Good deals on various 3D printers with CBTFEB24 coupon
1) Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro $311.12 from elegoo_3d
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/395014872018
2) Anycubic Kobra Pro $303 from anycubic
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/284691189783
3) Creality Ender 3 v3 KE $382 from au-crealilty-official-store
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/235331999047
4) Ender 3 V3 SE $271 from au-creality-official-store
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/235331962662
And many more.
You got a good deal with that umart one 👍🏽
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Alternative would be Ender 3 V3 SE $271 at [ebay]
(https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/235331962662)
Ah, you are correct.
May I know where ozbargainers go for resin/pc printing and prototyping? I'm hoping to find a service provider that can help me with design and prototyping. Thanks.
dunno, I have two resin printers here in central coast NSW, and can use Fusion 360 well. happy to try to help a little bit for you to learn how to if need be. I started out needing to design some LED strip holders for my conservatory using TinkerCAD and a filament printer a few years ago!.
Flashforge Adventurer 5M is $435.19 if you want a core xy printer.
waiting on a p1s deal 🥲
By the time p1s gets discounted, we might have some reviews out on the new multi-color Phrozen Arco printer
thanks for the heads up!
I am seriously interested in taking the plunge but I really have no idea where to start.
I don't want to buy anything too basic or too small a printing area and I'd like it to be functional and be compatible with printing resources (designs etc) found online, and also be able to easily create my own designs. It would also be useful to be able to print nylon.
I assume I'd probably have to spend a grand.
What sort of print size are you looking for?
I wouldn't expect it has to be too large but I don't even know what that means to me… 300*300? I doubt I would need to print anything that size anyway but I guess I'm thinking of future proofing. But if I'm thinking of future proofing, would it have to be larger than that?
As you can see, I'm totally lost. And I have no idea which printers are better than others.
That's a fairly large size, most 3D printers aren't that big, especially the core XY types. These are more preferable because of better machine stability with the print bed moving up and down only or not at all in some cases as opposed to bedslingers like the ones in this deal which move the bed forwards and backwards too.
Printing nylon would be much easier on a fully enclosed machine and you'd probably need a filament dryer as nylon likes to suck up moisture.
The closest thing I know of to what you want is the Qidi X-Max 3 which would cost $1281.55 with a 5% coupon for signing up to their newsletter, but that's a lot to spend on your first 3D printer.
You should probably think more about what you're going to be printing before buying a 3D printer, many things can be scaled down or printed in parts and joined together.
@Pacbough: Well honestly it would probably be small parts to replace broken parts, if that makes any sense. Or I like the idea of printing, for example, battery adaptors etc
@bboz: Getting a smaller printer to start may be better for you then. Less initial cost for you to get into 3D printing. If you still want to print materials like nylon, an enclosed printer is highly recommended.
I'm the same, its another world of terms to learn. However I'm more interested in just the basics that are easy to work with (doesnt have to have a huge printing bed). The naming and versioning of these printers doesnt help… "Ender 3 V3 SE" then you have enhanced ones and modded ones >_<
Agree it seems to be a massive learning curve. You are right about the seemingly never-ending model variants.
KE version comes with a touch screen panel and klipper. In simple terms it is more feature rich. Ender 3 v3 se a decent to start as well.
I'm in the same boat. Don't want cheap and nasty. Not interested in modding and repairing. Just want something that works. I understand the comments about buying cheap before committing to a more expensive unit, but I suspect cheap and nasty would just turn me away.
Right I've always been of the opinion with almost everything that I won't buy the cheapest nor the most expensive. I'm happy to spend a little more to have something "good" but certainty doesn't have to be the top model.
And you are right, it has to just work, not interested in modding. It also has to be fully compatible with free and good CAD (is that what is called for printers?) software that supports standard formats found online.
All 3d printers are compatible with any CAD software that can output files in .stl which is pretty standard. Some support other file types too.
It's the slicer software which takes the 3d model and plans a path with some settings for the printer and turns it into a file for the printer to work from that may or may not be compatible. I made the mistake of buying a printer that is closed source and I can only use their slicer, definitely go for open source printers.
