Subj : 3d printing
To : Ernest J Gainey Iii
From : echicken
Date : Sun Aug 11 2019 01:03 am
Re: 3d printing
By: Ernest J Gainey Iii to All on Sun Aug 11 2019 00:06:44
EJ> Just curious if anyone is into 3d printing.
I have been for the past few years. Not as a hobby unto itself, but to produce custom functional parts
for projects and household things. It's been extremely useful.
EJ> Just obtained an Ender-3 from a woot.com special. Having a good time with
EJ> it.
I've heard mixed but mostly positive reviews of this. The price seems right.
I have a Prusa i3 MK3. Very happy with it. Having assembled it from parts makes it a bit easier for me
to troubleshoot hardware problems when they come up.
EJ> Total newbie at it... but trying to get the hang of it. (Most prints come
EJ> out great, only a few failed ones.)
Read everything you can about fine-tuning your printer - adjusting belts, levelling the bed, setting the
initial z-axis height, etc. Small changes here and there can make a big difference. Learn about your
slicer software and make sure you're using the best settings there for your printer. When things are out
of whack (in hardware or software) each problem produces its own symptoms. Follow some forums (Reddit
has several good 3D printing communities) and you'll see what other people are up to, what problems they
run into and how they solve them.
At one point I was worried that I would spend more time fiddling with the printer itself rather than
using it to further my actual projects. Now I'm able to just use it, and outside of regular maintenance
(also something you should look into) I don't have to mess with it much.
