Pocster Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 3 hours ago, Onoff said: With your budget it's got to be a Bambu Lab X1. Super fast. I didn’t know what it was until I googled ! P1s seems good …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 58 minutes ago, Pocster said: Been reading up the bambu lab is really the boy and mixed views on creality . Ask creality to cancel my order for now . @Onoff was selling me a dud 😂 YOU wanted to pay virca £200 and I delivered. @Thorfun's one is twice the price. A £5k Ultimaker S5 is the mutts nuts. Dual extruder to so you could print supports in say PVA (yes PVA glue in filament form) and soak them off in water once printing is completed. Auto bed levelling is fine if you can't use feeler gauges! Honestly that Ender is a great starter printer. Cabinet? Make your own like we have: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Pocster said: I want to print and go not faff See we wanted to tinker, learn and do father and son stuff: Made a new base plate for the Anycubic. From this: Yes this: To this: Located the PSU outside the heated enclosure etc, etc. As I don't have a middle name I was considering Faff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 19 minutes ago, Onoff said: 😂 YOU wanted to pay virca £200 and I delivered. @Thorfun's one is twice the price. You know what happens . Initially you see you can get something for around 200 . Then you look and watch videos / read reviews and see more toys for more £££££. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Just now, Pocster said: You know what happens . Initially you see you can get something for around 200 . Then you look and watch videos / read reviews and see more toys for more £££££. No I don't know. Cheap seats / skip diver here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Pocster said: I didn’t know what it was until I googled ! P1s seems good …. Go the extra mile! With the X1 you can print exotic filaments like carbon and glass fibre reinforced filaments. It's built tougher than the P1, all metal gears, nozzle geared up for abrasive materials like the above. Out of my price range. I go way back with this lad Andrew and he has the Bambu X1: https://www.crutchworks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 As for software... I'm liking the free Personal/non commercial version of Fusion 360. You can export from that to any of the slicer programs. I'm using Cura which works but there might be better slicers out there. My printer was an ultra cheap A8 kit since heavily modified. Great for learning and experimenting but if starting over I'd buy something better with auto bed levelling. One other thing mine can't do is pause and resume a print. It crashes if you try. That means I have to be sure I have enough filament left as I can't pause to load a new spool. Also can't pause to drop in a captive nut and print over the top of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 You can pause/resume on the Anycubic i3 Mega S. Handy if we have a power cut. It doesn't work though if we have the borosilicate glass on. Resume ignores the Z axis alteration for the glass thickness. The Anycubic Ultrabase is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 17 hours ago, Onoff said: You can pause/resume on the Anycubic i3 Mega S. Handy if we have a power cut. It doesn't work though if we have the borosilicate glass on. Resume ignores the Z axis alteration for the glass thickness. The Anycubic Ultrabase is very good. But Bambi lab p1s looks SO nice …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Tbh it's no use you buying a 3D printer, printing filaments are very sensitive to damp atmospheres! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 32 minutes ago, Onoff said: Tbh it's no use you buying a 3D printer, printing filaments are very sensitive to damp atmospheres! 😉 Wtf ! My pants are bone dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ambrose Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 You can always use a bureau e.g. 3dprintuk - more expensive but zero faff. Great for small stuff - the price is generally based on build volume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Alan Ambrose said: use a bureau Isn't that something you write letters on? Does look a bit like a 3D printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Walker Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Onoff said: Tbh it's no use you buying a 3D printer, printing filaments are very sensitive to damp atmospheres! 😉 Yes, ideally, you need to keep them in a humidified cabinet or a humidor, although I think cigars need about 70%RH, filament needs less than 45%RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Adrian Walker said: Yes, ideally, you need to keep them in a humidified cabinet or a humidor, although I think cigars need about 70%RH, filament needs less than 45%RH I made a sauna hot box for drying our acrylic sheets before they were vacuum formed. Should have rented it out to the local swingers on the weekends, would have been more profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 Decided to go the fusion 360 route. As CAD not my thing it's somewhat overwhelming . Not sure where to start. Need to find some example videos to create 'simple' shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 Found a 1:40 hour beginners video on YouTube - guess got to start somewhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 16 minutes ago, Pocster said: guess got to start somewhere That is because you are a virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 7 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: That is because you are a virgin. My first encounter was far less than 1hour 40 I recall … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 minute ago, Pocster said: My first encounter was far less than 1hour 40 I recall … That was because I paid her by the minute to be your imaginary girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 3 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: That was because I paid her by the minute to be your imaginary girlfriend. Thank you . She was lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Pocster said: Thank you . "She" was lovely Even with the Adam's apple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 15 minutes ago, Onoff said: Even with the Adam's apple? Oh ! I’m confused ! I thought that was the clitoris ! So much to learn !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 (expletive deleted) wits keep on topic !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 If you aren't proficient in CAD / can't draw & model in 3D then you'll initially be limited to printing other people's designs. Many are free, check out Yeggi & Printables for a start: https://www.yeggi.com/ https://www.printables.com/ Cults3D for example has designs you need to pay a small charge for sometimes but then as @SteamyTeasays, you're used to paying for it..... This then seemed apt to start you off: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/home/ass-penholder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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