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  Witch 3D printer to buy as a begginer
  best printer for beginner • • Alejandromo

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  Personally, I would not consider the Rostock for a beginner (note, I am speaking from experience using the v1, so I could be wrong about the latest v3, take this advice with a grain of salt). When I had picked up my v1, it kept jamming and the movement of the arms were showing slop (kept sticking or overshooting, depending on very slight adjustments to its tightness), it wasn't until I bought a few upgrades from Trick Laser (brand new arms) and got a new hotend (E3D v6 I think) that things started to go smoothly. That being said, I've been a 3D printer hobbyist for a while now, and I still have trouble printing large objects due to warping and splitting, so having such a large build volume doesn't necessarily mean better. I will say it's not so pleasing having to cancel a 15 hour print when you're about 5 hours into it.As for the LulzBot, never had it, but it looks like a pretty standard Cartesian model. For the price, though, it seems a bit expensive for what it gives you out of the box.If I were to recommend anything, I would probably suggest the Flashforge Creator Pro. It has a smaller build area, but for the price (less than $1000) and what you get directly out of the box (Dual extruders, heated platform, enclosed build area, LCD + SD card reader, two random 1kg rolls of filament, etc) it is totally a steal. Most of the features it comes with would have costed you extra making those upgrades anyway. Even though it is pretty cheap, they did not sacrifice part quality; I have had no urge to upgrade anything except the spool holder arms (since they only fit Flashforge brand spools), luckily the arms detach and replacements can be 3D printed.- Lochemage
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  How to change your nozzle
  e3d nozzle maintenance how to • • unlimitedbacon

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  Support for PowerSpec Ultra 3D (MicroCenter private label FlashForge Dreamer)?
  flashforge dreamer • • dalewheat

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  The forum post to which you refer was posted seven months ago, and progress has been slow for support for the Dreamer/PowerSpec Ultra. It won't be ready for the next version of MatterControl slated to be released at the end of this month, unfortunately, but we'll continue to work on it. As such, I can't say it will be ready "soon" but perhaps in the version following this next one.Edit: link
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  Genisys XS 3D printer Upgrade Recommendations
  • jmscholen

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  The X3 Pro has 20 amp fuses on each of the 3 power inputs.
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  Newbie Flashforge Creator Pro no Talkie
  flashforge x3g • • int3man

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  This is something we have seen before. The fix is already in the code and will be available in the next release (1.6). If you need to use it now, you can download the experimental version. Beware, though many other things are broken in the experimental release.
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  Newbie needs advice
  printer recommendations • • MacJack

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  I always encourage people to build kits if they are willing, since it is such a good learning experience and gives you the ability to fix the printer yourself when things go wrong. It is also by far the most economical way to get into 3D printing. You can get a kit for roughly half the cost of an equivalent preassembled machine.I've never dealt with the HICTOP or Alunar kits, but they are all based on the Prusa i3, which is probably the most popular 3d printer out there. This means it will be very easy to get help and find replacement or upgrade parts. We sell an i3 kit made by BQ, which I like because it comes with very good instructions.Unless a kit specifically says it has an all metal hot end, it probably doesn't. Your ability to print different materials will by limited by the maximum temperature of your hot end. I wouldn't worry too much about HIPS, though, since it prints at the same temperatures as ABS.Most printers are capable of 100 micron layers (0.1 mm) but we normally print at 200 microns (0.2 mm).
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  What to do if your printer has trouble holding the right temperature
  troubleshooting • • unlimitedbacon

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  Proper calibration of Printrbot Simple Metal
  print quality calibration printrbot simple metal • • mhelvens

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  I’m a service engineer. Problems like this are common for me. And sorry for you to hear a clear „No“ on my behalf - there is no common or usual way to get a machine up and running. I went over 20 iterations or more, which is normal for custom made machines.
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  BfB printers
  bfb • • Anar

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  Ah yes. I completely forgot about the whole 3D vs 5D gcode thing. I haven't had to deal with the old style gcode since I upgraded my Cupcake CNC to a stepper extruder. Is such a thing possible with a BfB?You could always try using another slice engine within MatterControl. However, as far as I can tell Cura and Slic3r won't do 3D gcode anymore either. If all else fails, you could generate a gcode file using some other software (Skeinforge?) and still print it through MatterControl.
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  Wombot Exilis XL
  wombot exilis xl wombot • • zorky

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  i found how to setup the wombot. you select other then other in the setup menu, and make sure that the baud rate is set to 115200. the drawback is you don't have any presets for abs or pla.
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  Printrbot Simple Metal Auto Leveling.
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  hmmmm, I had a suspicion that may be the problem and yes there is a z-axis offset that was set using the M212 command and there is a G29 code at the start of my gcode. I just glanced over the link you gave but it looks like it may. I'll take a look at it tonight thanks for the info
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  SeeMeCNC Droplit SLA kit
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  We were at CES last week and saw these guys: http://www.photocentricgroup.com/They appear to be a chemical compounding company that is using their resin as the technology. The machine is super simple. That said - simple is very easily scalable. They are using visible light (460 nm wavelength) to cure the resin and the lightsource is any LCD screen. The genius of this is that the screen - and therefore the technology platform - is very scalable and cheap. Nothing stopping you from having a simple Z axis and mounting a 52 in TV as the light source. Unproven as of yet - but could be interesting to keep an eye on. A liter of the resin is priced at about $65 per liter.
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  Monoprice Maker Architect 3D Printer
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  I will give that profile a shot. it seems that some of the stuff I am printing is getting printed a hair too small for some reason. Thanks for the help.Adam
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  New E3D hotend
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  Thanks, I had better not try it then
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  Tuning Your Motor Current
  how to troubleshooting • • unlimitedbacon

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  Well, now I know what I am working in this weekend...
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  Can I Install an E3D Hot End on My Printer?
  e3d how to • • unlimitedbacon

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  What are the benefits of upgrading my Rostock Max v2 standard Hot End with an E3D v6 Hot End?