3D Print Farm Talk - Should You Upgrade? - My Experience with Old vs New Machines 

Just found you. Love it when you search 3d print farm and hardly anything comes up. Gonna go through bunch of videos. Subbed! I ageee though. I still use my 9.5 year old lulzbot i built oct 2014. Finally upgraded to a new Wuxn WXR and have been blown away. But my lulzbot is still alive and kicking just not as fast or high quality. Oh and its super loud lol

So very true. It might be tempting to upgrade to the latest and greatest, but that also eats into profits significantly. A factory can have a 30 year old machine that they paid $1m for and it's still pumping out products. They could spend another $1m to get the latest technology, but if it does what is needed then it's just a waste of money. If building a new factory, it might be worth it to buy a new machine instead of finding a second-hand older one, but the tool that you already have is sometimes the best...especially if profits are involved.

love the videos, would be cool to see a lineup of the finished products or a tour of post/pre processing.

Cool beans. I have 2 ender 3v2s and a ender 3v3 Se. I have just started my 3d print farm about 2 months ago. I can't wait to upgrade and get more printers. Thanks for the video. It helped me make up my mind about the next couple printer's I want to purchase.

Wise man!

This is a great video. It summarizes my feelings about Bambu printers being like I-Phones and being amazing printers, but no customization. Your video presents this is a good way that doesn't come across as being "fanboy" or a hater. I have Prusa's and Bambu's and I prefer my Prusas. I just ordered the upgrade kits to go to 3.5. I don't hate my Bambu at all, I just know there is no path for upgrading.

I think I am staying tried and true. With modifications and parts I know I can replace easily and inexpensively.

crazy just how much I needed to hear this...🤣 I had to ice my 3d printing operation for almost a year now. and now that I'm gearing up to restart, I'm a bit unsure of whether my old printers are still fit for purpose.

You have a good point on speed on one machine or volume on slower machines. You have 1 Bamboo and it goes down you have zero output. You have 4 open source cheapers and one goes down you have 3 machines working.

Can you provide feedback on your auto eject system? Converting my empty 3000 sq ft warehouse to 3d print farm and looking for something that will auto eject. Appreciate all your content.

The best machines for the money I have ever used are the Sovol SV06 printers.. we easily get 5000+ hours of PETG printing out of them with no modifications and then just buy a new one for $200. going on 350,000 hours of printing now. Our top of the line are Statasys F370s and a 450MC.

I love the way you are run in your automation. I have tried it but never got results this good. Would you mind sharing how how build out the printer to be fully automated?

Hello, why is this video not more listed on your channel? I can only open it up because I bookmarked it in my browser. Would be nice to hear from you :)

So I guess you got the CR-10 SE machines, before the Bambu Lab A1 was released. Just wondering how the CR10-SE compares to the A1 and also the new Ender 3 V3 ? Quality? The size of the A1 is bigger and the Bambu performance/quality has been out performing others so far.

How do you make them print on them selves without a operator

What is the automation system you have for your Ender 3V2 and cr10se printers?

How do you retire your printers, sale then off online, etc?

How are you making money from the print farm? I want to get into it but don’t know where to start.

How fast do you run your ender 3 printers?

Convert the Ender 3 to Switchwire

What kind of enclosure do you use? I got a standard size from Creality, and it's too narrow to fit my CR-10 SE. Also, how did you extend the touchscreen cable of the CR-10 SE?