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Depends if you're the DIY/Tinkerer type, check out https://www.thingiverse.com/ for free printable files.
At this point in time I don't think 3D printing is very accessible for the mainstream, and you will need to still tinker, fix and refine different things with your printer, and prints.
If you're this kind of person you are probably better off getting one of the Chinese 3D printers like the Anet A8 (https://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d-printer-kits/pp_3373…), and building it yourself. You'll have a much better understanding of the printer in general.
To me, the Cocoon Create is more a ready-to-go printer for those who can afford a novelty.
I own one, The biggest problem is apart from knick-knacks anything you want to print requires you to model it first. There's a bunch of parts I thought I'd make but designing them all from scratch with the pretty average CAD software available it was never any fun or quick to design them. Now my printer mostly sits around gathering dust until someone posts something cool online that I see and can download and print their model for it.
Check out Autodesk Fusion 360, it's free for hobbyists.
+1 for Fusion 360. It's sensational. I used to use SketchUp but could not get on with the UI. I've used Fusion 360 for a couple of months and have already modelled about a dozen items that have proven incredibly useful. E.g. last weekend I had to tap about 40 threads in the ends of aluminium extrusion so I designed and printed a jig to perfectly align the tap at 90 deg that saved me easily a couple of hours of my life, avoiding the risk of snapping the tap and endless frustration doing it freehand. I've also printed parts to repair items where parts weren't available and avoiding having to buy new items. That alone has save me easily a couple hundred bucks.
But hey, that's me. You need to have a passion for making stuff and the willingness to learn to design in 3D. If you lack these, your printer will collect dust.
Wow, that Anet A8 is less than half
the price! How is this Aldi a good deal??
The price of convenience. Aldi one is built for you (I think) and you don't have to wait weeks for it to arrive :)
But otherwise, with a few improvements and some tweaking the Anet A8 compares to printers worth many times it's price.
With the A8, is there anything you need to do with the power connector or can you just use a travel adapter?
If you are an electrician cough you can just cut the end off any old 240v power cord and wire it to the same place the euro one would fit.
Excellent review!
I still use my 3D printer from time to time (Anet A8) but it's usually fired up to print parts for my printer or my mate's printer.
I've had mine for almost 2 years and still use it. I would say it's 50% useful vs 50% novelty. Most things I download from Thingiverse, so no need to design yourself. I have used it for bike computer mounts, GoPro mounts, Pebble watch dock, Apple Watch dock, tools to unscrew tap filters, personalized key rings, token organisers for specific board games, 3d models of my own Minecraft maps. I have designed a few things myself - Tinkercad is a free, browser based CAD program that is pretty easy.
The only downside I find is that 3d printing is really slow. I think the Apple Watch dock took around 4 hours, but bigger objects can take 20 hours or even more.
Reminds me of the Image rendering on my Amiga 500, when I was looking at the screen and thinking "so far all good" and putting stickers on the screen to see if some more pixel have been caluculated
I use mine to print super serious and profession things for my desk at work :P
https://i.imgur.com/heb8uyD.jpg
Wow! Some really nice things there! Did you paint them after?
Totally. Anything 3D printed will come out in plain plastic in the single colour of the filament you're using. To get an end result like those it takes many layers of primer and paint on top
@Hyena:
That's really nice. Just curious how much it'd cost 3D print objects like that; just a rought estimate of total cost including material, time taken to print (electricity), number of bad prints etc.
@crazyleo: lots of trial and error to get the print quality right but it's all part of the process. Considering the printer is $500 I burnt maybe $20 in failed prints getting it dialed in and then the occasional one still fails, which sucks if it's at the end of a big print. The storm trooper probably cost about $10 worth of plastic and the terminator skull about the same, though I had a few fails on the terminator skull before I was happy. As a result my garage looks like skynets junkyard. lol
Plastic is about $20-50 per kg depending on where you buy it and on average about $30. I split a bulk order with a few mates and got half a dozen rolls for about $20 ea
Thanks all for the responses, probably would be a gimmick to me so i might give it a skip this time around.
3D Printers are great for printing 3D Printers
If only they could print original gag lines.
Computer desk with a depth of 48cm — your computer keyboard would be pretty much touching the base of your monitor…
This is more of a console table than a computer desk.
