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[Dacvak]

I just got my first new 3D printer since 2013, and obviously quite a lot has changed. (I can’t believe how easy it is, now!)

I’m curious what fun and useful 3D prints you guys have made, and if there are any beginner tips you can share. I also don’t know anything about slicers, the best infills, or really any of that shit. I got an Ender 3 V3 btw.

Toot toot!

 

[jason10mm]

If you think an ender is easy to use, try a Bambu!

Some of my stuff (designer is @Martin on printables):

 

[jason10mm]

For my ender the most important thing was getting a level bed. I have the max neo 2 so it came with a levelling sensor, but it still needed looooooots of screw adustments and foil under the bed surface to get a decent level. A lot of the belts were loose as hell as well, so tighten everything up and print some support brackets to minimuze vibrations.

As for printing itself, 15% infill with a raft seems to work well. I usually ran a little warm at 205-210 C with a 61-63 degree bed. Also print something like a flat square so you can really dial in the z-axis adjustment for a smooth first layer. WATCH IT, as those early layers are suually where shit went south.

NONE of this is necessary on the Bambu A1mini. It levels itself and does EVERYTHING. Barring running really abrasive glow in the dark filament and the occasional alcohol wipe, it has been working flawlessly.

In the pic above, the Enterprises and Reliant were done on the ender, the defiant and voyager on the Bambu (you can see that I can now do multi-color prints with the stands) and the new ships, while smaller, can get done in just 1-2 days versus WEEKS of failed prints or careful adjustments for the larger ships. Granted, the plans were not super optimized as they have lots of small parts to print to avoid painting, but it's still obvious how much better the bambu is for this stuff.

 

[willothedog]

For my ender the most important thing was getting a level bed. I have the max neo 2 so it came with a levelling sensor, but it still needed looooooots of screw adustments and foil under the bed surface to get a decent level. A lot of the belts were loose as hell as well, so tighten everything up and print some support brackets to minimuze vibrations.

As for printing itself, 15% infill with a raft seems to work well. I usually ran a little warm at 205-210 C with a 61-63 degree bed. Also print something like a flat square so you can really dial in the z-axis adjustment for a smooth first layer. WATCH IT, as those early layers are suually where shit went south.

NONE of this is necessary on the Bambu A1mini. It levels itself and does EVERYTHING. Barring running really abrasive glow in the dark filament and the occasional alcohol wipe, it has been working flawlessly.

In the pic above, the Enterprises and Reliant were done on the ender, the defiant and voyager on the Bambu (you can see that I can now do multi-color prints with the stands) and the new ships, while smaller, can get done in just 1-2 days versus WEEKS of failed prints or careful adjustments for the larger ships. Granted, the plans were not super optimized as they have lots of small parts to print to avoid painting, but it's still obvious how much better the bambu is for this stuff.

Just got an A1 mini after owning two heavily modded Ender 3's. The A1 is easy mode, the only downside is the small build plate.

I just got my first new 3D printer since 2013, and obviously quite a lot has changed. (I can’t believe how easy it is, now!)

I’m curious what fun and useful 3D prints you guys have made, and if there are any beginner tips you can share. I also don’t know anything about slicers, the best infills, or really any of that shit. I got an Ender 3 V3 btw.

Toot toot!

You'd probably do best by watching and subbing to a few YouTubers, CHEP is decent.

Most STL's you download will tell you the infill to use.

Until you get your feet have a browse around Thingiverse and print some random stuff from the 'popular' category, download the STL's and slice in Cura or Enders slicer which I think is Cura based.

 

[Jorav]

Depends if youre after models, fidget toys or functional prints. Most of mine are self designed that are for my hobbies such as fishing, 4wding etc

 

[Dacvak]

Depends if youre after models, fidget toys or functional prints. Most of mine are self designed that are for my hobbies such as fishing, 4wding etc

I guess fidget toys and functional prints, mainly. But I’m also just curious what other people have printed.

 

[AJUMP23]

GUNS!