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Five years in the game I started off wanting to print parts of a full-sized R2D2 that I one day hoped to make. One printer soon became many and following a swift jump around which took me from 3D printing and robot making over to being part of a Star Wars film, various TV slots with Droids & Robots.
The companies that I work with are:
Anycubic Currently with their flagship FDM machine "Vyper' Rat Rig (With their hugely successful V-Core 3 400 & 1.3 500) MakerMade (With their M2 CNC and STEAM focused 300x FDM printer) Polymaker & 3Dfilaprint (us.polymaker.com?aff=22) Slice Engineering & Bondtech for hot ends and extruders www.sliceengineering.com/samprentice
I use the 2D, and I never really had issues with heat creep like that. If there was a blockage, it was in the nozzle itself, and that was purely because of silk pla filament, that generally needs higher temps or a wider nozzle diameter like 0.6 instead of 0.4, because of its smooth texture. Currently my printer is broken, presumably because it got a power surge, and the print quality is slowly degrading, and has done so over a time span of 7 months, getting worse and worse, I tried a load of things, and got to the point it is the mainboard. But, other than that, for my first 3D Printer, the Elegoo Neptune 2D has been great, and I have the printer for about 2.5 years now. So, there is my opinion on it. It is a great printer, but I'll admit, as great of an experience I had with it, I would recommend getting (an) other printer(s), with more features, for around the same price, instead.
I have never had a delta printer before because the online reviews were not very friendly. Considering the need for speed, I tried to buy a T1. I absolutely love it. It is super fast and I have been printing for 16 days without any problems.
I kept wanting one of these and after watching videos where after while failures started happening. These enclosed deltas are not ready. If and when the bugs in the firmware are fixed I might go for one.
Hi, I have a Creality ender3 s1 pro printer, I don't have any problems with small prints, but when I want to print large prints, it says communication with the MCU is lost at different times and the printing process stops, when I want to continue from where it left off, it starts from the wrong position. Why does this machine give an error with large prints, I searched the internet and couldn't find much information that would be useful for me. I talked to a service and they told me that this could be due to overheating of the sonic pad, stepper or motherboard. I don't know what to do. Do you think cooling the steppers could be a solution, if you have published a video about this, I couldn't find it unfortunately. I would be very happy if you could give me advice. Unfortunately, I don't have enough technical knowledge on these issues. 😞
So if you are running Creailty OS / klipper via a sonic pad I’d suggest you look at the error logs via the web ui you should at that point see what it’s erroring on. On your small prints are they positioning in the middle or to one side ? To be honest it sounds like it’s not positioning correctly.
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@@TheRealSamPrentice Thanks for your answer, my friend. I had made the offset settings, the printer works right in the middle. I will try to make thin and high prints in the corners of the printer and see if there is a problem with them. I did not understand much from the error logs, but if I find someone who does, I will show you. I did not try cooling the motors either, if there is no information in the error logs that will solve my problem, I will try cooling the motors.
Just got mine in yesterday and very excited. Amazon was running a bundle deal with E3D and BIQU, so I got all the upgrades lol However, I will say this, do not think the Panda Jet is easily swappable with the stock cooling ducts. Because it isn’t. Filled with high temperature epoxy to ward off people like me. I broke my housing unit but it is very tiny and not a problem. Just be warned if you’re wanting to use the Panda Jet as a companion to the Panda Revo.
Thank you Stephen, it’s was harder to film than I thought it might be, but I have a pretty good team of editors! My son also likes spinning around on this ;)
It's not that serious my guy 😂 Bambu been doing muticolor prints Anycubic cobra 3 made it before creality Now you can run 8 colors on kobra 3 combo Big deal, it's enclosed 😅
Noise? I keep asking this wherever I go. The MK4 is not particularly noisy, but the fan can be obnoxious. Is there any meaningful step with the mk4s, please? Or can I simulate it with confidence by tuning the fan to 70%?
I am not sure what you mean by wanting the App as feature for the XL? I have just started a print on my XL using the app and am monitoring it? The app is just an interface to Prusa Connect.
Sure well currently on the version that I’m using the XL doesn’t appear to work the mark 4’s do though. The app I’m using is via TestFlight and is a beta version so I don’t know if that’s different but that’s what I’m commenting on. As always happy to be wrong ;)
For $1100, , these issues shouldn't exist. It still suffers from the same problems as the Ender era-bed adhesion issues, layer shifts, warping, clogs, lack of camera and more. The Prusa Reddit is full of daily examples. Yet, you think it's okay to add extras at that price. It's just a small bedslinger without linear rails, another subpar choice. Finally, it's getting an accelerometer after years, even though Prusa convinced its fans that custom input shaper values weren't needed. They actually believed it! 🤣
@@TheRealSamPrentice I like your "sure, now stop bothering me" approach when people don't know what they are talking about. :-) I do like to mess with Satan though. Please show me one printer that does not suffer from bed adhesion issues, layer shifts, warping or clogs every now and then - especially when used with cheap or specialized filaments. If you want a camera, add a camera. I'd rather have my own than stream all my videos to some cloud service I have no control over. People have added rails to MK3s and MK4s without any improvements in quality or speeds. The accelerometer is optional, because - guess what - it is not needed unless you heavily mod the extruder. Good luck doing that to other printers by the way.
