Comment on Prusa MK4 vs Bambu P1S
the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If you are looking for an opinion on the MK4, I’ve had one since August.
The printer itself is fantastic, but I have gripes.
The auto bed leveling isn’t perfect, it tried to destroy my print bed at least once. But with new firmware it hasn’t happened since.
The swappable nozzles are great but way too fiddly to remove. Love how clean the process is though.
GUI and interface as a little slow. Wished they gave it more power, or less to draw.
Bed leveling can leave drops of filament on the bed.
But all of this is just gripes. I have very happy with my purchase and would buy another if the need arises.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It kinda blows my mind that the bed leveling calibration is still doing that. I have a modified printer profile setup in Prusa slicer to keep the temperature below the oozing point (usually 180C works) until after the process because of this.
brettvitaz@programming.dev 10 months ago
The MK4 touches the nozzle to the bed during probing where the MK3 does not. I do the same with my nozzle temp on the MK3 which I don’t know why Prusa hasn’t just made as standard yet.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ah, that explains it. Doesn’t it seem weird to you that they would design it that way with such an obvious flaw?
brettvitaz@programming.dev 10 months ago
TBH I’m not a huge fan of using the nozzle for probing, but I wouldn’t call it a flaw. It works pretty well as long as the nozzle is clean.
the16bitgamer@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The nozzle temp is 170 by default and it does it.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s odd. Could be something with the filament maybe?
bluewing@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Just edit your start g-code to use a colder temperature. I don’t have a Mk4, just a mk3s+. I use a temperature of 160C for the start routine to prevent any dribbles from happening.