3d Printers South Africa

[Werfetter]

So last night I preheated the printer, then got stuck with Cura crashing, and spending about 5min trying to get it back up and running - and the printer triggered a thermal runaway alarm... So - it got me thinking, I probably need to put something in place in case of a fire.

Has anyone bought, or used one of these?

Fireball Extinguisher - OHSISA

ohsisa.co.za

They should sell those standard with any Ford with their history ...

 

[xrapidx]

Researching them I see people have actually used them with 3D printers, there are "holders" on thingiverse.

Might get a few later on - one each "fire" potential of the house.

 

[xrapidx]

I need to print "feet" for two outside sun loungers - what would be the best "common" material?

The feet go over the metal square bar just to stop them from rusting when sitting in puddles.

 

[ijacobs3]

I need to print "feet" for two outside sun loungers - what would be the best "common" material?

The feet go over the metal square bar just to stop them from rusting when sitting in puddles.

Petg or abs, pla would deteriorate to quick in the sun,
Personally I would go petg

 

[Fleming]

I need to print "feet" for two outside sun loungers - what would be the best "common" material?

The feet go over the metal square bar just to stop them from rusting when sitting in puddles.

I'd use TPU. Rubber texture will add grip. It also has a bit of stretch so if print the feet a bit under size they will stay on the metal better.

 

[howardb]

I need to print "feet" for two outside sun loungers - what would be the best "common" material?

The feet go over the metal square bar just to stop them from rusting when sitting in puddles.

I agree with the above 2 posts, ABS, PETG or TPU

 

[Werfetter]

I need to print "feet" for two outside sun loungers - what would be the best "common" material?

The feet go over the metal square bar just to stop them from rusting when sitting in puddles.

My guess would be that PETG would be ideal and last the longest. I would worry about TPU getting "sliced" by the bottom of the square bar when weight is applied?

 

[karnuffel]

My trusty Anet A8 is giving thermal runaway errors (caused by the heated bed) and I really dont want to spend money on it anymore.

I need some thought on a new printer. Budget around 10K. Im thinking of getting an Ender 6, CR10 V3 or BIQU BX. I like the ender for the printing speed, but the direct drive seems to be the way to go for flexible filaments.

I was also looking at the Wanhao D12/300 Dual Extruder, but I cant find much about it online.

 

[eye_suc]

My trusty Anet A8 is giving thermal runaway errors (caused by the heated bed) and I really dont want to spend money on it anymore.

I need some thought on a new printer. Budget around 10K. Im thinking of getting an Ender 6, CR10 V3 or BIQU BX. I like the ender for the printing speed, but the direct drive seems to be the way to go for flexible filaments.

I was also looking at the Wanhao D12/300 Dual Extruder, but I cant find much about it online.

If you are aiming for R10k anyway, do yourself a massive favour and bump that up to about R13k/R14k for a Genuine Prusa MK3s. Your life will change

I have 3 Creality printers, and I love them, but they are finicky. Prusa's are just so slick. The have direct drive, best of class filament runout detection, resume that actually works, you can even punch the head and it auto corrects.

 

[karnuffel]

If you are aiming for R10k anyway, do yourself a massive favour and bump that up to about R13k/R14k for a Genuine Prusa MK3s. Your life will change

I have 3 Creality printers, and I love them, but they are finicky. Prusa's are just so slick. The have direct drive, best of class filament runout detection, resume that actually works, you can even punch the head and it auto corrects.

I sent a request to get a quote, so lets see what happens since the ZAR USD rate is looking half decent. What I do like about the creality is that we have some sort of support and spares in SA. I had to use bangood or amazon to order spares for my Anet.

I have to admit, I loved the fact that there were so many upgrades and spares I could print for my A8, but at the end of the day the thing was like a Ford (I spent more time fixing/upgrading/changing it than using it).

 

[eye_suc]

It was a mission, but it works. Shoots 4 kinds of foam ammo.

 

[howardb]

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It was a mission, but it works. Shoots 4 kinds of foam ammo.

Nice!

 

[eye_suc]

This big kiddie toy should be firing at about 200 - 220 feet per second. A normal kiddie nerf gun is about 50fps for the cheapies to 80fps for the R1500 guns.

Had to get custom wound springs made. As far as the designer knows, I'm the first one to have built a metric version

 

[karnuffel]

I got my Ender 6 thins morning. Build was easy. Busy with my first print now. Quite impressed. Still need to do cable management but damn this machine is soooo quiet!

Keeping in mind that I had an Anet A8 for about 4 years, so this is a major move for me

 

[eye_suc]

I got my Ender 6 thins morning. Build was easy. Busy with my first print now. Quite impressed. Still need to do cable management but damn this machine is soooo quiet!

Keeping in mind that I had an Anet A8 for about 4 years, so this is a major move for me

Damnit, I've been itching to get an Ender 6.

Maybe grace us with a quick review?

 

[karnuffel]

Damnit, I've been itching to get an Ender 6.

Maybe grace us with a quick review?

Sure. Im only on my second print now, so just give me some time for a proper writeup.

Initial thoughts:

• The build was very easy, I only found it hard to move the machine around during the build because it is quite heavy.
• I don't quite understand why the bed is so small though, there is a lot of unused space around the bed. Im actually looking for a toolbox that I can print and leave in the enclosure, that's how much space there is.
• Bed leveling was fairly easy but the bed did move down a bit during this process which &*^#&#ed me around.
• My initial print was very decent. I printed the cat that's on the SD card. I moved the printing speed up to 150 from 100 (I assume %) about 20% into the print and I cannot see any changes in quality which I thought is damn impressive. ( the extruded did make a bit more noise with the higher print speeds)
• Most of the printer is super quiet, the cooling fan however sounds like a leaf blower.
• I used Prusaslicer for my second print. It has a standard Ender 6 profile, but the print speeds are a bit slow. Ill see how far I can push my machine once I have all the cables in place. I installed Prusaslicer, Creality slicer and Cura (I used a Ender 5 profile and only changed the bed size). Ill see which one works best with stock settings and take it from there.
• Here is my first print. I assembled the machine and leveled the bed, that's all
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[karnuffel]

My first mod is a small one, just to fix the wires:

 

[ijacobs3]

trying my first tpu prints today, lets see how bad this goes

 

[karnuffel]

trying my first tpu prints today, lets see how bad this goes

Awesome. Good luck! Do you have a direct drive of bowden?

 

[ijacobs3]

Awesome. Good luck! Do you have a direct drive of bowden?

bowden , apparently it can be done correctly with the right settings, and that is the annoying part