constantly fiddle with the bed to make sure it's bubble leveled on the Y and machine level on the X.

[Slithers]

[QUOTE=ramirez!;51686466]I'd stay away from Printrbot Simples, honestly. They're functional and they work well enough, but the cantilever design means you have to constantly fiddle with the bed to make sure it's bubble leveled on the Y and machine level on the X.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that's what I figured out in my research. I found [URL="http://3dwrx.com/TrueUp/DIY/index.html"]this on openbuilds[/URL] that looks like it will work well or at least is well thought out and has a complete BOM and assembly guide. I think I'll just build it and if it doesn't work then it wouldn't be the first time I paid $400 or so for a paperweight. I think one thing I am going to add is a fuse box to protect the stepper motors and electronics from over-current conditions (which shouldn't happen, but Murphy's Law is a thing).

Assembly doesn't look too hard compared to some of the repairs and modifications I have made to cars. If it's even nearly as hard as rebuilding the radio wiring harness in my Mercedes then it's a cake walk.

I'll get started sometime in March (gotta get that refund since I withheld way too much last year)

[EIREXE]

Got my filament, but my printer will have to wait until monday, god damnit.

[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2n8qvCXEAAxJKq.jpg:large[/IMG]