I have 3 printers and first was the OG ender 3 pro with only couple of mods (mainboard and cooling duct/fan), while it is slower and needs more manual calibration, I get same print quality than bambulab A1. It is actually even better on overhang parts
Comment on Printing minis on an FDM printer
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m surprised by the quality of the print, I’d love to see other pieces you’re proud of (and some you weren’t so happy with, too)!
paf@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I have switched out the fan duct and heat block (to use normal volcano) on mine as the only HW changes, and then I’ve flashed the main board with klipper. Using klipper has been a crazy step up in printing quality over the stock firmware because it gave me the control needed to do a proper tuning of my printer.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
goblin with sword and shield
skeleton with halberd
orc with bow
I’m pretty happy with the goblin and skeleton, the orc’s bow is a little wonky at the top because my layer time was too short for my printers cooling. None of these has had any post processing done yet, printed without any supports also 0.2mm nozzle and 0.08mm layer height.
I think I’ll try printing a sort of “buffer tower” next time to increase layer time on prints with pointy tips and see if it helps.
voracitude@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Damn, dude. I’ve been thinking about getting a 3D printer and was leaning towards resin because I heard it was better for minis, and I see how it’s different, but these look perfectly fine and there’s no fumes or toxic sludge to deal with. Since I mainly want it for printing household fixits and ease-of-use is a factor, being able to get back into tabletop gaming (and painting) as well is a very nice bonus. I feel pretty good about going with an FDM printer now!
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I mean, they’re definitely good enough for me but resin does give much better fine details. But I also mainly use my printer for functional prints, this is just a nice addition to it’s uses.