Prusa Mini Honest Review and Mods (30,000 Farm Hours) 3DPD 3D Printer Farm Review

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Ask and you shall receive! You guys wanted an explanation of the Mini and my experience with it that led to my analysis of "Junk out of the box", so here it is.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
00:21 Overview
00:42 The Good
00:57 The Bad
02:48 The Ugly
02:52 The Mods
04:09 My Recommendation
If this video receives some likes and comments I’ll release my R6 extruder design.
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@makimaki5008 Год назад

This is the most useful video about prusa mini in RU-vid… thanks for share.

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@JottyHB 2 года назад

Excellent mods, not only for the print farm. Thanks for sharing! And off course I would be interested in this extruder stuff! 😎

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Sure thing!

@methujeraya 2 года назад

This channel is very good. I NEED MORE

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I'm working on it for sure. Any "free" time I donate to the channel.

@chuysaucedo7119 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Thanks

@legobuildingsrewiew7538 2 года назад

Awesome video dude! This is my first 3d printer and Im going to update it with a bondtech extruder and whatever upgrades you used

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Have fun!

@AaronFlaming 2 года назад

Great review. Another extruder that I can highly recommend is the Vertex extruder for the mini. It uses dual bondtech gears... much better that that stupid bearing.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Gotcha. With 36 machines, I'm locked into this config unless the upgrade offers a considerable increase in reliability and performance. Having a farm you have to mod all machines, and account for the mod time. I have to ask myself.... is this shiny new widget worth $2,169 and 2 weeks of labor?

@AlanChunkyMunky 2 года назад

Thank you for the video upload! I hear a lot of reviews complaining about that extruded and the ptfe tubing coming loose like in yours. Kinda crazy that it hasn’t been fixed yet. Thanks for explaining your upgrades and solutions!

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

You're quite welcome!

@djVania08 2 года назад

Did they fix it already? Do you know?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@djVania08 I don't know what you are asking. To date, PR has not changed their hotend or extruder.

@reedxuk 2 года назад

Great efficiency percentages after the upgrades and interesting modifications which I'll look to integrate into my Prusa Mini too. Thanks.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

You're welcome!

@rcobsesssed Год назад

This is an amazing video, so valuable! Please post the R6 version of the extruder you mentioned. Also, the Y chain link in the description isnt working. I'd love to know which one you're using since I've been having problems with mine. Thanks again and your content is VERY MUCH appreciated!

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

It's out there. I don't know where you hit the rocks on the Y-chain, that's a really simple mod. Try not to overthink it.

@josephnickens 2 года назад

Just found your channel today and I have been binge watching your videos. They are very informative and entertaining. I was wondering if you are going to do a review of the ender 3 printers that you have, would love to see one on them, and wanted to let you know you do a great job on your videos and you have a new sub here, best regards from TN.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Welcome aboard!

@Foxhood Год назад

Seems like the hotend is truly the Mini's Achilles heel in long-term reliability and i appreciate the light being shone on it. It is something a regular review can't properly cover, only a farmer could. Honestly i'm still attracted to getting a Mini+. Mostly cause i'm an absolute beginner that wants a small printer i can build from kit and has some wiggle-room for modding/"upgrading", but doesn't drag you down a never-ending rabbit hole. Seems like just addressing the hotend alone goes a very long way in improving it to something a printing newbie like me would call: good enough.

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

The hotend and extruder are not suited for high workload use, in my experienced opinion. Ever since making the switch the Mini rack has been an absolute polymer chucking machine. I'll do an update video on that soon.

@Rick-vm8bl Год назад

You can swap it out for E3D's new Revo Micro very easily. Did it on my mini's a few months back and the relibility is night and day - a highly recommended, and very simple upgrade!

@Foxhood Год назад

@@Rick-vm8bl I know. Now that they finally released the "ObXidian" nozzle and it is appearing to indeed outlast nearly every other nozzles to justify its pricetag, i am very much considering the Revo. Now seems like an excellent hot-end for one with just 1-2 printers that may wish to experiment with different nozzle sizes and materials including exotic wood/stone blends. As i gather. Installation is just printing one part E3D themselves posted to printables. Doubt it is a great choice for farms like 3DPrintedDebris' though. At least economically wise.

