This is what I like to hear! I ordered some pet cf and straight nylon, the pa-cf was just too expensive to justify without a specific usecase. Does your xmax 3 come with a tungsten carbide nozzle or did you switch to one to use cf filaments?
Thank you for the link! Looks like my pick is 2nd on the list haha. Pulling the trigger today and gonna get the Q1 Pro
… and absolutely yes on the engineering materials, should be easy as pie.
That plus 4 looks very nice, but it is just a little out of my price range unfortunately and it also seems like the Qidi box will not be compatible with the Q1 Pro, but I still feel like multi filament printing with a single print head is a wasteful gimmick.
Yeah Im pretty happy with my A1 mini myself, but moving from a bed slinger to a core xy I think will be a nice change on some of the bigger or taller prints as well as the bigger build volume which yes, doesnt quite match the A1’s 256^3, but its really not much smaller (245x245x240).
Looking at the reviews and price it really does seem to be the sweet spot for stepping up my 3d printing game. Ive been watching reviews for a good chunk of the last couple days, trying to find as many as I can that are more recent than 11 months ago when everyone was reviewing machines they just got and instead reviewing machines theyve actually put through the paces.
At the moment ABS and PETG, but Im also just interested in expanding my capabilities and refining print quality. Im an engineering student and will very likely find uses for this printer in school projects and definitely in my own projects. If I ever need XL prints or want to get into multimaterial, Prusa is gonna be my go to.
TPU pretty completely bonds between layers, there’s not the same risks associated with pla and petg. Printing TPU can be a bit of a hassle so if you’re using it to prototype make sure you tune your profile for TPU. I think it’s a great idea.
TPU is what I’d suggest. You don’t need a enclosure and it should work for what you want. It’s a finicky material though so be prepared to spend some time getting to know it, figuring out it’s temps and speeds is a must for good prints.
This is the answer. +1
A folder called 3d printing has most of the stl and 3mf files arranged by date modified. Nested in there are folders for specific projects that have revisions or are remixes I’ve done, but I’d like to overhaul the whole system to something that makes a little more sense. I like the idea of a git for my own projects, I’ve already lost revisions by not paying attention and overwriting the old ones.
Orca stores my filament and profile settings, haven’t found a reason to export those.
I’m gonna try the with tpu filament to make an o ring for my water bottle, thanks for the low tech approach, very cool ingenuity.
Yeah definitely going to look into that, and surgery. I’ve been to the sleep doc twice and tried CPAP twice, hopefully it’s okay to move onto other things now.
Hey I’m in the US and have struggled with my sleep apnea and I just can’t handle the CPAP machines so now I’m looking into surgery or maybe something like this. Any chance you can share more of your experience?
I’m already half a dozen prints in and loving it 😁
Yeah I’m fine with copying prints via sd card, and that’s what I’m doing for the moment. A1 mini came very fast and I just did the tug boat classic first print
Groovy 😎
Awesome, thank you for the insight!
Awesome, thank you for the info, probably pulling the trigger today 😁
I’m looking at a Sunlu 4 pack of 1kg PLA, would that be fine filament to start with? I matched the diameter with what they sell on bambu lab.
I’ve been wanting an active dry box box for a while because even though I live in a dry climate, it seems like some of the rolls of petg I’ve bought have come a little wet and I want to be able to run them through the dryer. I bought the dryer for $80 and I’m pretty happy with the cost vs effectiveness based on the reviews. We’ll see when it gets there!
I did pull the trigger on getting the Q1 Pro. If I fall in love with qidi products there’s a good chance I’ll end up making my next buy the plus4. Thank you for you input!