Do you live in Airdrie Superflyer? I'm looking to get this printed. I can order it from etsy but i'm the type of person that would rather go out and buy a printer and make it myself if I can't get it locally, lol. I don't have the room for it right now though.
Yeah I live in Airdrie and I can do this. I'll message you
Thanks again for this, its these little things that make me want to buy one but I know how little it will be used and the space I don't have for it. So handy though.
Thanks again for this, its these little things that make me want to buy one but I know how little it will be used and the space I don't have for it. So handy though.
Yeah I get that. I got mine on Black Friday 2019 for $189. It does not take up a ton of space but if you don't have a lot of free space I can see the issue.
I use mine a lot for my boardgames. I have a collection of about 150 games and for the ones that take a long time to setup or are a pain to put away I have printed off inserts which helps a ton. I think mine has paid for itself since professional inserts are between $25-50 each
Printed a Lithophane for my friends... They were amused. About 50cents in material, 6 hours to print for a 2" x 3" piece.
Essentially a b/w image where the software thickens the darks and thins the lights.
How hard is it to just freehand something and print it out?
For context, my son loves to make "inventions" and standard craft supplies don't always quite cut it. Thinking this would be a fun way to harness his creativity. He's 5 so I'd help him, bit I'm also a newbie to this...
How hard is it to just freehand something and print it out?
For context, my son loves to make "inventions" and standard craft supplies don't always quite cut it. Thinking this would be a fun way to harness his creativity. He's 5 so I'd help him, bit I'm also a newbie to this...
You need to create what you want in something like AutoCAD or sketch up then import that file into a 3D printing software like cura.
Some of these programs are pretty user friendly so it may work like that for him
It would probably be similar to trying to draw something with a hot glue gun but slower since the filament is much thinner, but your product would be more rigid depending on the material chosen
I bought a Prusa Mini+ a while ago and it was just delivered yesterday. Installed and calibrated in ~2 hours and now I've made a few successful prints. This is soooo cool.
I bought a Prusa Mini+ a while ago and it was just delivered yesterday. Installed and calibrated in ~2 hours and now I've made a few successful prints. This is soooo cool.
I can't wait to try to build some models myself.
Got an Ender 3 Pro a week ago and within the week managed to destroy the print head the one time I didn't check on a print for a few hours. Replaced with a direct drive and also a CR touch, added a Raspberry Pi with Octoprint and a webcam and its been awesome since.
Well I just got an Ender 3 Pro to play around with. Purchased upgraded springs, capricorn tubing and bl-touch. Planning to pair it with a Raspberry Pi so hopefully I can figure this out! I will also be pretty exclusively printing in Pteg so any tips and tricks would be welcomed!
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So I damaged my magnetic build plate pretty badly while trying to get everything set up. Which replacement mat would I purchase? They all seem to have a secondary magnetic strips to attach to the actual bed part. Is it possible just to get the mat portion or would any of the ones on amazon work and just snap into the existing infrastructure.
So I damaged my magnetic build plate pretty badly while trying to get everything set up. Which replacement mat would I purchase? They all seem to have a secondary magnetic strips to attach to the actual bed part. Is it possible just to get the mat portion or would any of the ones on amazon work and just snap into the existing infrastructure.
In case any other noobs destroy their bed like me. I gambled and purchased this PEI bed off Amazon and it snapped right into place with the magnets and seems to be printing well. It is nice to not have to fight with the Petg to get it off the mat! https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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So this summer out in rural land I ran into two different home 3D printing businesses, neither can do resin printing which I am in need off for a small job. Ant 9f the CP brain trust know of a resin printing service?
Any thoughts on buying a used 3D printer off Facebook? There's a few Ender 3's for $150, though Canada Computers has them on for $199 brand new (the Facebook ones some seem to come with some upgrades).
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Every library here offers 3d printing. Send the file to them by email and usually printed in a couple days. $0.10 per gram finished product. Once I realized this I completely abandoned the notion of 3d printing at home.
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Yeah I thought about that too, I'm sure there's lots of places I could send a file and get it printed, but since it's me doing the design as well that would make any design iteration painfully slow, so was thinking it might be worth it getting one. Often you have to see something in real life to really decide what you want. And it'd likely be many different pieces fitting together and I'd have to learn to do that too.
Though that may just change the time sink to learning how to get a print that isn't a big tangle of filament.
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