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If it were you, which one would you go for? I kind of wan't to go the for wanhaosa one, it seems better built, more rigid and more polished. But you can only see so much from the cover of a bookQuote
gmckee
See the Prusa i3 forum. That 2020 kit has 3100+ posts of people with issues or people helping with issues. Although there are postive posts are there keep that in mind. Frame construction is probably one of the most important portions of your printer. The more rigid the frame in general the better the prints. Remember you get what you pay for...
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I was talking to the people in the forum and they seemed happy enough, not sure what to do lolQuote
gmckee
Honestly I would avoid the Folger Tech. Some people have had great experiences, some haven't. Look around in the forum and see what kind of problems people have.
Also Repraps can all be modified. However, the ease of finding modifications differs.
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JamesK
There's no easy answer, you have to make a best guess on what suits your particular skills and priorities. Without wishing to put you off (at all!), if you're looking at anything in the lower end of the market you would be best to approach it as a learning experience/toe in the water. It's very unlikely to stay in its original form or be the last printer you buy. It's a fascinating hobby and brilliantly useful tool if you are the creative type, and surprisingly addictive.
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JamesK
There's no easy answer, you have to make a best guess on what suits your particular skills and priorities. Without wishing to put you off (at all!), if you're looking at anything in the lower end of the market you would be best to approach it as a learning experience/toe in the water. It's very unlikely to stay in its original form or be the last printer you buy. It's a fascinating hobby and brilliantly useful tool if you are the creative type, and surprisingly addictive.
Re: Prusa I3 - Need opinion January 18, 2016 01:21PM |
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Do you guys think it's a big deal that the folger tech printer has a frame that isn't a few big pieces? Will that make it harder to square? That's about the only thing holding me back right now.Quote
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JamesK
There's no easy answer, you have to make a best guess on what suits your particular skills and priorities. Without wishing to put you off (at all!), if you're looking at anything in the lower end of the market you would be best to approach it as a learning experience/toe in the water. It's very unlikely to stay in its original form or be the last printer you buy. It's a fascinating hobby and brilliantly useful tool if you are the creative type, and surprisingly addictive.
This was my experience when I built my first printer (also a Prusa) - all the plastic parts in my kit were black, but as time went on I replaced and/or changed components using whatever plastic I had available, mostly orange. Now there are hardly any black pieces left! It has also gained quite a few new metal components along the line, plus a few electrical bits. It's rather like someone saying that they've had the same broom for 25 years - it's only had 5 replacement heads and 6 new handles - but it's still the same broom!
Have fun with whatever you decide to build.
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Think this printer is a good choice? I need to just make a decisionQuote
JamesK
I was wondering how they did the joints in that frame, particularly to the vertical section. I made my frame out of 1" aluminum square tube, so I have no issues with aluminum extrusion itself, but it does all kind of depend on how well you can join the stuff together. I used pieces of 90 degree extrusion to hold the parts of the frame square, and then clamped the joints between pieces of steel with through bolts. It is impressively rigid, albeit a bit on the heavy side.
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Pick a design that has a strong and rigid metal frame - everything else can be adjusted, fixed or replaced at a later date, when you get more experience. A flimsy frame will just bring you heartache and frustration.
People on the folgertech 2020 forum are having usuable prints without upgrades. And the 2020 has an aluminum frame, and people are saying it's easy to square up. is it bad having the motors up higher? What printer would you reccomend in toe 250-400 range?Quote
SteveRoy
What do you want to do?
Buy a ready to go printer with a solid frame and just start printing?
Buy a kit, build it, pull it apart to "upgrade it", rebuild it and then start printing?
Personally I wouldn't buy a kit that had:
- an acrylic frame
- is based on the older Prusa i2 design (motors on top)
While I understand we are all trying to perfect our printers with various tweaks, I don't understand people buying a cheap printer knowing they will have to upgrade it to get decent prints.
Steve
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gmckee
See the Prusa i3 forum. That 2020 kit has 3100+ posts of people with issues or people helping with issues. Although there are postive posts are there keep that in mind. Frame construction is probably one of the most important portions of your printer. The more rigid the frame in general the better the prints. Remember you get what you pay for...
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SteveRoy
What do you want to do?
Buy a ready to go printer with a solid frame and just start printing?
Buy a kit, build it, pull it apart to "upgrade it", rebuild it and then start printing?
Personally I wouldn't buy a kit that had:
- an acrylic frame
- is based on the older Prusa i2 design (motors on top)
While I understand we are all trying to perfect our printers with various tweaks, I don't understand people buying a cheap printer knowing they will have to upgrade it to get decent prints.
Steve
Re: Prusa I3 - Need opinion January 20, 2016 03:27AM |
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I've been getting decent prints from the day I pushed the 'go' button. Pretty much set it and forget it for the FT 2020 if you take the time to set it up. That's without upgrades except for more print height. Too many Folger Tech bashers on here IMHO.
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I've been getting decent prints from the day I pushed the 'go' button. Pretty much set it and forget it for the FT 2020 if you take the time to set it up. That's without upgrades except for more print height. Too many Folger Tech bashers on here IMHO.
Hey, I'm happy if you're happy. I've been getting awesome prints from my scratch built Prusa i3 from the day I finished it.
I don't think I'm really bashing Folger Tech, I just didn't like the quality I saw in the Folger Tech i3 kit that I helped a local Hackspace member with.
Steve