@bboz: Not too sure to be honest. They don't need to be strictly open source to be friendly. For example bambu lab printers are closed source but you can still use other slicers with them. One thing to look out for is Klipper, that is an open source firmware that is all the rage and works very well, however that doesn't mean the printer is completely open source as they may run a modified version of klipper.
@bboz: Upon further research, I found out that any printer that uses Klipper or Marlin firmware is open source. Klipper is the newst/most advanced open source firmware right now so that's the thing to look out for.
@Pacbough: Hey thanks for the follow up!
I ended up going for the Creality Ender 3 v3 KE… awaiting delivery
I'm sweating… nervous at what is coming lol 😬
I hope it doesn't overwhelm me.
@bboz: Good luck on your 3D printing journey!
I just got a Qidi X-Plus 3 myself, it's blazingly fast.
I'm trying out OrcaSlicer as the slicing software as it seems to have the most features. It supports your Ender-3 V3 KE too.
@Pacbough: Thanks man.
I'm sure I'll get to the slicing software soon enough but for now it looks way over the horizon 🙂
Qidi X-Plus 3 looks like a beast
If you want something that absolutely works out of the box like a 2D printer then consider Bambu printers and cheapest would be Bambu A1 mini in them. It is like iphone of 3D printers.
Rest of them of these are decent printers as well. They came a long way and have good community support. They will certainly work out of box as well however most of the people like modifying or upgrade component down the line for more feature or better results. Most famous in these creality ender series as it good community support and easy to access to after market parts. If you have to chose between se or ke then go for KE. It feature klipper(consider it like android os for 3d printers).
I personally bought neptune pro 4 as I felt it is better bang for buck in these and it comes with klipper as well.
If you want something consider looking at Neptune 4 max. That is quite big for home printer and i would only recommend if you looking to print for cosplays.
Not that I have a need or even anywhere I could put the damn thing but man why do I feel I need to have one of these 😄
I got the Neptune 4 Plus recently. The Max just seemed too big so the Plus was a nice in between. Only thing is I failed to account for the bed travel and I still can't fit it on my 600mm deep bench as it will hit the wall when homing.
Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro is quite a capable printer, I've had a couple of Ender v3.
However, DO NOT update the firmware. That's a BIG no no.
I have a regular Neptune 4 and I have had all sorts of problems after upgrading the firmware. It bricked my machine and I had to SSH into it and run some commands to unblock.
Now having massive z offset issues on the latest firmware. Usure if it's FW related or not but the z offset value fluctuates Wildly. It is making printing near impossible. Elegoo ebay support have stopped replying to me too.
As a stock machine, it was flawless. I’ve spent days fixing up the printer after updating the firmware and in the end, I have installed OpeNeptu4ne. The printer is back in action but the screen won’t work.
I’m trying to get the eBay seller to send me a new eMMC card or I will return the unit
I've got an eMMC arriving any day now and was going to try OpenNept4une on my Plus. I'm still running the firmware it shipped with but pulled a few settings from the newer firmware printer.cfg
Saw a video recently showing the touchscreen progress, looks like it's coming along nicely
https://www.facebook.com/groups/889471629185448/?multi_perma… (not sure if can view without joining the group)
Assuming you updated your touchscreen firmware too? Open4 says need v1.2.11 or v1.2.12. (A lot of the posts on the group are people who updated the Elegoo firmware, did the main part and forgot to do the touchscreen though I'm guessing you did yours otherwise printer wouldn't have been working at all) Open4 needs post-install set up for touchscreen too though it seems.
Try reaching out to reddit/discord community. They have a very active support there.
Thanks for the tip. The device firmware or klipper?
Device firmware.
I've recently purchased a neptune 4 pro. It's pretty great but I'm still tweaking a lot of things with it.
It's worth mentioning that it's very loud. Even with the big auxiliary fan off it's loud. I can hear it from elsewhere in the house when it's running for example and it's unpleasant being in the same room as it. I can't seem to print decently with the fan down even slowing it down but might just need a bit more messing around.
Coming from a flashforge adventure this was quite an unexpected surprise, I probably would have chosen another option if I had known this.
I woulda been salty if it had dropped further in price 😂