Subj : Re: Where are my 3D Printing Peeps? To : SirRonmit From : TheNerd Date : Mon May 13 2024 18:16:03 Si> Fast forward a couple years, and wanting to print larger items, I bought Si> the Ender-3. I was only ever able to get a few good prints off of that Larger is also something I want to do.. My bed is only 200x200 and my max height is 180. I'd like it to at least go taller so I'm going to order some 600 mm extrusions to do that. Its currently on a 400 mm vertical extrusion but half that is eaten up by the mechanics on the top and bottom of the printer. Thats a $100 upgrade I can do at least... the bed will require some design work I think. I'll need some way of holding it. Si> before putting it in storage. My current job has some of those HUGE Si> (totally just forgot the name - they are like 2 ft x 2 ft x 4 ft Si> enclosed in plexiglass). So I talked with the engineer who uses that one Bamboo? Those appear to be the new hotness in fdm printing and are fully enclosed. I'd get a Prusa if I wanted to spend that kind of money. Those things are rock solid. Si> and he had me buy the BL Touch to see if my system would print better. Best upgrade I got was a BL Touch. Didn't take much to get it going. Si> He provided me with a working G-Code to have it level the bed (9 points) Si> prior to printing. Get a Pi and hook it up with OctoPrint. It wil do all of that for you. Si> I also love my resin printer (I got into that after giving up on my Si> Ender). I've only ever had a couple fails and those were due to my Si> forgetting to update the settings for th resin I was using. But, print Si> sizes are limited, so we shall see what the new Ender-3 does for me :) I'd love to go Resin but I can't really do it right now. The router I'm saving for is going to be about 6 grand and I'm not quite half way there yet lol... mouths to feed... Jim -- NerdRage BBS - SysOp: TheNerd -- telnet: nerdragebbs.ddns.net --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/32) * Origin: NerdRage BBS -.- telnet: nerdragebbs.ddns.net (954:895/64) .