@sanperez313 11 месяцев назад

Love the comprehensive review! I am looking to mod my mini+ and would like to implement your configuration. However, my heat block is a mess. I've been using the mini+ without a sock for about a year now, so there is build-up. I do clean it every once in a while, but all I do is heat her up and scrape what I can off. Do you think that this will give me issues when installing the all-metal kit you linked? Also, I have never made any modifications to my mini+... is this mod pretty involved? Would you happen to know of any installation guides or instructions I can reference to help me get my mini+ like yours? (I wish you would've made a V6 mod install video when you were upgrading! 💛😁)

@TheZimberto 2 года назад

Thanks for the review. I'll be sticking with the mk3s+. If Prusa used the Mini in its own factory you'd expect it to be better than it currently is.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I suspect that is the root cause for the mini falling short on expectations. If they were their own customer this machine would be far different.

@timosariwating8655 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing this information and your upgrades. I have printed your R4 Extruder but am running into a small issue. The parts fan hits the extruder-body chain part when the X-axis is all the way to the right. Did you also run into this on your machines?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

It's a tight fit, and the layer fan does have some rotational play in it. The fan has to be perfectly seated, there can't be any X skew in the rods, and the harness needs to be tightly zip tied.

@woodendoorgarage 2 года назад

Thanks for great review. Experience of someone with this amount of printing time on multiple machines is extremely valuable. When I bought MINI+ I was looking for something that would print PLA without any effort on my part and probably print Nylon in enclosure without burning my house down maybe 2 times a month. First part seems to be true. Second part I still have to validate.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I won't be adding any more minis to my army. The mod expense and time commit to mods puts it on par with a unmodified MK3S in terms of cost. The only real benefit I can see is the power consumption. 75W running is pretty impressive.

@Teache133 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Thanks for this reply. I am currently buildung a printfarm. I considered buying some Prusa Minis. I started with a couple of Ender 3's. They took me a lot of time and costs to make them reliable. Thats why I bought two Prusa MK3S+ and let me tell you,... they are a dream. They provide good quality with litteraly no downtime and Problems so far. Now youre expertise is that the Mini is not worth it in regards of all the time and costs to make them reliable? By the way thanks for sharring all the great insights of youre printfarm. I watched all of your videos and was able to get so much knowledge out of it. Thank you! Best Regards Tim

@alexfalces5795 2 года назад

@@Teache133 Had the same experience with all my Ender 3's. Really a pain in the a** and very time consuming. Want to switch to prusa machines. Not realiable for farm use.

@rangebear1 2 года назад

May i ask where to you powered the RPI? Otherwise i agree with you, threw the extruder away and put a regular BMG on it with a V6, works flawless for months.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

For the mini I just use the OEM Rpi supply and eat another outlet.

@samuel0318 Год назад

I can't find the E3D V6 Hotend Mount with X-Chain STL file as shown in this video.

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

Then you probably shouldn't install it.

@bobthetoolguy 2 года назад

Is that the original mini or the new iteration? I’m looking to buy a few of the new mini + models to try out print farming until the Prusa xl is released. I currently have the mk2 I inherited from my father in law got it working and it’s been great.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

It's my own version, that ports over the R6 extruder from the MK3S+ and an E3D hotend.

@samuel0318 Год назад

I think these improvements are convincing from the people who run the printer farm, please release the R6 version, I will be very grateful.

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

It has been released

@eighties8 2 года назад

Thanks for the video! With the upgraded hotend fixing the issue that ultimately led to the stock extruder failure, did you find that the stock extruder setup is inferior to the mk3s style mod? Asking b/c some say the 3-1 geared stock extruder produces a cleaner final print.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Asked and answered in the video (mechanical failure). It's been around 8 months since I made this, and not one extruder failure attributed to design, and print quality is on par with a Prusa MK3S. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I am beholden to my now millions of hours of print experience.

