Stay Away From Chinesium Printers

[manikyath]

42 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

One of my points is you shouldn't have to upgrade and work on the thing. Especially if you are a beginner. 

my wanhao works *barely* on stock setup, the print head is a clogging disaster and a nightmare to clean out, but it *works*

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

my wanhao works *barely* on stock setup, the print head is a clogging disaster and a nightmare to clean out, but it *works*

DId you upgrade to an e3d v6 yet?

[manikyath]

18 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

DId you upgrade to an e3d v6 yet?

that doesnt even come close to fitting on my printer, i do have a full metal head that's extremely reliable when cooled properly tho, and i'm looking into getting some custom bits done up to reduce the amount of fans necessary

[VoyexTech]

20 hours ago, manikyath said:

that doesnt even come close to fitting on my printer, i do have a full metal head that's extremely reliable when cooled properly tho, and i'm looking into getting some custom bits done up to reduce the amount of fans necessary

Good luck with your printer! I'm waiting on heat breaks for my e3d v6 to arrive from china *sigh* I didn't want to pay the premium from e3d but now I've been waiting for a month and a half :(. Good news is that it comes in on the third.

[Hackentosher]

13 minutes ago, VoyexTech said:

Good luck with your printer! I'm waiting on heat breaks for my e3d v6 to arrive from china *sigh* I didn't want to pay the premium from e3d but now I've been waiting for a month and a half :(. Good news is that it comes in on the third.

Yeah it's Chinese new year, m8

[VoyexTech]

11 minutes ago, Hackentosher said:

Yeah it's Chinese new year, m8

But I ordered it in early December...

[Julian5]

I personally use a witbox bq, the quality of the print is fine but its just a cheap chinese printer with an acrylic casing and an overpriced retail cost. Its more than good enough for my prototypes though.

[manikyath]

44 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

I personally use a witbox bq, the quality of the print is fine but its just a cheap chinese printer with an acrylic casing and an overpriced retail cost. Its more than good enough for my prototypes though.

if the case provides structural support to the mechanical elements it's actually more helpful than you'd imagine.

[Hackentosher]

1 hour ago, manikyath said:

if the case provides structural support to the mechanical elements it's actually more helpful than you'd imagine.

This is true. Any movement in the nozzle gantry will fuck with the dimensions of your print. That is why the ultimaker and other printers are so overbuilt. 

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, Hackentosher said:

This is true. Any movement in the nozzle gantry will fuck with the dimensions of your print. That is why the ultimaker and other printers are so overbuilt. 

and why i'm very happy with the armored steel chassis on my wanhao. i have done some necessary weight shedding tho, because this thing is damn heavy

[Julian5]

20 hours ago, manikyath said:

if the case provides structural support to the mechanical elements it's actually more helpful than you'd imagine.

yeah but taking a 300$ chinese printer and strapping some nice acrylic on it is not worth 1800$