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Seems fine, for what it offers. It’s only 1 layer that slows down that dramatically, then it should be back to regular printing speeds.

You wouldn’t want to do lots of huge overhangs, still, but this method will definitely have some really cool applications.

Even without a tire over them, they weigh more than the heaviest tire on the market. So, yeah. Exactly.

I mean, if people wanted to, they could pretty easily. .3mf and .stl files are easy to redistribute, and there are lots of 3D print model piracy groups around.

This is about the pricing of models for hobbyist use, not at all about models being for sale at all.

That is super cool! I wish I had the 50+ spare hours I imagine it would take to go down this rabbit hole… Maybe later this summer!

Thanks for sharing!

Yeah, and a lot less time, likely, too. CADing that would be pretty quick.

That’s a marketing video, of course, but that looks really good. Even ignoring everything else, multi-material TPU printing would be amaze balls since varying hardness/flexibility has so many applications.

I’m going to have a hard time not pre-ordering it to get the early bird discount, lol. I imagine it’ll be north of $1K CAD…

… Hmm. Maybe if I start a side hustle selling 3D prints, I can raise enough to buy it?

I know Creality has a reputation for inconsistency, but their hardware is also fairly easy to disassemble and fix with cheap parts, so that’s not catastrophic. I was super lucky with my Hi, only having typical issues with filament-related stuff, but I also troubleshot some problems with my friend’s Hi, and it wasn’t a big deal to fix.

Thanks for sharing!

If I could afford it, that would be my choice.

I’d probably get the Creality Sparx i7 right now, as an entry-level multicolour 3D printer. I got the Creality Hi Combo last year, and it’s been a great printer for me, and it sounds like the Sparx i7 is mostly just better.

I’m getting a 4-pack of Tabletop Simulator. Not sure if that counts, since I already did that once—I have new people to try to rope into playing boardgames digitally with me, lol.