Craig Keller
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Whats been everyone's experience with these whats a good brand and model choice knowing what you know now?
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Suggestions for 3d printers
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WildWestDesigns
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What are you wanting to do? In some instances, FFF is the better thing, some times SLA is. I prefer SLA, but it all depends on what one is wanting to do.
Craig Keller
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Make things like the rubber ducks for jeeps is one thing.
Craig Keller
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SLA is the brand?
Craig Keller
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Any issues?
WildWestDesigns
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No, FFF and SLA are the type of printing. FFF being filament based and SLA being resin based printing.
Craig Keller
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I assume the resin is more money?
WildWestDesigns
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Well, if you are having to handle vehicle heat for the duck craze that jeep owners have, your looking at higher cost inputs regardless of the type of 3D printer (no using the cheaper PLA for that application), however, resin does have other costs as well (UV curing lamp etc). I use the resin for articulating figures for either stop motion or for action figures, so there is more room for budget friendly consideration there.
Craig Keller
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What's the deal with the totally enclosed ones vers the open ones that keep the reels from getting moisture? Then you have the a1 combo that's totally open to the air even on the reels of filament
WildWestDesigns
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Some filaments can handle the open air (too high of a temp, even ambient temp) can affect the prints. If talking about the spools of filament, too much moister can affect what temp you have it at for the printing as there is more moister etc in it. Have to becareful how you store the extra filament as well with regard to moister.
ProColorGraphics
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My Bambu lab X1 Carbon has been awesome!! I have also had really good luck with my Elegoo Centauri Carbon.
ProColorGraphics
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Make sure you don't use PLA for those. haha. Or you will have melted ducks.
WildWestDesigns
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If he goes FFF, probably looking at nylon with carbon fiber. Also want to make sure that there is no moister at all with those and probably want an enclosed printer or make an enclosure yourself.
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Reddit will be a great resource for these questions. Also check out the Prusa and Bambu specific subreddits.
Definitely familiarize yourself with the half dozen or so most common materials, and the two entry level "types" of 3D printing—resin and extruded—before you do anything else.
I have been suggesting Bambu to new users that I know aren't in it for the tinkering. I bought a Prusa kit MK4 just about 2 years ago and had fun putting it together over a weekend, but if I had it to do over, I would be very tempted by the Bambu X1C w/AMS. The Prusa is endlessly repairable and upgradeable, and should be for the next decade. I've been super satisfied with it and had zero issues, but the cost is higher, and it's less "slick" than the new whizbang of the Bambu Labs stuff. I'd really have to flip a coin.
You'll also need to learn something like OnShape (my pick) for 3D friendly parametric CAD design.
Definitely familiarize yourself with the half dozen or so most common materials, and the two entry level "types" of 3D printing—resin and extruded—before you do anything else.
I have been suggesting Bambu to new users that I know aren't in it for the tinkering. I bought a Prusa kit MK4 just about 2 years ago and had fun putting it together over a weekend, but if I had it to do over, I would be very tempted by the Bambu X1C w/AMS. The Prusa is endlessly repairable and upgradeable, and should be for the next decade. I've been super satisfied with it and had zero issues, but the cost is higher, and it's less "slick" than the new whizbang of the Bambu Labs stuff. I'd really have to flip a coin.
You'll also need to learn something like OnShape (my pick) for 3D friendly parametric CAD design.
MGB_LE
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I love this printer. It's my 3rd FFF printer since 2017, and I've had 2 SLA printers but recently given up the mess of SLA printing. This is my first multimaterial printer also. Print quality has been top notch because of the calibrations that it performs. It's also at least twice as fast as the printer it replaced (Creality CR-10 A Pro v1.) I'm super happy and I bought it before tariffs affected pricing.
WildWestDesigns
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Interesting it's been the reverse for me.
dreko
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Bambu Labs X1C or H2D is going to be the best fit for your first time 3D printer... as well as offering decent build volume, printing speeds and incredibly easy/plug and play 3d printing. As a 1st time owner, you will be amazed at how easy the 3D printing is with Bambu Labs.
Just make sure to feed good 3D files into the Bambu studio software
You'll also have access to high temp engineering grade filaments, as well as dirt cheap plastic filaments. For your usage, ABS or PETG-HF might be your ideal material.
Don't get a resin (SLA) printer. Don't get a Stratasys. Let us know what you decide.
Just make sure to feed good 3D files into the Bambu studio software
You'll also have access to high temp engineering grade filaments, as well as dirt cheap plastic filaments. For your usage, ABS or PETG-HF might be your ideal material.
Don't get a resin (SLA) printer. Don't get a Stratasys. Let us know what you decide.
Craig Keller
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for the rubber type ducks?