Printer Time

The content will come Girl just be patient...I think there are a whole lot of people out here that see you working hard to do what you enjoy. Many of us have had the similar roadblocks and set backs I am sure. Just hang tuff and press on...Vic

Victor Miller

Great to see that you got a good machine! Our group at 3D Nexus have a LOT of experience with a wide variety of 3D printers and we are only over in York. I'd be happy to help you get your printer working the best.

Hang in there, I spent about 2 weeks dialing in my first 3d printer. The problem turned out to be really poor quality filament. The hardest part for me was tweaking many variables when my primary assumption was bad at the start.

Chuck Sembroski

Just read that the International Space Station crew today has configured a 3D (biological tissue) printer. In space! You can do it too! Oh, I know, I'm not helping... :)

Dan Tesic

I am surprised you are still directly interfacing with the printer. I would have thought Octoprint would have been more in your wheelhouse?

veritanuda

Hang in there Fran!! Bringing up a dual head 3D printer is not the easiest thing to do. You did go first class with MakerGear. Once you get over the learning curve you will love this printer. The newer printers out there like the Ender 3, CR-10, etc. are very easy to get up and running but no where near the industrial quality of the MakerGear M3.

Bill Karkula

In the same boat. I've replaced the hot end of my E3D-V6 print head and while putting a new heater resistor in the screw terminal on the RAMPS board fell apart. So, I have another RAMPS board on order. I built this printer from scratch, not a kit but once in awhile it needs some servicing. One time it was down and one of the plastic corner post broke so I milled one out of wood --- kind of like your NASA part was done.

Daniel Bingamon

it amazes me that any of these work and with some learning can be used to produce "things". I'm 77 years old and supported students who programmed CNC machines. Also never thought that I would be able to afford a resin printer.

It sounds like 3D printers are still not the Star Trek Replicators we thought they would be?

Agreed! We want to see when you attack and destroy the thing with a hammer... :)

I tend to enter new tech areas with a toy or something trivial. For 3D printing, I got the 101Hero, a tiny delta printer, for $69, and was truly amazed to find that it actually could print with decent quality! The cheap quality ensured I was adjusting and repairing it often, and its simplicity made the work doable, if tedious. It was a truly awesome experience. It represented the equivalent of high school for 3D printing. I learned the vocabulary and the basics of the hardware and tools with minimal cash invested, mainly time. My second printer was the BuildOne, a KickStarter campaign that is only a couple years behind schedule, which I hope to get by the end of this year. It's an enclosed CoreXY Cartesian printer that also mounts an engraving laser, for which I'm planning lots of hacks and accessories. My third purchase, and my second printer to use, is the Monoprice Mini Delta (MPMD), another surprisingly capable printer for the price. It has a handle on top, and is extremely portable and very rugged. No delicate flower here! I routinely take it out and about, with the printer in one hand and my laptop bag in the other. All these printers have 5" beds. Now I find myself dreaming of something a bit larger and faster. I'm torn between a large delta or a large CoreXY cube. Hmmm... Or maybe one of these: https://www.amazon.com/HICTOP-Independent-Extruder-11-8x11-8x13-8-300x300x350mm/dp/B07TDPLXBN

BobC

THANK YOU for posting this! Only two tech-related things consistently make me feel like I don't know anything about anything: CSS and 3D printing. Every time I've set one up and it's worked, it's either been due to Damn Luck or giving up at some point and saying "Okay, I suppose that's close enough."

Andy Ihnatko

Fran, you could have beautiful content, show the process with the frustration! Not everything is rose pebbles and sunshine! As you tell in this notification, show life... a vid with a cliffhanger and in the meanwhile you push the company to resolve the problem ASAP.

Joop Terwijn

We are going into our first move in 42 years (tons to clear out). I think that I will hold off on a printer till the dust settles.

Kendra Akin

Ditto on gobsmacked. Bought a remaindered Ender3 on Woot. Good print after first and easy assembly. This has gotten much easier ...

Must admit I was put off buying a 3D printer for a couple years till recently.......I bought the Anycubic I3 Mega and it works straight out of the box. I was gobsmacked!

Ian Johnston