slowtwitch73
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Flexure
The Everything 3D Printer Thread
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kaymccampbell
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Still notta lotta help. Something to support a graft? Or bonsai? Spring mounts for the drip waterer in your grow-op? It would be really cool to see the thing in action, with enough context to figure it out.
yes exactly. support the graft point beyond just what the little silicone jobby does. the tree grows into my support until about 1" in diameter.
Jeff
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wow, that's some horticultural hocus pocus stuff right there. i'm jealous.
Cruzan80
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And then do you cut it off, or does it help keep it restricted to "bonsai" the tree?
the final version is a snap fit. so when the tree growth is enough it pops the clip open.
kaymccampbell
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What are you grafting?
Jeff
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The gentlemen in the show me your mini thread ain't gonna like me.
bugnut
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custome is grafting tabacco and.... another plant thats also smoked...
Jehannum
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Finished, save for wall mounting.
sh944
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Folks have been saying I should upgrade from Kobalt to some of the “bigger name” tools for years now, so I finally decided to make the jump. This will be going on my toolboxes shortly, but I doubt that they will feel that different… 
BD55
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Printed a few signs for the chicken run. My wife loves stuff like this for her ladies. And no, I’m not going to print raptor arms for them 
ETA link to sign: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1223557-chicken-danger-sign?from=search#profileId-1240866
ETA link to sign: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1223557-chicken-danger-sign?from=search#profileId-1240866
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Jeff
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I triple dog dare you!And no, I’m not going to print raptor arms for them
Jeff
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Printed a few signs for the chicken run. My wife loves stuff like this for her ladies. And no, I’m not going to print raptor arms for them
Bro, we're waiting.
Speedracer 64
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I’ve been looking to pick up a printer. Any suggestions of things to look for and stay away from?
sh944
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Finished product...
Just in case anyone is wonder, aside from demonstrating my sense of humor (or lack thereof, depending on your perspective), this is a commentary how I feel about a certain company's pricing, not any personal proclivities I may have. I have no problem paying for quality but when I see their price sheets, it feels (at least to me) like they are saying "bend over..."
Just in case anyone is wonder, aside from demonstrating my sense of humor (or lack thereof, depending on your perspective), this is a commentary how I feel about a certain company's pricing, not any personal proclivities I may have. I have no problem paying for quality but when I see their price sheets, it feels (at least to me) like they are saying "bend over..."
Jeff
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Most excellent. Care to share the file?
You are going to get all kinds of opinions. These are mine based on printers I own and have used.
If you just want really fast single material prints I have three Flashforge Adventure 5Ms and they have been completely bulletproof. Also one of the fastest printers you can buy. There is a base model without enclosure that is around $200. If you want to do stuff like ABS or ASA you need an enclosure and can either spend $80 or so to buy a kit and print out an enclosure then add a light and camera, or buy the pro version for around $400 that is enclosed and ready to go. I really like them, they just work and have tremendous print quality out of the box.
I also have a couple of Anycubic Kobra S1 Combos, I want to love them but they have weird bed leveling issues that are driving me nuts. They are around $600 and print four materials at once, unfortunately like all current multi-color setups using one head it takes a long time because each material change is a 2.5 min cycle. All the same with my Anycubic Kobra 3 Combos, but they are a crazy good deal at around $300 for a four material printer so I am more forgiving when they do dumb stuff. And they seem to be better at leveling. You can add a second multi-material unit to the Anycubic printers for up to eight materials at once. And they dry the filament as well.
I also have various Creality Ender series printers (Ender 3 v2s, Ender 2 Pro, older ones), they all need more messing with than they are worth with the newer options available now. And they are slow. I will say the little portable Ender 2 Pro is a great printer, I gave mine to my nephew and he hauls it all over. Never had any issue and it prints really nice but slow.
The Bambu printers are good but cost a ton and want to send all your files to China, or remove a lot of the convenient communication options if you don't let them. We have some of these at work but just print the same handful of parts so we used a USB drive once to load them and they are not connected to a network.
Prusa printers are nice but also cost a ton and seem to be geared towards people who like to mess with stuff. And die hard Prusa guys.
It kinda depends on what you want to spend and what material you want to use. Also how large of prints you need to make.
Some options that are nice -
A good built in camera
AI vision to pause print if things go bad
Auto bed leveling
Auto filament out detection/recovery and pause or switch to a different roll automatically
High temp bed and nozzle so you can do more advanced materials - I print ASA at 260-280C with a bed temp of 100-120C
Able to recover from power outages
Intelligent network options, think my Flashforge printers are the best of mine at that with wireless and wired options
A multi material filament holder that also dries the filament, the Anycubic setup does this which is really great
Able to print without running your files through the cloud
Good phone app, the Anycubic printers let you completely run them remotely. Start/stop/pause/load new job/cancel/change parameters/view printing live/etc.
