I've been thinking of getting back into 3D printing for a while now, after a several-year break from the hobby. Got an Ender 3 in 2019 and a LD002R 2 years after so I do have some experience, but being an impatient kid back then, I had no idea how to tinker with it.I have no idea about the shit that has changed with 3d printing but I know a fair bit has. I want to be able to 3D print some custom parts using engineering filaments for guns, cars, and motorcycles. Maybe a HUD for a sandrail I'm thinking of building. I could not get the ender 3 to print ABS to save my life. Also any beginner tips for 3d printing would be greatly appreciated.
My trade school teacher bought four Bamboo Lab P1S printers for class use. He told us that he himself has one of those in which he has clocked more that 6000 hours already. According to him ABS should be quite feasible with P1S. He said the filament must be well dried though.My 3D printing class starts in two weeks, hopefully. I believe we will be using Onshape Education Plans package for 3D modelling.
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>>1577846>Also any beginner tips for 3d printing would be greatly appreciated.Goto the dollar store and buy a can of play-dough, then have fun making shapes
>>1577887>BambuWorks well, but you should be aware that they're super anti-consumer. They try hard to lock you into their ecosystem, and have issued legal threats against people making workarounds. Definitely look into it before dropping a load of money on their printers. If you choose to avoid bambu, any enclosed printer that can run klipper will do you good.>OnshapeSimilar story, you have no control over your models without paying out the ass for this. Everything is forced to be public with commercial use strictly prohibited. You just have to hope they don't change their terms and revoke your access, which they have done in the past.
I have a K2 Plus with CFS, and it's been rock solid. Printed ABS first time flawlessly didn't have to tweak anything, just default settings. The K2 is available standalone for $399. Little smaller than the Plus, but otherwise the same machine. Same hotend.You will need a new nozzle for carbon fiber though.One issue is that, like the Bambu printers, the new Creality printers phone home to China. They don't try to lock you into an ecosystem; you can use whatever STLs you want. It's just that you probably shouldn't try to print anything proprietary that you're trying to make money from unless you take adequate steps to firewall the printer.