Hey Sam! I'd love for you to chime in on the likely impact of Stratasys going after Bambu for patent infringement relating to FDM, heated beds, and other features that almost all FDM printers use/have (if they win). I'd think that Creality would be a bigger target for them with Prusa close behind. Any thoughts?
@@jim-i-am Hey dude I think I made that very comment somewhere in reply already, but sure! Remember I have no skin in that game but the conflict around IP is interesting. Stratasys I expect will be looking for a pay day, but you might find that they battle it out. Also some of the stuff they locked in Prusa was doing years before, this isn't a new game. 3D Systems sued formlabs in 2012. Markforged to pay 12M to Continuous Composites 2024 WOBBLEWORKS vs 3D SYNERGY TECHNOLOGIES.. most of these are power plays at profit in companies... The reason its interesting is because Bambu are a bigger player with profits.. Watch and see if they settle or battle it out.
I’m really pumped for the MK4S! Prusa just keeps making awesome machines, and it’s cool to see them always pushing for better. I’m stoked to stick with a brand that actually cares about quality and support. Definitely glad I went with Prusa! ❤🔥❤🩹💔
@@Enjeenier actually I never owned a Bambu lab and I am a MK3s+ and MK3.9 owner and waiting for my 2 tools prusa XL and 3.9s upgrade to be shipped. I got my 1st two kits when prusa used to sell them For 749USD that was a good price
@@baderalafghani4564 If so, you should know where the extra price comes from: Manufacturing in Europe, livable wages, working conditions, product safety, taxes, ...
Great review as always Mr Prentice. But not sure if you got the new memo from Mr Prusa. He said that the MK4S that was delivered to you should have come to me. As they put the wrong address on it. I’ll be in touch so you can send it to me ASAP!
What’s your opinion about the Stratasys vs Bambu lawsuit? If Stratasys wins, the hobby is in trouble. Heated beds become unavailable, and people who rely on Bambu Labs are in trouble. Not many printers are as easy to use and understand as a Bambu, and it’ll have lasting effects in the 3D printing realm.
They won’t do that, personally all of that stuff is a money play, enforcement of IP generally ends in settlements, plus Bambu were saying they haven’t even had the legal papers. They are going after the profit, this happens all the time but isn’t public knowledge. It happened with the 3D pens and loads of people got sued, but that was because they wanted to sell and retain ownership, stratasys will want to come out of that cleanly Especially now there’s public focus.
My first 3d printer was a prusa mk3 factory built, twice it had to be replaced until 3rd turned up and it worked. Not happy with support of prusa as they just blamed me for a power supply blowing up then a mainboard failed. During my prusa issues I bought a creality ender 3 s1, it just worked and I still use the printer today while the prusa sits in the corner unused. Bought loads of different Creality printers but all needed something done to get the best out of them but my ender 3 s1 is still stock. Then Bambu lab x1c entered my life and 3d printing got easier, nice to see other companies catching up driving development and costs savings. As far as patent law suites for what was an open source concept just grinds my gears from a company that’s failing. Sorry I just realised that you had to stop using advanced 3d printers to revert to using the mk4s because of the archaic nature of the technology? Wow 1 step forward 10 steps back 😂
On your last point, not at all it was refreshing to move into that direction I’ve been using the mk4 and XL on various projects and it’s been enjoyable playing with the settings and using it without being told what to do. I’m not a robot ;)
@@TheRealSamPrenticeI get what you’re saying about stepping back but isn’t that just nostalgia, going back to when tinkering was a must to get the best from your printer. I got caught into the prusa hype and the experience fell far short from my personal experience. I have to swap back and forth from my Creality printers and my Bambu lab machines. You can apply your experience to tune Bambu profiles and improve the output, but out of the box experience is hard to beat with the Bambu printers.
@@TheRealSamPrentice As happy3dprinting said, it’s probably nostalgia. Logically, tinkering makes the hobby harder and less enjoyable and accessible to people. Bambu marks a driving force in the hobby, forcing people to innovate. Prusa was getting lazy honestly with the Mk3, they were forced to release the mk4. The lawsuit won’t just affect Bambu, it’ll basically make heated beds and textured plates illegal for the industry.
@Happy3dprinting for sure and I’m sorry you’ve not had a positive experience, I have many Bambu printers but each manufacturer has an edge to it, so for me keeping the balance is important
