shinegull

i think ill get the ender 3 pro then. thank you. any other mods/upgrades you can recommend that might be useful?

yea it did seem to die unusally fast. on the other hand, i did get it used... so maybe that was part of it as well. i kinda went for the cheapest option that still seemed good enough, in the case that if it really does fail sooner rather than later, it wouldnt hurt as much. but i've learned a bit from it as well. so hopefully, next time, it will be a lot better and easier. probably wont get it asap, as no a priority at the moment. going through redecorating, so ill probably get it in a month or 2, unless i see a sale or something.

well its always been one of my dreams to idk, get an ultimaker or something like that. but i've got time to learn somewhat. i usually get 3 days off in a week, now. so time to learn?

currently about 300 cad, give or take a bit. also depends on how much extra income i may have on top of that at the moment.

So, last month, I got a 3D printer. a Tronxy xy-2 pro? and while i had a bit of a learning curve in adjusments in leveling and print settings, it did work decently. for about 2 weeks. then it died. It would no longer heat properly, the bed started warping just a tiny bit, and it refused to print. Hence I returned it. Fortunately, still under warranty, so i got a full refund. Now, I'm looking for a new 3D printer to pick up sometime in the next couple months. I've heard good (and bad) things about creality, and might go for that, but before i do, does anyone have any other recommendations or input on choices? I did like the auto leveling function of my previous printer, but i'd also like to get a magnetic bed this time. Ive heard the Creality printers can be modded quite a bit so, i could probably upgrade over time?

i went from a sata ssd to a nvme, and there was a difference in boot time. at the beginning at least. though once i started filling up my drives more, the difference gradually, became smaller and smaller. NVME for me was still faster, but boot time for me is usually less than a minute either way. you dont even notice after a while. so yea, just leave your nvme as the drive where you will do your work or use most.

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try out extrudr

Just realized i"m about to run out of filament for my 3d printer, so wondering if anyone has any recommendations for filament. i.e. brand? I think? Never actually bought filament before, so a quick recommendation would be awesome.

it kinda depends on your use case. so if you're gaming or something that requires lots of graphics, then go with a dedicated gpu. But if you just using the pc for something like documents, browsing, watching videos, etc., i would say go with the 3400g, its perfectly fine.

Hi, I'm look for a 3d print design of a pci slot mounted adapter for dual ssd / 2x ssd sitting side by side, vertically was wondering if anyone had anything they knew of something like this was the idea i had in mind (it would be great if it had a vented design as well but what i get is what i get right?)

alright, i'll try pushing the z offset just a teeny bit. if that doesnt help, ill throw the next big print into a fridge

its from the leftover filament, its super thin, thinner than paper. I tried bending it and it just bent with the platform. for now, i've scraped off as much as i could and then got rid of a bit more with a drill brush. any tips on what i can do to help it not stick so well after its done printing? or maybe a way to help removing it after without causing cracks in the print?

Alright, The first piece finished printing. Now theres good news and bad news. The good news is, the print is very good, way better than whatever crap i had before. and it sticks very well to the bed. Which is where the bad news is as well. It may be sticking a little too well.... I removed the removable sheet and instantly realized its going to take a little more effort to remove the print. so i grabbed the scraper that came with the printer. which actually didnt help much. I had to use enough force that I almost snapped the entire print in half. as a result, there are now cracked in my print and a small piece broke off and got stuck on the removable sheet. Im also having some trouble removing any left over bits. Any suggestions

I'll keep that in mind. Currently its passed the one hr mark without anything major coming up. print seems to be sticking to bed, and there doesnt seem to be any issues with that anymore. I've made a few adjustments to bed heat and nozzle heat as well as some other minor things in print speed, layers, etc. it doubled the print time though, but maybe that's a good thing? about 4 more hrs before the print finishes, so hoping it doesnt just look good on the top but bottom as well.

just a quick update, since its finally my day off. I've rechecked the printer according the instruction from that video from the very beginning. checked the screws, checked the belts and the platform stability, according to the order of the video. manually checked the space between bed and nozzle. on all four corners. then did the auto level for checking( did it twice, pictures below, seems to be fairly close in accuracy according the screen and video), then z offset. now printing and hope every goes well. currently, its about 5 minutes in and it already looks better. here goes print number 12, hopefully it works out well.

theres a function for level and z offset. for the leveling, it checks 16 points, after which you can tune manually with the 4 corner screws. the leveling function also says on screen to make sure there is less than .8 difference between the highest and lowest point. for the z offset, you adjust manually as you need via the software, which i also use the paper thing for. it can go in .01, .1 and 1mm increments. i set it to the point when i feel resistance when moving paper under neath the nozzle. the printer I am using is a tronxy xy-2 titan, if its a bad printer, i should still be able to get a full refund.

I'm going to take it apart and then rebuild it. if that doesnt work, i'll try the glue method. If that still doesnt work, and I've exhausted all patience and attempts, I guess last resort is to return it and get something else.

alright, i'll do what i can to dial it in as much as I can

i've tried re leveling the bed and resetting the z-offset. it seemed to help a little. but it also seemed to change the problems im getting a bit as well. I've noticed that on the curves/circles when printing, the filament gets dragged, sort of. instead of printing along the curve of design, filament gets pulled into a straight line, from near the beggining of the curve to the near the end of curve. Not only that, it seems like the filament has some problems with sticking to the plate still. specifically the side. it looked like it was warping/curling upwards.

I picked up a 3D Printer a week or 2 ago, so its my first try into 3D Printing. I have 2 problems with the printing. 1. The object I'm printing is not sticking properly. I've leveled the print surface to some extent. The printer says to have it level to .8 or less and they are are within the 0 to 0.5 at all points. I did have some trouble with the z-offset and made it as tight as I can. Another member and a youtube video mentioned that I should be able to slide a piece of paper under near with some resistance. I've also cleaned the surface with some alcohol before every print. The first 3 prints were finally a sort of a success after those steps. but then after, it starting failing again. the item i would attempt to print would start sliding before it would reach 25%. (The current print said to take about 2.5 hrs). 2. The beginning of the print would be somewhat rough. Printed filament would not be sitting at the right spot. I would hope that prints would get better if i have it done more than once, but its actually getting worse. First 2 pics with black background is the sort of successful print, as in it actually finished printing. but the 3rd pic is a failure. youll se that the filament is moving everywhere. I'd like to think that my skills are lacking, since its the first time i've tried out 3D printers. If anyone has a solution or even a trick to help with printing, that would be great.

great, just remember to install any drivers that you may need as well. if possible, i would try to pull it from their site instead of whatever it comes with. ive noticed that they have a tendency to quietly update their drivers

I would get something around the $50-100 CAD personally, i.e. TP-Link AX3000. Asus also has those as well, but they reach to about $100-120. Those usually come with an option of an antenna that can be reposition for a couple dollars more. I would post ac cards as well, but considering that they are only about $10 difference (for me). it doesnt seem really worth it to go anything lower. It helps that my family also have a lot of devices that are wifi 6 capable.

to be honest, i also agree with moonzy, ive used a couple as well, even if it does work, they usually die within 6 months at best. if you're using a laptop and have no other choice, i would consider a nighthawk, but if you're desktop, go with a pcie card. you can spend less and get more out of it. if your laptop can accomadate a wifi card, just get an intel ax chip.

is this for desktop or laptop?

i'll keep that in mind, but this would be my first attempt at 3d printing, so id thought, if possible go cheaper and try it out first in case i mess up anything.