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Is there a new awesome deal that anyone knows of for 3D printers coming for Black Friday? Please keep me posted! Thanks!
I’ll keep an eye out for you. ANy particular price you are trying to stay within?
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TheFokoos F3 that I own is on sale for $50 off (just don’t forget to apply the coupon) That’s the cheapest it has been since August. This is the one that replaced my ender 5.
Of course, I’ll keep looking out. SO if this doesn’t meet your criteria.
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I’ll let those who are much more knowledgeable expound, but my 1/2¢ is to check out https://www.thingiverse.com/ for projects.
Eventually you’ll learn the programs needed to make your own projects.
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https://www.thingiverse.com Is most defiantly the place to go for free and paid STL files. Start out with some easy that says “NO SUPPORTS NEEDED” or supported. Supported means that they have included the supports for you. You will find that the more complex prints will need supports. Supports are small sections of filament that prop up the print as it is created. Say over hangs or arches. Things that are not firmly attached to the print bed.
Steven Monczka -
Oh you will also need a slicer. A slicer is software that brakes a 3D object into layers that the printer then prints. When you download the file you want to print you will then have to open it up in a slicer app and convert the file to gcode. Once that is done you just load the gcode into the printer and the magic happens. The printer will probably include slicer software or you can download it off the web.
Steven Monczka -
It actually comes with a version of CURA with the machine. It is set up for this printer right out of the box. SO you will have all the programs you need to print. If you want to design, we have a list of those here.
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Well if you have any questions, you know who to ask. I can’t wait to see your first print!
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@btrbandit Another tip for finding print friendly models. Any objects that have an overhang shallower than 45-50 degrees like so:
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Aren’t particularly print friendly (without supports), and the same for bridges (flat sections printed mid-air) that are longer than about 4cm.
Essentially, the plastic will start to droop since it can’t cool quickly enough since it’s actually placing molten plastic mid-air! The shallower the angle, the further away the molten plastic will be placed from the plastic layer below it.
Small bridges are usually fine since it’s “bridging” between two solid plastic layers below, and therefore barely droops.
A fun model to test you printer on (and to compare plastic materials to one another (filament)) is the Benchy. It’s a little boat model and represents all of the tricky things your printer will encounter on any relatively print friendly model and is therefore a good BENCHmark 😂.
As with Nick, I’m more than happy to answer any questions you might have! (Especially about my mini write up there 🤣).
Happy printing!
Elliott Dyson – Elliott Designs (YouTube) – 3rd year MENG Student -
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OOOO. I literally just ordered an Ender 3 the other day that is on my way here, and after coming across this post (and rewatching this video that I had seen a while back) I’m thinking I should just go for this Odin-5 F3 now… Amazon is selling it for $214.19 right now. (Originally 359.99, then a regular amazon sale of 305.99, and then one of those coupon buttons that take off either an extra percentage or amount off, this one being 30% off extra)
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Woah! That is a crazy good deal! I love my Odin-5, like I said I gave my Ender 5 to my dad. He is still using it. But this Odin-5 has been so good to me, I just can’t give it up. I know @btrbandit bought one and was also happy with it. I am not sure what all he has printed recently. The only thing I like the ender bed better than the glass bed. So I did upgrade the bed with this ($12 well worth spent IMO). But some people love the glass bed. It just isn’t for me.
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