[Swansea Hackspace] 3d printer

[Alex Duffield]

I think alot if these questions can be answered with a bit of hands on with
it and the assembly instructions if I can find them (they are also online)
so I'll try and bring it along tonight with a selection of various speed
gcode for rapid printing

On 12 Mar 2018 1:03 p.m., "Alex Duffield" <alexmduffield at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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