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92 Green YJ said:
The AMS isn’t slated to unfortunately. In fact I don’t think it ever has. Last one I bought I used banked up Makerworld points for some gift cards to cut the price down.
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They never go on sale, been looking for one with a printer on fb for the last few months and nothing, might just go to micocenter and stack some coupons.

92 Green YJ said:
Yeah I know. Kind of fell like an ass doing that honestly. I still will, but honestly it’s not their fault I bought it before they decided to have a sale.
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Hundred bucks is a hundred bucks.


Not at 92yj in particular anyone. What’s the best way of getting filament usage down. These were both printed with 5% infil using cubic. But it’s still half a kg. They are packout inserts for work, it’s not a big deal once I finalize the design but right now I’m still in the prototype process.

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Pocahontas said:
They never go on sale, been looking for one with a printer on fb for the last few months and nothing, might just go to micocenter and stack some coupons.


Hundred bucks is a hundred bucks.


Not at 92yj in particular anyone. What’s the best way of getting filament usage down. These were both printed with 5% infil using cubic. But it’s still half a kg. They are packout inserts for work, it’s not a big deal once I finalize the design but right now I’m still in the prototype process.

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How many walls and top/bottom layers?
 
Pocahontas said:
They never go on sale, been looking for one with a printer on fb for the last few months and nothing, might just go to micocenter and stack some coupons.


Hundred bucks is a hundred bucks.


Not at 92yj in particular anyone. What’s the best way of getting filament usage down. These were both printed with 5% infil using cubic. But it’s still half a kg. They are packout inserts for work, it’s not a big deal once I finalize the design but right now I’m still in the prototype process.

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not being a dick, but somethimes you have to think outside of the box.
get rid of fill if you dont need the strength
you need a solid bottom layer?
Solid walls? etc

and sometimes it is cheaper to go get the injected plastic version
 
Gots_a_sol said:
How many walls and top/bottom layers?
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Think 3 I’ll have to double check, that’s a good one though.

SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
not being a dick, but somethimes you have to think outside of the box.
get rid of fill if you dont need the strength
you need a solid bottom layer?
Solid walls? etc
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It was the within 5g to do lightning, basically zero infill, as it was to do standard gyros. Im assuming I need solid walls because I’m indexing off 3 different axis. Can probably get rid of some of the bottom, good call.

SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
and sometimes it is cheaper to go get the injected plastic version
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In this case they don’t make what I need and I’m going to need 6 sets of them once perfected. It’s just annoying to do a 12 hour print and have stuff off by 1/16 of an inch.
 
Just picked up a Creality K1 for $399 shipped a couple weeks ago.
The quality for the speed that it prints is very impressive, plus I plan to try some ABS and Nylon, so fully enclosed is needed.
It's easily 6 times faster than my Ender 3 pro, and much more user friendly.
I couldn't be happier at this point.
 
Pocahontas said:
Think 3 I’ll have to double check, that’s a good one though.


It was the within 5g to do lightning, basically zero infill, as it was to do standard gyros. Im assuming I need solid walls because I’m indexing off 3 different axis. Can probably get rid of some of the bottom, good call.



In this case they don’t make what I need and I’m going to need 6 sets of them once perfected. It’s just annoying to do a 12 hour print and have stuff off by 1/16 of an inch.
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You could also try adding some void spaces from below. For instance the one with the round tubes in it, add some smaller ones on the underside that go maybe halfway up. Or, better yet, try to design it so it’s just the walls and the tubes with the top plate, leave the rest as empty void space beneath it.
 
92 Green YJ said:
You could also try adding some void spaces from below. For instance the one with the round tubes in it, add some smaller ones on the underside that go maybe halfway up. Or, better yet, try to design it so it’s just the walls and the tubes with the top plate, leave the rest as empty void space beneath it.
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wouldn't that be replaced with support?

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looking at the pictures, that is a valid question
OP
can you void everything internally flip everything over and only print the walls?? (and top that will be the bottom now)
 
92 Green YJ said:
You could also try adding some void spaces from below. For instance the one with the round tubes in it, add some smaller ones on the underside that go maybe halfway up. Or, better yet, try to design it so it’s just the walls and the tubes with the top plate, leave the rest as empty void space beneath it.
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SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
wouldn't that be replaced with support?

edit
looking at the pictures, that is a valid question
OP
can you void everything internally flip everything over and only print the walls?? (and top that will be the bottom now)
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That’s a good idea never thought of it like that. It wouldn’t work for a final product for mock up it would work though. I’ll see what I come up with tonight, thanks guys.
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
wouldn't that be replaced with support?

edit
looking at the pictures, that is a valid question
OP
can you void everything internally flip everything over and only print the walls?? (and top that will be the bottom now)
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Exactly. It should work quite well for what he is trying to create. Honestly even printing it the side up he shows should honestly work if the cylinders go all the way down. Bambu should pretty easily handle that bridging from the outer walls to the tubes. Might be some lining, but it’s the bottom where you wouldn’t see it anyway.
 
