What do you think about this?
June 06, 2015 11:10AM
Whatsup everyone? I was wondering what everyone thought about this: [wanhaousa.com]. It simply seems too good to be true. It's already assembled, it has a steel frame and seemingly good hot ends. Does anyone see where they went really cheap to keep the cost down because I just can't?

Thanks for any answers.
Re: What do you think about this?
June 06, 2015 02:35PM
It is a good brand and for sure it is better than the ones with acrylic frame. The only thing is the extruder, but for that price it worth the try.
Re: What do you think about this?
June 06, 2015 11:32PM
I appreciate it. Any other thoughts?
Re: What do you think about this?
June 09, 2015 12:59AM
Accept for the typically cheesy wingnut bed leveling adjusters that get rattled to death with "honeycomb" infill it looks pretty solid. We await the reviews.
Re: What do you think about this?
June 09, 2015 08:22AM
Steel frame is good, if it is rigid and square.
They appear to use lead screws in the Z axis- also good, but then they screw it up with two drive motors.
End supported guide rails in X, Y, and Z axes- not so good.
The drag chain bending radius at the extruder carriage looks a little small- a possible reliability issue.
No enclosure- OK if there are no kids or pets around and you don't care about printing ABS
4 levelers on the bed plate- bad. It looks like they had sense enough to use 3 bearings on the undercarriage instead of 4. Why would they use 4 levelers?
Electronics in a separate box- good for making your own enclosure around the printer mechanism.
It looks like a direct drive extruder with no gearbox- not so good.

It remains to be seen whether it has adequate power to heat the bed in a reasonable amount of time, what the bed plate material is and how flat it is, etc.
Re: What do you think about this?
June 09, 2015 08:29PM
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the_digital_dentist
Steel frame is good, if it is rigid and square.
They appear to use lead screws in the Z axis- also good, but then they screw it up with two drive motors.
End supported guide rails in X, Y, and Z axes- not so good.
The drag chain bending radius at the extruder carriage looks a little small- a possible reliability issue.
No enclosure- OK if there are no kids or pets around and you don't care about printing ABS
4 levelers on the bed plate- bad. It looks like they had sense enough to use 3 bearings on the undercarriage instead of 4. Why would they use 4 levelers?
Electronics in a separate box- good for making your own enclosure around the printer mechanism.
It looks like a direct drive extruder with no gearbox- not so good.

It remains to be seen whether it has adequate power to heat the bed in a reasonable amount of time, what the bed plate material is and how flat it is, etc.

I appreciate the great reply!! Would you say overall it's decent? Something that would last a while?
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