Show us your latest 3DP purchase

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Show us your latest 3DP purchase - Kevan - 24th-Oct-21

Well I've done something I should have done a year ago...bought a Prusa i3 MK3S+...super excited Sun

I already have two printers, Anycubic Photon Mono X (resin) and a Qidi X-Plus (filament) but the Qidi needs a major extruder upgrade

...make that three printers, I also have a Mars Pro which hasn't seen the light of day since the Photon arrived.

I bought a Prusa because I spent too much time faffing about with the Qidi to get good prints then it'll go 'off tune' for no apparent reason.

I won't be wasting filament on benchys and other wastes of filament, I have chassis that need printing.

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - MrFlippant - 24th-Oct-21

The only 3d printing stuff I buy since my printers is filament. No need to do any upgrading. I mean, I got an MMU2 for one of them, and build a LACK table enclosure for the other one, but other than feeding it filament 24/7, that's pretty much it.

Prusa support is fantastic, along with a variety of community forums and FB groups, but you're welcome to ping me any time.

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - JMay - 24th-Oct-21

No new machinery this year, but several upgrades a Micro Swiss hot end for my CR10s and some hardened steel nozzles so I can squirt carbon fibre without tearing the nozzle inside out.

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And printed this in CF, Lola T333 wide nose.

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Cheers
JMay

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - Beejay7 - 24th-Oct-21

I can confirm that Lola of John's is superb and the finish is excellent and requires very little finishing. It is the first time I have been tempted with a 3d printed body shell as most others I have seen on these and other boards pages leave a lot to be desired. Great to see these things improving all the time. Keep up the good work you guys.

Regards

Alan

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - Kevan - 24th-Oct-21

What filament is that John?

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - JMay - 24th-Oct-21

Kevan,

It is carbon fibre strands in PLA from Amazon as below.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZIRO-Printer-Filament-Carbon-1-75mm

Few issues on layer de-lamination to start with but good customer support and upping the nozzle temperature to 245-250C and knocking back the fan speed fixed that. The black comes out more silver grey but at least I can see what it is from a distance.

Cheers
John

RE: Show us your latest 3DP purchase - Kevan - 24th-Oct-21

My preferred filament is CF-PETG, I find 240-245°C and 25% fan works