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Similar to these two, condensing hole saws from a few different cases into one. 6 in all the way down to 1/2 inch. Freeing up space and adding to organization.
 
don't forget to print something in it that ID's it as yours
good ideas tend to walk off in other people tool boxes
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
:confused: whats that?
I use a ammo box:grinpimp:
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Packout organizer, I’ve gone through a few different systems and this seems to be the best so far.

SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
don't forget to print something in it that ID's it as yours
good ideas tend to walk off in other people tool boxes
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We generally are the only ones on site so not too worried about it. But definitely gives me a bit of pause leaving 7 or 8k of tools in the back while running into the store some days.
 
Been looking at those Bambus. Smaller than I want, but I could easily print parts in sections that key or snap together.
 
JNHEscher said:
Been looking at those Bambus. Smaller than I want, but I could easily print parts in sections that key or snap together.
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That’s my biggest problem with it, seems like an extra 4-6 inches would be perfect. 20inx20inx20in would be perfect for pretty much everything in my experience. They are very spendy though once you get into the bigger sizes.
 
Pocahontas said:
That’s my biggest problem with it, seems like an extra 4-6 inches would be perfect. 20inx20inx20in would be perfect for pretty much everything in my experience. They are very spendy though once you get into the bigger sizes.
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Figured so. 20x20x20 is pretty much the exact size I need for a lot of stuff. Suppose I'll hold out and see if Bambu goes bigger after a while. Seems like they all do at one rate or another.
 
JNHEscher said:
Figured so. 20x20x20 is pretty much the exact size I need for a lot of stuff. Suppose I'll hold out and see if Bambu goes bigger after a while. Seems like they all do at one rate or another.
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CR10-5S or somthing like that
I have one
500x500

honestly it is too big for most stuff, but if I ever need to print a 5gal bucket, I am good:grinpimp:
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
CR10-5S or somthing like that
I have one
500x500

honestly it is too big for most stuff, but if I ever need to print a 5gal bucket, I am good:grinpimp:
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I had nothing but problems with my ender 3 after a month or two and 10-20 prints.

I have 800 hours on my p1s now with zero problems not caused by slicer settings or bad filament.

It can never be too big, that’s what she said.
 
Pocahontas said:
I had nothing but problems with my ender 3 after a month or two and 10-20 prints.

I have 800 hours on my p1s now with zero problems not caused by slicer settings or bad filament.

It can never be too big, that’s what she said.
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I've got a few friends with Enders. Constant problems, so they don't ever get to print much.

Don't much about Creality.
 
I will admit there are a few things that have gone wrong. Some are things that I have just plain wore out. I have wore bushings out, pulleys, I see a belt is on its way out
But it prints a lot, not quite print farm a lot, but I use it for my business, and it will run for weeks at a time 247

I would buy it again.

The biggest pain is leveling things, but you don't have to do that too much if you don't take your prints off like you are swinging a ax
I think the new stuff is all auto probe gizmo now isn't it ?

after thought,
one more complaint
it uses a lot more real estate than I though it was going to use, remember the bed swings on those 500mm --> and then 500mm <---
20" bed doesn't sound like much, but both ways is 40" then add your supporting tools and it is as wide as a sheet of plywood
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
I will admit there are a few things that have gone wrong. Some are things that I have just plain wore out. I have wore bushings out, pulleys, I see a belt is on its way out
But it prints a lot, not quite print farm a lot, but I use it for my business, and it will run for weeks at a time 247

I would buy it again.

The biggest pain is leveling things, but you don't have to do that too much if you don't take your prints off like you are swinging a ax
I think the new stuff is all auto probe gizmo now isn't it ?

after thought,
one more complaint
it uses a lot more real estate than I though it was going to use, remember the bed swings on those 500mm --> and then 500mm <---
20" bed doesn't sound like much, but both ways is 40" then add your supporting tools and it is as wide as a sheet of plywood
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Daaaaaaaang. Okay, maybe I'll go Bambu and key parts together :laughing:
 
Rumor has it Bambu is going to finally release a larger format machine sometime this year. I’ve been go,ding out for one as well to print helmets full size in multicolor. The stuff I can do on my current Bambus aren’t big enough for most people to wear but they make great shelf display pieces. With crealitt now pushing out a large format with multi material, I’m thinking it’s going to finally force Bambu to release their version.
 
engineerjoe said:
Just picked up a Creality K1 for $399 shipped a couple weeks ago.
The quality for the speed that it prints is very impressive, plus I plan to try some ABS and Nylon, so fully enclosed is needed.
It's easily 6 times faster than my Ender 3 pro, and much more user friendly.
I couldn't be happier at this point.
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I love my K1 Max

I will say with the higher speed you may occasionally need to add extra support and make sure you've got good bed adhesion or you'll find stuff breaks loose when going flat out.
 
Pocahontas said:
That’s my biggest problem with it, seems like an extra 4-6 inches would be perfect. 20inx20inx20in would be perfect for pretty much everything in my experience. They are very spendy though once you get into the bigger sizes.
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That’s easy, get the Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga.
 
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