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First 3d printer - Ender 3 pro
PekkaNF:
Thank you guys. I have a laptop running with Fusion, but I am nowhere any good with it - yet. I need some continuous ti e with it, planning to get back to it when it gets a little easier at at work.
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Pete. on December 08, 2019, 10:00:30 AM ---Cheers Eric,
I see that you also have one. Do you print much on it? I can see this one running almost constantly if I'm honest, at least for now. I hope the 2kg of PLA I ordered turns up soon as I've nearly used up the sample spool that came with the printer.
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I do. A few mods you should do to it... Replace the stock springs on the table, better bowman tube and connectors and go with the aluminum pieces on the extruder stepper (replace the plastic)
I was printing almost non-stop... but I started modding it. I am in the middle of replacing the main board.
It will print PeTG as well...
Eric
mc:
The Ender's are good machines for the money.
I've had one for a couple months, but still haven't done anything practical with it.
I did order the glass bed with mine, which I find some prints stick to perfectly, yet others refuse to stick :-/
I think I need to spend some more time experimenting with bed temps, to find what works the best.
I did order the metal parts for the extruder motor and silicon buffers to replace the stock springs, but I've yet to install them. I did print a filament guide for the extruder motor, which probably takes some of the strain of the plastic, but I should really fit the metal bits.
Brass_Machine:
I got off my rear and installed the SKR v1.2 mainboard that I bought awhile ago... I can say this, the advertise it as being super quiet. It is. The fans are now the loudest things on the Ender 3.
Eric
FYI... here is a video of what I am talking about
AdeV:
I also have an Ender 3, with the glass bed. So far, I've held of doing much in the way of mad mods - I did add a few trinkets - a couple of filament guides, some clips for the display cable, and that's about it...
I can confirm it will print PetG, I had some issues with getting the PET to stick to the bed (mind you, I have adhesion issues in general, with the glass bed...), I found a smear of stick glue (Pritt Stick to us Brits, other brands are doubtless available) really helps: Sometimes, a bit too much!
I've not printed a lot of "useful" things on mine yet, but I did print a complete Liberator spaceship model (from Blake's 7), the PetG is a translucent green for the globe on the back. A couple of the prints went awry, e.g. when the raft lifted mid-way through; and one of the globe prints had to be aborted half way through when, during an overnight print, it broke free of the bed & ended up embedding the extruder in a huge blob of plastic :bugeye:
I do have some prints which I'll be doing soon which are actually useful... I also want to do the spool spindle mod, although I've not knowingly encountered any issues with the spools yet, they do move somewhat jerkily, and the filament is often fairly tight between the extruder and the spool... so having it run on bearings will be a good mod, I feel. Plus it'll take the pressure off the filament guides, which are only push-fit 3d-printed items.
Having a 3D printer is a lot of fun!
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