Wedg1e
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They're like any new machine/process.
You need to start with the basic steps, then once you can manage those, learn more about each step.
The big thing with the Creality printers, is they include everything to get you started. You build it, it includes enough filament to print a few models, and it includes an SD card with three example files on it. The hardest part of the process once you've built it, is getting the bed height set suitably.
The next step after that, is to learn how to slice models, which is easy once you have the Slicer set-up for your printer.
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skotl
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Make an unboxing machine!
redlig
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Re opening the box. May I suggest this is best done early in the morning while it's still asleep and just creep up on it and swiftly slash its throat , sorry packaging , then it will have no time to give you aggro. Hopefully.
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Much as I would like a 3D printer I have been resisting the urge telling myself:
Wait for them to mature as a product.
The price will come down.
They will use better filament for more durable prints.
My cats sit on the A3 printer and shred the prints as they emerge from the printer, what are they going to do with a 3D printer
A 3D printer is still on the list of things that I like or would like but it is better that someone else owns and uses them and I can admire from afar, a bit like a Jet Ski or a power boat or a ...
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Classic chicken and egg problem.
Kayos
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Much as I would like a 3D printer I have been resisting the urge telling myself:
Wait for them to mature as a product.
The price will come down.
They will use better filament for more durable prints.
My cats sit on the A3 printer and shred the prints as they emerge from the printer, what are they going to do with a 3D printer
A 3D printer is still on the list of things that I like or would like but it is better that someone else owns and uses them and I can admire from afar, a bit like a Jet Ski or a power boat or a ...
I fully intend to get one, my son is showing an interest in mechanical things and enjoys using his computer, ideal combination
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Tangledfeet
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But surely they already have - in both cases..?
We managed to get one at my department several years ago, and it was three or four times the price of what you buy now as a home user.
Saying that, it hasn't worked in years and nobody can be bothered with it; we had a young (know it all...) teacher that wanted us to print wee Lego men for kids... not the kind of creativity I have in mind for possibly getting one myself, for home use.
zx9
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True, they have come a long way in both price and performance but I still get the idea that making the home user ones work a big part of the appeal to many who buy them. I would want them to be more usable out of the box, even in this thread there are lots of if you add this, that or the other to make it do what to my mind it should be able to do as shipped.But surely they already have - in both cases..?
We managed to get one at my department several years ago, and it was three or four times the price of what you buy now as a home user.
Saying that, it hasn't worked in years and nobody can be bothered with it; we had a young (know it all...) teacher that wanted us to print wee Lego men for kids... not the kind of creativity I have in mind for possibly getting one myself, for home use.
Not quite there for me and I admire @Parm for having a go, I will be following his progress with interest.
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That's probably cos most of us like to tinker
My Copymaster is unmodified, I literally unpacked it, assembled, levelled the bed and printed
Assembly was easy, just a few bolts to attach the main assemblies together and plug in a couple of leads
No grief with print quality and maybe 1 failed print
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Gimme a chance. It’s still in the box
today I’ve been battling rain water drainage. Who’d have thought its so bloody complicated to find and source a rain water bottle gully
All dug out, trench made. Just need to cut the pipe and fit it up, after the swelling in my hand goes down.
tripped over in the garden, left wrist took the full force. Not broken but badly sprained
