EmilieEvans

@EmilieEvans@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bambulab A1 vs Sovol sv06 ace+⁩ ⁨⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Bambu Lab A1 or even better the A1 mini.

  You can get a plate swapper for the A1 mini. Combine this with an AMS for automatic filament changes (switching spools if one runs out) and you get a lights-out manufacturing solution: swap-systems.com/product/swapmod/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have a question in regards to 3d modeling for a filament slicer addon to my hotend⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you mean with filament slicer a filament cutter?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Creality uses V6-compatible nozzles?

  If one of the stepper drivers blows up (it happens and since it blows/damages the PCB it can’t be repaired) can I swap in a generic motherboard without replacing other components like the screen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So your suggestion would have been the Creality K2 or K1C?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me.

  Looked last week into it and concluded that BamubLab is still the best option.

  Runner up was Creality but they are equally proprietary these days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Name one that is competitive to the BambuLab P1S combo.

  Keep in mind that the operator is an average Joe, who knows nothing about 3D-printers, with minimal training on the job to do the maintenance.

  Competitive (explicitly) includes cost: If I need to pay $2k for a printer that works just as well as an $800 option it is not feasible (for a business) to spend this much more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Enshittification of 3D Printers – Are We Losing What Made Them Great?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love DIY.

  At home, I run and build DIY printers but you can’t deploy them in a business/production. Why? As soon as there is a printer that isn’t it just works with easy (and documented) maintance procedures the business needs to hire not only a worker but a worker who knows 3D printers. That’s bad.

  Printers like the Sovol SV08 and Biqu AMS (still not launched) aren’t just there yet.

  Combined with the BambuLab pricing on the A1 mini and P1S it is pretty difficult to buy FOSS.

  Prusa is close with the Core 1 but they don’t have an good AMS package for their printers (their MMU lacks a enclosure/easy to deploy setup). They propably know it but don’t have the answer avaible.

  Equally on the econmics side it is difficult: The BambuLab P1S killed the (FOSS) market.

  If I compare a 1150€ BambuLab X1C against the 1350€ Prusa Core One I would likley prefer the Prusa product/ecosystem. With the P1S it suddently is a 700€ compared to 1350€ for a machine that will produce the exact same parts with a near identical cycletime, uptime and opperating/maintance cost. The decission in favor of BambuLab is easy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Popular 3D printer vendor has come up with a foldable portable concept that's mindblowing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What a bummer.

  Had high hopes of them cooking it in secret and releasing it with the potential for 4th axis stuff with the robot arm in the future (software update) or at least the community could use it as an easy-to-purchase devkit to develop their own opensource software solution.

  With this being just a concept and them BUYING their award (sic., paid to apply with a high success of “winning”) combined with their failed multi-color printhead for the Ankermake turns this into a nothing burger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any Thoughts, Ideas or Theories of the Bambu H2D that they have been teasing?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pricing will be interesting. My bet is on $5k. Trying to position it against machines like the BCN3D sigmax or Ultimaker Factor S4.

  • IDEX
  • nozzle is raised and lowered
  • single extruder motor that is switched between both filament paths
  • A1 mini style hotend/nozzle
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bambu lab A1 mini alternative?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Quality and construction? Cetus mk3

  ease of use? definitly not a Cetus mk3

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  China. That’s where you can still get the Cobalt indicator.

  The upside is the fantastic color change, which is why some still prefer it and why it is probably still being made.

  In Europe there is an alternative blue indicator that is cobalt-free, but it is more of a blue to brown/very dark red colour change, so not great either especially after a few drying cycles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC Kitchen – What is the best way to dry your desiccant? (microwave)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the granules are blue when dry and turn purple/red when they no longer absorbs humidity.

  Don’t buy those. Orange gel is the “new” blue.

  The reason why the blue gel was phased out decade(s) ago is the CoCl2. Along all of the hazards are H350i and H360F (cancer and reproduction [aka. your plan to have kids might not turn out that great]).

  While orange gel doesn’t have as good of a color change it is significantly lower risk and shall be used.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a dremel 3D40 worth it in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  3D40 at couple hundred bucks? Absolutely not. 3D40 for $50? No. 3D40 for free? Yeah. Just don’t expect much out of it.