I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive printer which has good resolution and a large print volume, heated platform (ABS, PET).

I'm considering the Rostock MAX v2 kit, but I'm a little daunted by the amount of time involved in building it and calibrating it.

Can anyone speak to these concerns? Have you built a Rostock or other delta? Is it a solid design? Or do they require constant tweaks and repairs?

Ideally I'd like something which works well, minimal tweaks / repairs, but prints ABS / PET / PLA with a good output quality.

I'm a EE grad, I write software at my day job. I do build a lot of RC stuff. So I'm good a soldering, wiring, and fair at troubleshooting electronics.

Thanks,

-Jim

Mattercontrol newbie here.

Use 1.5 vesion.

Choose to use it over Cura as it has fan control for bridging.

I need bridge fan control only for PETg printing.
But sofar no coller fan running during a layer that need bridging.
Option is marked.

Is there a setting for a minimum distance that this option is not working?

Paco

HI again, now all seems to be fine, I've been able to save some images, I guees you're right, because just some images present the problem, thanks for your concern aniway, I appreciate it, regards!!

Hi. Noob here. And of course, I have a noob question. I have a Robo 3D R1+. Can I print more than one model at a time if they are small enough? And how to arrange that in Matter Control? Thanks!

So the R1+ has a large print area, but I have a 3d model that may be too large for it. How can I best cut it up so I can print it up in pieces and then assemble it together? Thanks.

I built a Rostock MAX, had the same concerns at first but I found it to be very easy/intuitive. The documentation for the build is very through (almost 300 pages long if i remember correctly) and a great step by step guide. Took about 20 hours in total (a week of evenings), No soldering was required so you may even be over qualified!

I would say go for it - you will be happy to know the ins and outs of your machine after the build of over (it is never over, there are many upgrades to the Rostock.

Do you have an STL file?

Yes.

The Quick and Kludgey way

1. Use bottom clipping to slice off the bottom half of the model, and print it
2. Turn the model upside down
3. Use bottom clipping again to slice off the other half, then print it.

The Proper but Difficult way

Learn to use Blender.

Yes. Load your first model into MatterControl, then go into Edit mode. You can then drag and drop additional STLs into the edit view, and they will be added to the same print. You can also hit copy to print more than one of the same object.