3d Printers South Africa

[TEXTILE GUY]

Ive been buying Kingroon PLA form a small company in White River, Mpumalanga https://escolorstudio.co.za/shop/

Good pricing. They send it to Pudo lockers. I am not sure how well it will hold up in the lockers during summer heat...

Their standard colors comes in at R200 per kg. But they are mostly sold out on those.

Thanks boet.

Went to look at the prices on that ..... and its a steal!!

We do a some commercial prints, and generally we price our toys such that we try to make around $25 to $40 per spool of filament.
Generally, we keep our bed temperatures as low as possible and print speeds as high as possible.
A few failed prints eats up the return pretty fast.
A few large specials, or mixed media projects makes a nice return.

We have started casting 3D prints into resin (and using failed prints a resin filler), and these seem to go down well.
Getting the print filled without creating bubbling on the resin pour is a bit of a mission though.

Cost-effective filament that prints well is a money spinner for us.

 

[R4ziel]

Nice, they dropped mine off around lunch time. Slapped a 7 hour PLA print on it straight out of the box to see if it works and everything went well.

Two annoying things so far is the fan is extremely loud and the cable chain hits the lid so will have to do a few mods so it doesn't scratch up and lift the lid all the time.

Congrats, the K1c is an awesome printer, but yes the fans are quite loud and that lid is the worst designed thing i've seen in a while.

I printed a riser for mine, which helps with a couple of issues I had like PLA melting in the extruder over long prints (26 hours) and the lid being bumped off all the time. It was a pain.

This is the one I printed and will recommend if you want something to test your printer on while improving your printer

CREALITY K1 | K1C | K1SE - LID RISER V2 [WITHOUT LEDs] [35mm height] by LEOTE [approach] | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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[B-1]

Congrats, the K1c is an awesome printer, but yes the fans are quite loud and that lid is the worst designed thing i've seen in a while.

I printed a riser for mine, which helps with a couple of issues I had like PLA melting in the extruder over long prints (26 hours) and the lid being bumped off all the time. It was a pain.

This is the one I printed and will recommend if you want something to test your printer on while improving your printer

CREALITY K1 | K1C | K1SE - LID RISER V2 [WITHOUT LEDs] [35mm height] by LEOTE [approach] | Download free STL model | Printables.com

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Thanks for the link. I actually saved this one earlier today and want to do the riser, move the rollout sensor, remove the Bowden tube from the cable drag chain and then I'm fighting the urge to root and go native klipper.

Creality K1 / K1C Unibody Riser Frame by BlenderBender | Download free STL model | Printables.com

This is a riser for the Creality K1 and K1C. It blends in perfectly with the Creality unibody frame design. | Download free 3D printable STL models

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[Park@82]

Thanks boet.

Went to look at the prices on that ..... and its a steal!!

We do a some commercial prints, and generally we price our toys such that we try to make around $25 to $40 per spool of filament.
Generally, we keep our bed temperatures as low as possible and print speeds as high as possible.
A few failed prints eats up the return pretty fast.
A few large specials, or mixed media projects makes a nice return.

We have started casting 3D prints into resin (and using failed prints a resin filler), and these seem to go down well.
Getting the print filled without creating bubbling on the resin pour is a bit of a mission though.

Cost-effective filament that prints well is a money spinner for us.

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Yeah it's worth trying. Casing it into resin seems like it would be a mission. I'm wondering if there isn't an alternative that could be painted/sprayed on.

 

[ronz91]

Yeah but I heard it has some problems. Watched this a while ago:

One can also use Fusion 360 and Onshape free for personal use AFAIK.

the 1.0 release version has been a huge upgrade in usability

i would say you can design most basic to intermediate engineering stuff with this, coming from using Inventor, Solidworks & NX

 

[R4ziel]

Thanks for the link. I actually saved this one earlier today and want to do the riser, move the rollout sensor, remove the Bowden tube from the cable drag chain and then I'm fighting the urge to root and go native klipper.

Creality K1 / K1C Unibody Riser Frame by BlenderBender | Download free STL model | Printables.com

This is a riser for the Creality K1 and K1C. It blends in perfectly with the Creality unibody frame design. | Download free 3D printable STL models

www.printables.com

I rooted mine after the first bency, so definitely worth it. Also integrated it into my HA for monitoring if that is something you run

Both printers always ready for action

 

[schuits]

Got this delivered .... gonna pop it onto a printer this weekend.
Not too sure what to expect.

By contrast the soleyin is $11 a Kg. I have never really tried it, but seeing as you mentioned it, and now I have seen how cheap it is, maybe give it go. Thanks for that!
What issues did you have with it?