@eighties8 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Hey, thanks for the explanation. My take on the explanation in the video was that your extrusion failure was caused by the faulty heat brake design, not faulty extruder design. I didn't get in the video where you indicated the advantage of modding the extrusion to dual drive mk3s design vs the 3-1 gearing that original mini and bondtech assemblies use. Just asking to educate myself, not to question your judgment.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@eighties8 With no escape path for filament debris on the stock extruder, any obstruction at the nozzle will grind filament and ruin that bearing I speak to regardless of the hotend in use. Bed level too low, curling overhangs, or the occasional clogged nozzle all impose resistance to the extruder gear. I have found the dual gear to be more tolerant (pushing through the resistance) vice the single gear slip and grind. Any debris encountered on the MK3S extruder just falls out of the opening in the casing as well.

@eighties8 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris that makes sense. I appreciate the explanation.

@SteffenBauer 2 года назад

Did you try to put locktide on the three grub screws?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I went a step further and used 4mm cap crews so I could put more torque on it.

@ToddRafferty 2 года назад

Now that the ev6 revo is on the market, does this resolve your nozzle/heatbreak issue?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I wouldn't know. I won't be installing the Revo on any of my machines, the V6 and Revo print quality appear to be the same. Between the cost of the hardware, nozzles, and labor to install on 86 machines, Its a solid PASS for me.

@Marcos-tj8nk 2 года назад

do you think that the bondtech update could solve this problem or is a mechanical vibration problem?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Bondtech gears and get rid of the god awful hotend. See my video for mods, and description for links to the gear.

@ddelin100 2 года назад

Good video. Had the same heatcreep issues with my Mini. Replaced the heatbreak with a Bondtech, and I have had zero issues since with many, many hours of printing. Will probably still replace the hotend when E3D releases the V6 Nero for easier nozzle swaps.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I took a look at the V6 Nero, and I'm going to pass. The nozzle replacement cost is too high for my operation, and the V6 has always performed really well.

@ddelin100 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Yes,in a farm environment it will add up quickly, for my single Mini, and hopefully soon an i3 it is a more viable option.

@alexpepe6586 Год назад

Hello there, why you don't make videos anymore? We enjoyed your farm contents. Is there any place where we can be in touch with you?

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

I'll get back to it sometime soon. For now I'm taking a break.

@3DEMS. 2 года назад

Hi there! I installed your R4 extruder version and its great!... I just need to figure out how to invert the logic of the filament sensor... can you give me a hint on that please?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

It's in filament_sensor.cpp, line 212. You'll have to cut the appendix and compile/upload your own firmware.

@3DEMS. 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris wow... 4.3.3 is much different than the others... Ill see if I can find it :( Thanks for your help!

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@3DEMS. I haven't rolled out 4.3.3, it didn't seem worth the trouble. I need a good reason to risk destabilizing a farm that is producing.

@3DEMS. 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris you are right... if it works, dont touch it! I have tried your firmware, but had some glitches that Ill have to iron out... will keep you posted. Big thanks for sharing your work with us

@LimpiezasMyG 2 года назад

yes, please, could you post the mod for the extruder? mine is horrible!

@RedHeadedStrangeGuy 2 года назад

I'll second this. I'd like to use your R6 variant MK3s extruder on my mini

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Will do! I'm still testing out the final revision to the hotend chain mount. Once proven out I'll publish it!

@3DEMS. 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris thanks!

@Ray045x Год назад

Hello. I plan to mod my prusa mini with some of the mods you did, but I was thinking if it would be worth trying keeping every single part from the hotend. I mean, you changed the original to a e3d hotend it because heatbreak would end up falling, but what if we mod the heatbreak so it won't go anyway by milling a bit of it just where the screws goes? What do you think, could this work? Anyone tryed something like this?

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

For one machine, OK. For a rack, I don't know that the process will hold when scaled. Machining 1 part and machining 36 are very different propositions.

