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Well I've done something I should have done a year ago...bought a Prusa i3 MK3S+...super excited
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.
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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.
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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.
And printed this in CF, Lola T333 wide nose.
Cheers
JMay
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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
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What filament is that John?
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Kevan,
It is carbon fibre strands in PLA from Amazon as below.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ZIRO-Printer-Fi...bon-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
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My preferred filament is CF-PETG, I find 240-245°C and 25% fan works
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