If you can get more nozzles .... try a 0.2mm nozzle .... the definition and detail quality are way better than the 0.4mm.
Slap a coat of spray over that, and you will be amazed

The Soleyin created a crows nest on one instance, I'm not sure why though. On another I got a small blob of filament which then doesn't sit flush and starts spiralling into a mess, I managed to pick it off the bed and luckily the subsequent layers came out alright.

Regarding the lid on a K1 Max I've left mine off almost all the time as that what it recommends for PLA?

Oh I also did a 9 hour pause mid-print. The heater bed stays on and a fan keeps blowing as far as I can tell but the sound wasn't unbearable. The print continued happily the next day.

--edit-- Picture is off some prints that didn't go well with Soleyin. I did reduce the print height to 0.1mm which may or may not be a contributor. With the Hyper PLA I did a 0.1mm print and it came out supurb!

 

[saor]

By contrast the soleyin is $11 a Kg. I have never really tried it, but seeing as you mentioned it, and now I have seen how cheap it is, maybe give it go. Thanks for that!
What issues did you have with it?

The black is very nice for the price. First print was a bit rough but then I saw some people recommend drying it...overnight in the dryer and its fine now. Nice smooth, almost matt finish. This is the Soyelin Ultra PlA black:

 

[schuits]

The black is very nice for the price. First print was a bit rough but then I saw some people recommend drying it...overnight in the dryer and its fine now. Nice smooth, almost matt finish. This is the Soyelin Ultra PlA black:

That IS clean, gonna have to look into a dryer or DIY.

 

[Park@82]

 

[B-1]

That IS clean, gonna have to look into a dryer or DIY.

I also fought the dryer thing for too long. The weater is generally dry up in GP so you can scrape by without one but it really does make a difference and I should have done it earlier.

 

[OnlyOneKenobi]

A couple of days ago, I 3D printed a T-rex, because why not? This morning, I discovered ants had turned our garage into their personal construction zone with a dirt mound under one of the cars. Naturally, I thought, "Perfect! Let’s stage a prehistoric showdown!" So, I posed the T-rex by the mound and snapped some pics. Then, in a burst of tech wizardry, I used AI video tools to animate the little critter with WAN2.2 in ComfyUI. The result? Pure genius, if I do say so myself.

 

[Username:]

A couple of days ago, I 3D printed a T-rex, because why not? This morning, I discovered ants had turned our garage into their personal construction zone with a dirt mound under one of the cars. Naturally, I thought, "Perfect! Let’s stage a prehistoric showdown!" So, I posed the T-rex by the mound and snapped some pics. Then, in a burst of tech wizardry, I used AI video tools to animate the little critter with WAN2.2 in ComfyUI. The result? Pure genius, if I do say so myself.

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That's awesome man , what a time to be alive!!

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

Got this delivered .... gonna pop it onto a printer this weekend.
Not too sure what to expect.

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Came out great ... printed fine, looks good .... nice quick color change.
0.4mm nozzle, Bambu mini, 167% speed.
Basket, Sunlu PLA plus.

 

[John8]

...taking a chance to ask here if anyone able to help me with some prints? Happy to ofcourse cover any costs/courier.

Whilst a printer is on my wishlist, Im just not there yet.

Looking to print pcb and esp32s cover as per below. No fancy material or quality required and colour doesnt matter

3D Printed Cases | Home Assistant Glow 🌟

Collection of all cases that you can 3D print

glow-energy.io

 

[The_ONE]

What are you guys opinions on the Ender 3v3se?

 

[Robfyntjie]

...taking a chance to ask here if anyone able to help me with some prints? Happy to ofcourse cover any costs/courier.

Whilst a printer is on my wishlist, Im just not there yet.

Looking to print pcb and esp32s cover as per below. No fancy material or quality required and colour doesnt matter

3D Printed Cases | Home Assistant Glow 🌟

Collection of all cases that you can 3D print

glow-energy.io

DM incoming

 

[Crowley]

What are you guys opinions on the Ender 3v3se?

I have one, and as an entry-level printer, it’s great as long as you stick to basic filaments. I’ve printed with PLA, PETG, and TPU. The only real drawback is the lack of Wi-Fi, so mine is connected to my PC via USB, and I print directly using the Cura slicer.

 

[Steamy Tom]

...taking a chance to ask here if anyone able to help me with some prints? Happy to ofcourse cover any costs/courier.

Whilst a printer is on my wishlist, Im just not there yet.

Looking to print pcb and esp32s cover as per below. No fancy material or quality required and colour doesnt matter

3D Printed Cases | Home Assistant Glow 🌟

Collection of all cases that you can 3D print

glow-energy.io

Where are you?

 

[John8]

Where are you?

West Coast