@SaHaRaSquad 2 года назад

When you say 96% effectiveness in the video, do you mean "uptime", aka the time it's printing?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

No, a print is completed successfully 96% of the attempts.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

So out of 100 prints sent, at least 96 complete without maintenance, adhesion, QC, or other issues.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Here is my experience with the Prusa Mini in a farm setting. I have about 30,000 print hours against 36 machines, and I had to make more than a few modifications to get them in line with the i3 MK3S+ effectivity. Please like and subscribe: tinyurl.com/y42f4ydp for more 3D Print Farm Tips, Tricks, Reviews, Repairs, and Business-Related content!

@andyyuen 2 года назад

without looking at upfront cost.. for out of box experience(without mods), would you recommend the i3 mk3s instead of the mini?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@andyyuen The MK3S+ still reigns supreme over any machine I've encountered.

@thomascarey8721 2 года назад

Did you ever post the R6 design? If so, please point me there.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Not yet, I'm still working out a couple of bugs with the chain mount. Given the amount of requests for support on R4 (installation, firmware) I'm leaning towards keeping it to myself. This isn't a prusa support channel, and posting this video has been more trouble than it's worth.

@elleryfg7853 2 года назад

Hello. Could you please share what type of fan you're using with the E3D V6 hotels?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

The stock mini fan. I recycled it in the mod along with the thermistor and heater cartridge.

@elleryfg7853 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris and it works fine with the V6 hotend? I saw some comments of people saying they where having issues because of the fan not strong enough for the hotend

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@elleryfg7853 Yep. 36 machines, zero heat creep. 215 working, 75-80 ambient. I print PETG as well, no issues with cooling.

@elleryfg7853 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebrisSounds great. what temperature you use for PETG?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@elleryfg7853 Believe it or not, I use the default settings for the preset "Prusament PETG" in PrusaSlicer, and I use eSun filament. As long as it is dry, it will print perfect every time.

@waynefilkins8394 Год назад

What do you recommend for like $500 then? (for farm use out of box)

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

No such animal, unfortunately. You'll have to mod at that price point.

@Gepstra 7 месяцев назад

@@3DPrintedDebrisany Bambu Lab printers in the farm yet or nay?

@hunt0583 2 года назад

can you make the r6 version available?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

No, it's not ready yet.

@Marcos-tj8nk 2 года назад

In your experience, if you started a farm from scratch, what printer or printers would you buy?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Vorons for sure.

@Marcos-tj8nk 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Do you use them on your farm?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@Marcos-tj8nk No, but I have been keeping a close eye on that project since it started. They seem future proof.

@chiefmachining7972 2 года назад

so basically after all the time and mods just buy mk3s+?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Yeah, pretty much. This is why I only committed to 6 clones for the sake of the study.

@beanslinger6 Год назад

Is the mini really designed for farm use?

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

Nope. It was sold as a farm machine, but the scaling maintenance issues required a *lot* of work to iron out. The rack has been performing really well this last year. I'll do an update video on that soon.

@aqhan 2 года назад

I so wanted the Prusa mini to be my first prusa but I see lots of reviews talking about the same issues over and over again. I just can't justify buying one.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I'd go with a Prusa MK3S

@arnoOG 2 года назад

Whats the best printer for farming

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

The Prusa MK3S+ for sure!

@arnoOG 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris and the mini?

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@arnoOG asked and answered in my video.

@arnoOG 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris no but if you would start now 1device vs 2 devices also shipping time

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@arnoOG I'd rather have 1 reliable printer over 2 unreliable printers.

@jcfpv3454 2 года назад

I cannot believe how many issues this printer has When it's 3 times as expensive as Other 3-D printers that have been running for years

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Yeah, we're off-ramping the mini and backfilling with newer machines. We were considering more MK3S+, but that Bambu Lab X1 definitely got our attention.

@fritzstudios8571 Год назад

This is where Charlie Sheen went.

@3DPrintedDebris Год назад

Whatever that means.