Good lighting
Good built in HEPA and charcoal filtering systems for materials like ABS.
Open source firmware
Work with all major slicer software
True, but you don't have to ever touch a Prusa if you don't want to. They are bulletproof workhorses, so they are ideal for noobs.
That has not been my experience, I have a friend who has bought pretty much every one available and does all the upgrades, he has around 12 of them currently. He constantly has issues and uses mine or the Bambu ones at work when his are down. Seems like the newer they are the worse they are, and very expensive. He didn't use to have near as many problems on the older ones. Agree to disagree.
slodat
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That has DEFINITELY not been my experience with my Prusa XL. Their support is truly awful. I 100% do not recommend Prusa.
Jeff
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If you like tinkering and don't mind a +30% failure rate then Elegoo, Anycubic, and Creality are for you.
You want to unbox, setup, load filament, and print within an hour? Prusa, Bambu, and Flashforge are for you.
Please do your due diligence. You will receive, and already have received some erroneous information.
You want to unbox, setup, load filament, and print within an hour? Prusa, Bambu, and Flashforge are for you.
Please do your due diligence. You will receive, and already have received some erroneous information.
Maybe point out what's erroneous, the only advice he has gotten is from me. Which I stated was my opinion. I'm guessing your talking about Prusa, like I said its just based on my experience and apparently at least one other person here. I would take my Anycubic over a newer Prusa any day. At least Anycubic support is super nice and sends tons of parts quickly if you have an issue. Usually more than you need, but I am always happy to receive free spare parts. My friend with all the Prusa printers constantly complains about lack of support, or really rude support when he finally reaches somebody.
Jeff
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Ain't talking about you or Prusa.
Jeff
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Dude, I wasn't speaking of you or Prusa.
Sorry, since I was the only person that replied directly to him I assumed you meant something I said. And I am getting a little thin skinned from all the grief I keep getting other places from Prusa fanboys when trying to help my friend get his working, I apologize.
Jeff
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I understand.
I switched over to Bambu from Elegoo and you'd think I started killing puppies.
I feel like I'm in bizarro world. Prusa has class-leading support as well as upgradability and amazing parts availability. Mine has around 90 print days on it and has been flawless. I have contacted Prusa support about questions and it has always been perfect. I honestly couldn't imagine better support. Which manufacturers have better support?
How does you buddy have 12 Prusas that are ALL down, forcing him to use a Bambu or a printer at work? Sounds fishy or he's seriously doing something wrong, lol.
He has been buying them since the RepRap/i3 days, his older slower ones are mostly fine, just the 4-5 faster ones he has gotten in the last 2-3 years are constantly having issues so he borrows faster ones from me or work when printing large or multiple items that he wants fast. He is pretty smart and has built a lot of printers from scratch, as well as building 4 head Prusa printers that are pretty slick, just slow.
Sorry for messing up this thread, I think this is enough of my side discussion.
Cruzan80
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Agreed. Worse than SnapOn for people hating on it. No real shred of evidence that printing info is going to China (every time it comes up, there are tons of speculation, or posting AI summaries as fact). Or people don't like the "walled garden" when it was never a secret that was what Bambu wanted to do. They buy aftermarket stuff, and then complain when it doesn't work post-update. Bambu isn't interested in tinkers/modders, sorry.
Point of fact: They just WORK! The only serious failure I have had with multiple at school is when someone had set it up for a .6 nozzle and ABS, then ran PLA thru a .4 nozzle (still not sure how they actually got it to accept printing).
I have been doing this since the Replicator days, and seen lots of the "good ones" along the way. For me, Bambu gets stuff done.
Jeff
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Basically Bambu tightened up the restrictions concerning their proprietary software. The open-source crowd took offense.
Cruzan80
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Exactly. The only real question is why people were surprised in the first place. Bambu didn't say "We are open-source" and then "Gotcha"! Makerbots were fairly locked down at the start, until someone reverse engineered the x3g translation. Otherwise, it was Replicator (free, bare bones) or Simplify3d (very pricey). Flashforge got their start making laser-cut Replicator clones, and pretty much identical software/parts.
Just because Prusa and Lulzbot started doing it "open-source" doesn't mean others have to. And where is Lulzbot now...?
pizza
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does grafting C. sativa onto Nicotiana rootstock actually work? i heard multiple times it doesn't.
I'm really distrubed that you have taken to killing puppies. Ponies might be understandable but puppies?
sh944
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Next he’ll be telling us he ripped the tag off of his mattress…. Lol
Jeff, I’ll try to post up the file, 3mf okay? You have a Bambu so it will print without issue.
Jeff, I’ll try to post up the file, 3mf okay? You have a Bambu so it will print without issue.
Jeff
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ShushNext he’ll be telling us he ripped the tag off of his mattress…. Lol
Jeff, I’ll try to post up the file, 3mf okay? You have a Bambu so it will print without issue.
