[Swansea Hackspace] 3d printer

[Alex Duffield]

The prusa more or less calibrates it's self, you run the setup and it
measures each axis, checks all the fans, checks the hot bed and heater then
measures the axis parrality the major part of the set up of the mk2 with
threaded rods was making sure it was parealel, the aluminium extrusion of
the MK3 means that it is basically always parrallel no matter what, whilst
I did have a few issues on set up with it calibrating the x axis length it
turned out to be simply cable ties obstructing the homing, the MK3 is as
non project as printers get, but you gain nothing for spending the extra
£200 or so on buying prebuilt

On 12 Mar 2018 12:01 p.m., "Matthew Daubney" <matt at daubers.co.uk> wrote:

>
> Matt, I understand 3D printing is a project by itself and there is a fair
>> amount of stuff to learn but what I am trying to say is that having a less
>> complicated machine to deal with and only learn the skills to print
>> (navigating the software, slicing etc) rather than the skills to make the
>> machine work plus the skills to print would be less intimidating for a
>> novice, as you said easier approachable. I hope this makes sense?
>>
>> Sophia
>>
>
> I 100% agree with you. I just think that one should not necessarily happen
> without the other being put in place. The conversation seems very heavily
> based on which machine to purchase, and not how do we support the members
> in feeling confident in being able to use it. I feel they're a bit
> intertwined.
>
> FWIW I've used Ultimakers in the past and they're lovely machines, very
> reliable. They do service plans and what not as well. I've used a makerbot
> once, and it was pretty good but the "smart extruder" was quite a weakness
> and cost money to replace. Good idea badly executed kind of thing, no idea
> if they've remedied that though. Lulzbots are quite a lot like i3's, I
> don't think they have the mass of feedback the mk3 does though. I also have
> a RepRapPro Fisher Delta which has been astonishingly reliable. It's just a
> shame they don't exist anymore!
>
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