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3d Printers South Africa
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Anyone deal with this company before how are they ?
google gave them a 4.8 on the reviews
xrapidx
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Nope, although I haven't seen complaints on any of the whatsapp/telegram groups.
I bought the ender3v2 from DIYElectronics last year for the same price. Things on these printers do break, but they're cheap to fix.
ijacobs3
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I bought a few spares from them in the past
garyc
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We've bought a few printers from them at work. They have provided good support so far.
Werfetter
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Their physical shop is just down the road from me. I have not dealt with them myself but have friends who have and they only had praise. They have been around for quite a while but their target market is apparently aimed at higher-end additive manufacturing like the guys who 3d print dentures and so forth...
ToxicBunny
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Damn R3999 is a pretty good price for that...
Now torn between a basic CNC type machine or this....
Now torn between a basic CNC type machine or this....
Kosmik
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No printer toxic?
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Printer is more fun to be honest. And then you can print a mpcnc.
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A diode laser is great but 3d printers are built to be light over strong so putting a spindle on them is usually not great.
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I'm a total noob to 3D printing. I'm thinking of getting the Ender 3 from Buildvolume, other than filament, what other parts should I order with it?
I think I need to get extra nozzles as those seem to need replacing after about 3 months, what else?
I think I need to get extra nozzles as those seem to need replacing after about 3 months, what else?
xrapidx
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Just get the printer, filament and a spare nozzle or three.
Once you've pulled your hair out for a week or two, get either the yellow scprings or silicone spacers.... then - after another two weeks of frustrations... get a CR touch
I specifically waited before upgrading things to learn as I went along.
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hmmm I have the skr e3 mini from BTT, wonder what the difference is.
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ToxicBunny
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Not yet...
But its on the cards for very soon I reckon.
Gonna build out a bit of a "maker space" for myself I reckon, so that desk project will be fun in and of itself.
3D printer
Desktop CNC
Also getting my hands on a vinyl cutter machine as well for the hell of it.