Oy.....lol
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Are you going to drop the STL in the useful 3 D prints thread.Well I'm hooked. I can hardly believe I was able to do this at all and it came out bang on target first attempt.
A 12 hours this is never going to be a production machine but for one offs like this (maybe 5 off) it is ideal.
Just took a flying guess at 2mm wall and relatively standard settings for PETG. The surface finish is excellent, almost satin gloss.
Now for the lid then hopefully some more interesting designs...
. (Please) 
That's good enough to do on thingiverse as well..Stick with ender 3 as you can see what's capable out of the box..I've resisted the urge to buy a 3D printer, but it's becoming overwhelming
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That is extremely unlikely! I may be riding my luck here and I am as surprised as anyone that that these things are printing out at all!
It may also be that PETG is an easier material for the Ender 3, I haven't really tried PLA yet and I think I'll probably stick with PETG for now. A black reel just turned up so my prints should start to look even better, especially in the dark!
I was pleasantly surprised to discover an existing thread (good 3d prints for the workshop or somesuch) which reveals a depth of talent for this process, on this forum, that I had previously been unaware of. There are chaps on here knocking out really handy designs at a quality I aspire to and I have to say @ukracer is among them.
Bottom line is: the thing was so cheap even I could afford it. I think it's amazingly good value and if you're even considering the idea, @£170 delivered for you that's just beer money.
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Are you going to drop the STL in the useful 3 D prints thread.
Wow. Thanks I'm flattered. The lid is printing now and I was going to ping anyone who had bought those PSU's. IIRC the seller had a ton of them which were dispersed among us.
I will upload the files, maybe even try to post on Thingiverse and link to that. The "design" may want a bit of fettling (I was going to include a knockout for the IEC socket but they're all different sizes), otherwise I could just use a fairly hefty disclaimer! Caveat printor.
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I bought one anyway. Ender 3X 3D, direct from Creality, shipping from Czech, £169.
I'll order up some PLA (?) separately since they want $44 for 2kg which seems high.
Do you have a link to the one you bought? I can't find at that price nor a shipping to the UK option.
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Direct from Creality website. Picked the Czech option and bought the Ender 3X. Must admit, when I looked for it a while ago I couldn't find it either. I think the 3X is a 3 Pro because the software reports it but tbh, don't know.
LOL. Made me look now just to make sure...
<edit> interestingly while I was looking for the original ordeer, got a message from "Candy" asking if I had bought it from their shop (https://creality3d.shop) and could I give them the order number. My order number looks different to the one she asked for (starting with CR---). With any luck they'll send me another one just in case!
Easy to tell - the Y axis extrusion on a E3 Pro is 40x40. It's also got a more efficient (and CE approved?) power supply.
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I don't know which extrusion you mean. It does have the 24v PSU which I recall wanting, it also came with a glass bed (and the fibre one).
<edit> found it: https://www.creality3dofficial.com/...fxW_DV8CKB-tAmISfP5ojpeqz0b5_PbRoCScMQAvD_BwE
The "3X" is a 3 Pro with extras.
Lucky me...
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LOL. Don't ask me! I'll only get annoyed if the V2 is twice as good as the one I just bought (it would be worth getting if it's even half as good).
I think you get a touch screen and updated firmware options etc. What you're really buying is a reasonably solid frame and a large customer base for support. The "trick" is that the software needed (Fusion/Cura) is ridiculously good value - what with it being free.
I don't think it is the same. Check the extrusion the bed sits on (20x40 on Ender 3, 3X; 40x40 on Pro). They're both 24v PSUs but AFAIK only the Pro gets the "Meanwell" branded one.I don't know which extrusion you mean. It does have the 24v PSU which I recall wanting, it also came with a glass bed (and the fibre one).
<edit> found it: https://www.creality3dofficial.com/...fxW_DV8CKB-tAmISfP5ojpeqz0b5_PbRoCScMQAvD_BwE
The "3X" is a 3 Pro with extras.
Nah the V2 has the newer colour screen which looks alot nicer but cant see it doing any major difference than the older one.
I'm sure there probably is more differences but I'm happy with my 18month old ender 3x also and dont regret my choice when I bought it. Some of the things i have printed have come good. Especially stuff like these foot peg blanks which are no longer available through the suppliers.
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Aha. ISWYM. The extruded chassis rail. Oh well, no such thing as a free lunch...
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It may also be that PETG is an easier material for the Ender 3, I haven't really tried PLA yet and I think I'll probably stick with PETG for now. A black reel just turned up so my prints should start to look even better, especially in the dark!
PET-G is a little weird, if you hit the sweet spot it comes out beautifully, but it's a very narrow range depending on what and how you're printing. PLA copes with a much wider range of temperatures, overhangs, geometries, etc.
These airboxes were single-wall thickness PET-G and came out airtight every time but they took some dialing in to start with:
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That is a thing of beauty. Wossit for then? Race bike/car?
Nno...lol. You might get lucky but you saw how good screwdrivers ender was out of the box. PETG is actually not that easy either..lol
PLA is the easiest.
I am sure the Anycubic can be sorted but there should be boat loads of ender 3 on selling sites now we have been prevented from creating visor holders.
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Just read an interesting thing where the bloke is having the same issues with holes as my lad does. Could it simply be a bed levelling issue? Off to find my feeler gauges! He only ever levelled it with the "special" paper it came with.
https://3dprinting.stackexchange.co...em-printing-circles-holes-on-anycubic-i3-mega
I know this may sound silly.
But have you tried printing something really basic and watching the first few layers??
My ender occasionally has a issue with adhesion on the first few layers but that's more me rushing the prints.