@TheDustyShed 9 месяцев назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Your voice and speech patterns are similar.

@wrxsubaru02 2 года назад

For a little printer like this that cost almost $500 I dont see how anyone should need to replace any parts for $60-$70. Seems like a complete rip off to me and shouldn't be more than $250.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Yeah, it was a huge disappointment for me. They sold it as a farm printer, and out of the box, the reliability of the machine immediately disqualifies it for farm use once you scale past 10 or so printers.

@theglowcloud2215 2 года назад

I've got the Mini+ and, in spite of the + in the branding, Prusa did not make any necessary upgrades to this piece of shit printer. Have experienced the clicking during extrusion mentioned in the video, despite doing constant maintenance on the printer. I understand now why Prusa has steadfastly refused to expand their operations out of the Czech Republic: because it reduces their lawsuit liability over people they've burned with this garbage printer.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

Personally, I think they hit the rocks with the aggressive marketing combined with the price point. Mini users, from what I have observed, are beginners. At this price point, even with Prusa's history and R&D, it's missing those features and mechanical aspects the beginner user is going to need to keep it running. I'm super pissed they marketed it as a "farm" machine, when the downtime/maintenance required as shipped clearly disqualify it for farm use. This is why I ultimately scrapped the hotend and extruder, and rolled in the E3D V6 and MK3S+ parts I know meet my reliability requirements. Bottom line, I couldn't make my required margins with the increased maintenance cost of the Mini as shipped.

@theglowcloud2215 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris Right, I bought it specifically because of Prusa's reputation in the industry. It doesn't feel like a $400 printer--more like a $200 printer. I'm glad I found your video, though, because it confirms I'm not just going crazy and this machine has some fundamental flaws. I've been debating doing a v6 hotend upgrade and extruder upgrade but it feels like throwing good money after bad. I've also got an Artillery Genius Pro from a giveaway and that's actually performed better than the Mini, but the non-removable glass bed is so terrible. Fulament makes an aluminum bed system for it, but it's like $200. Feels like more 'good money after bad' to fix it.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@theglowcloud2215 I can say with confidence the mods I've made are effective, and the 36 minis I have are performing to my satisfaction in terms of reliability and quality. I have about 8 months of performance data, and these fixes turn the mini into the workhorse it was supposed to be.

@theglowcloud2215 2 года назад

@@3DPrintedDebris I ordered a Bondtech IFS extruder for my Mini, after some amount of agonizing over the decision, but haven't settled on a hotend yet. I've been looking at the Phaetus Dragon, the regular old E3D v6, and the Slice Mosquito. I then realized the Dragon is a clone of the Mosquito and Slice has been trying to get it pulled off the market for patent infringement. The v6 is much cheaper than the Mosquito, though, so that may be the obvious choice.

@catfisherboy 2 года назад

Unless you are willng to upgrade the extruder and fiddle with the hotend constantly I would not recommend the Mini for a first printer, look elsewhere unless you like torture

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

I would tend to agree with you. I had to invest about $4,000 into my 36 to get them performing on par with the MK3S+. I was super pissed to find out the "MINDA" was doped incorrectly, and they sold me an upgrade months later vs. releasing it with good parts to begin with.

@SaHaRaSquad 2 года назад

I have mine as first printer for about a year and didn't have a single issue yet, so kinda the opposite of torture. Then again I don't use it all day every day, so not comparable to the experience of a print farm scenario. Good to know what to look out for in the future. Nonetheless I wouldn't recommend it either right now simply because the kit costs more than my preassembled Mini + 1kg filament back then. There wasn't even a kit option when I bought it. Not sure whether this is a permanent price or it's just because of shortages.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@@SaHaRaSquad I found they really didn't start becoming a maintenance burden until I scaled past the 4 trial machines.

@3DPrintedDebris 2 года назад

@andrius anryy It was very sensitive to external temperature variation. 20F was enough to take the range out of the needed first layer height. To make matters worse, there is a 0-2.0mm limit set in software.