It's more for people with laptops.
Like a trash version of Ikea's Besta Burs
just measured my keyboard, its only 15cm depth. sooo unless you're using a CRT monitor there should be enough room.
Your keyboard should be about 15cm from the edge of the desk, and thw monitor slightly more than arms length. This means a computer desk needs to be about 60cm minimum. 90 is quite comfortable.
Yeah agreed. This desk is a bit too narrow. If there was a way to hack it to make a drawer for the keyboard though…..
For those that are after a more modern looking desk I picked up a $69 desk from officeworks on Monday that has these dimensions 1115 W x 550 D x 760 H mm.
Really happy with how it looks and build quality/sturdiness for the price is great!
Sheffield 2 Drawer Desk White/Oak
Took me about 2 hours to put it together though ha!
I was wondering why the 3D printer was $100 more than what I paid for it but this is obviously a newer version.
From what I can see this has:
Touchscreen - meh.
Level Wizard Guide to aid Levelling
Now, bed levelling is the single greatest pain in the butt with my current Cocoon (Balco in my case but same printer), frequently causing my first attempt at an object print to go wrong and having to restart after making yet more adjustments to the bed.
Does anyone know what this wizard thing does? I'm sure it's not auto-levelling as I'm sure it would advertise THAT, but if it can save me having to restart the print as often as I do I'd be willing to grab this (mind you if I'm early enough to grab one of the only 3 units that will be in stock at my local undoubtedly)
You are probably right. I did see a cocoon create printer in an ALDI store and it was advertised for $248. I asked the guy on the counter and he said that they had a few leftover from last sale which they are trying to clear out.
That looks like the original one though? Not the new touch screen one?
I've gone and bought the Cocoon Touch. The Level Wizard just moves the head to each of the four corners where you can then adjust the level of that corner with the fairly easy to adjust nut. I've done about four prints with it now and have had no issue with the bed not being level. Though I also find I do have to go through the level wizard at least twice to make sure the bed is level.
Thanks for that info @snoopen. So automatically moving that head as opposed to manually moving the bed/head around.
Not worth the upgrade then. Appreciate the input!
Going through twice is pretty normal fare, just based on the fact that by the time you get to the fourth leveling point, your first point may have been affected by the adjustment of the others. The second round is like a 'fine tune'.
Has anyone tried printing out the obvious use for a 3D printer? Plus did it make your girlfriend/wife not regret letting you spend the $500 on the printer?
noticed they also have an office chair on sale.
anyone tried one, got any thoughts on it?
print one.
Looks like they are not selling like hot cakes this time.
There are still four left at Surry Hills Aldi this afternoon.
Bought white desk, then returned. Oak colour is different from the picture printed on catalogue and packaging, much darker.
Poor packaging caused a number of small paint scratches on top of desk, dented corner on a front panel of drawer.
I noticed that the pain is very thin, pretty bad paint quality. Keyboard or mouse will scratch the paint off soon.
But I do like the pine made legs.
I purchased the 3D printer yesterday and with it now being my third 3D printer purchase, I can say that it's absolutely top notch by comparison.
The setup took me 30 mins versus the 5+ hours that previous printers have taken and the full colour instructions were very detailed.
Compared to my previous two 3D printers, the parts on this printer certainly look and feel like far better quality components. All the movements are smooth and the frame is incredibly rigid once assembled.
I've made a few prints on it (ironically, they're parts for other printers) and the print quality is far better than what I've been able to achieve previously.
Whilst it doesn't have auto-leveling, the built-in leveling wizard was very handy and the cut my leveling time down to only a few minutes.
One last point is that the accompanying Cocoon version of the Cura software is incredibly straightforward to use and is PERFECT for beginners. I'd considered shelling out $149USD for Simplify3D purely due to the ease of setup, but the Cocoon software saved me having to do that for now.
TL;DR - Yep, it's worth every cent!
PS: I've been to both Sunnybank Hills and Acacia Ridge stores and there's still plenty of them in stock.
PPS: If anyone can tell me which stores in Brisbane have their orange filament, that'd be great. I've only been able to find one roll so far.
Does anyone get any uses out of these 3D printers or are they just a novelty at the moment.