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3D printing! (5 years late) (Patreon)

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2020-09-12 19:50:39
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I bought a Prusa printer kit.  This video is printer assembly and first test / impressions.

Seems like a fun new ... tool?  We'll see.

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This Old Tony in 3D!!! (printing)

Building the Prusa MK3s 3D printer kit... and some screwing around. Maybe a handy new addition to the shop? Only 3d space and time will tell! ----- Music: Robot Boogie - Quincas Moreira

Comments

Anonymous

Very cool. Congratulations!

Anonymous

I too was late coming to the 3D printing party, and got a Prusa i3 M2 kit back when those were the new hotness. Never have I been more wrong about how useful some tool is going to be. I use it all the time. Tripod hooks, camera mounts, led light adapters, indicator holders, project enclosures, loom parts, a crazy array of useful things. Since you already know CAD/modeling you'll really be off to the races! Loved the video.

Anonymous

Be warned that the worst failure mode is not printing a wad of spaghetti, it's when the filament globs onto to the nozzle, and slowly grows to engulf the entire hot end of the printer. That can be hard to remove/clean off, and there's a danger you'll tear the wires out of your thermistor while you're getting it off of there. I've only had that happen to me twice in a few years of printing, but now I keep two extra thermistors on hand so I can always get right back to the races without having to wait for an order to come.

Leonard Cacioppo

Mine is still in the box/kit waiting for me to find the time. Was really nice to see it in motion! Keep up the videos - love them. BTW - the lead time on the IKEA tables for the enclosure is like three weeks...

wolph

Coincidentally I ordered this exact same printer a few days ago... interesting video, seems I've made the right choice

Anonymous

You missed the 3D-printing-for-casting use case. Myfordboy does some nice stuff there, and mrpete too.

Clifton Ballad

I ended up getting a cheap rebuild from the factory I3 clone, it was crap out the box and its still crap... I might get a real one some day, but that will likely be after I learn CAD to some degree. I did however get a wax filament that is meant for lost wax casting, and never got it to run right with the stupid printer. I blame the machine not the filament. Best example is that the bracket that holds the hot head to the rails that move it side to side was bent wrong by a good 10 degrees if not more... Kinda hard to level the bed to the hot head when its skewed

Rusty Mundorf

Good choice on the Prusa i3. I bought a cheap clone as my first foray into 3D printing a few years back. I definitely spent $500 in time and frustration that I should have just spent on the real deal.

Stubbs

The reason you didn't have a single problem when you did your first few prints is simply because you got a prusa. The things just work. I've gone through a few printers and the prusa is easy-mode printing.

Stubbs
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And give PETG a try. Don't bother with ABS - it's a PITA and PETG gets the job done same as ABS much easier.

Stubbs

and did the SUBSRIBE thing at 9:52 come due to lack of gummy bears?

David Pearson

Knowing you, I thought you would have gone straight to 4D

David Pearson

Aaw wait, just upped my patreon tier, you already have, I can see it now. Who'd have thought AvE looked like that!

Anonymous

Welcome to the wild ride :-) And I really hope the new toy won't displace the machining part :-) Also, a silicone "sock" is your best friend and 0.6, nozzle with PETG absolutely rocks for functional parts

Anonymous

+1 on the PETG. If you print that stuff at 30-60 percent infill with a couple of extra shells and the stuff is pretty indestructible. You can machine it to dimension and the multi material upgrade is fun and even useful at times.

Gladius Illuminatus

Just in case you don't already know: For a more technical look at 3d printing ie. Material testing, material properties and comparisons, print setting analysis etc I would highly recommend the YouTube chanel CNC Kitchen. He provides great information from a technical viewpoint concerning 3D printed parts. Also check out his video on hot melt inserts. In my humble opinion they are a game changer for any part that needs screwed connections.

Marcus

I use mine all the time. MatterHackers.com is a great source for filament. Stick with PLA and PETG variants for printing. You made a great choice in the Prusa, as you mentioned not wanting to get into a perpetual upgrade/modding trap of the Ender series (I have an Ender 3 Pro). I use my printer for prototyping, parts for projects and a whole slew of other time consuming (wasting) endeavors. ;-)

Anonymous

Awesome to see you with the Prusa. Now every time you have a fiddly part, I don't have to wonder, "why doesn't he just print that"—+1 on PETG with extra shells. Also, suggest you get octopi loaded on a raspberry pi. Use the print host upload so the Prusa Slicer will upload directly to the pi giving you One-click printing. No SD card shuffle. Love the videos; keep up the excellent work.

Anonymous

Useful tools: food dryer for drying filament--prints will go wrong and you won't know why until you figure out the filament is wet. +1 for Octopi. It's an incredible time saver for iterative tuning.

Scott

Just like your opening statement in your Gears! - But Were Afraid To Ask (MiniLathe) video, it's another "Great! One more stink'n thing I'll need channel" moment Hahahahaha... now I'm considering whether I need a 3d printer lol ;)

Tom De Mulder

That video was just what I needed to make the jump and get a (that) 3D printer. It’s been printing non-stop for more than two weeks, making useful parts. :)

Dana

The Prusa was on my short list for which 3D printer to purchase. After watching this video I went ahead and ordered one. Thanks.

Sam Kremer

I find that if you’re printing something that covers most of the bed, the bed temperature is not always even and doesn’t always match the display. I checked with a thermometer and found the bed was colder than displayed and prints were lifting. Upped the temp and lifting disappeared. Otherwise, mines been great!