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Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by e12e »

cthalupa wrote: post #95

The mini is neat, but I'm more excited about the CoreXY based XL. I love my MK3, which I've upgraded to the MMU MK3S, but have had a bunch of projects where a larger printing area would be desirable (I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc., so usually this means 3-6 distinct sets of prints on the MK3S). I have a good…

> I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc

Interesing use-case-do you have some photos? (and possibly design files, although I currently don't have access to a printer)

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by akavel »

AYBABTME wrote: post #118
j-pb wrote: post #8

I'm glad that prusa has stayed true to his open hardware pledge all these years, while continuing to push the reprap ideals. Everybody is complaining about the price, but c'mon this thing is designed printed and assembled in Prague, the EU. It creates local jobs for people with fair wages, social security and good quality of life, we should strive to have more of our stuff produced in the west. Happy to see him desig…

> we should strive to have more of our stuff produced in the west Why exactly is it preferable to favor "the west" over other places? These types of statements read a lot like "us vs them" to me. What makes "the west" an intrinsically morally better source for products?

As j-pb mentioned in the immediately preceding sentences: "the west" comes with the assumption that people working on the product have reasonably good living and working conditions, protected by law that is most probably not too cheated on through corruption. Whereas for goods produced in "the east", the usual assumption seems to be that it's the opposite, that the workers are most probably being taken advantage of.

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by e12e »

dfasdfasd wrote: post #83
alphagrep12345 wrote: post #17

Why does everyone need a 3d printer? Maybe this statement would sound as ludicrous looking back as asking why does everyone need a PC in the 1980s. However, I still don't understand why would a regular person need a 3d printer? Mass marketed goods are always cheaper due to economies of scale. And would you really want to put in the effort to make your own chair, etc?

No everyone needs a 3d printer for sure. A big part of what stopped the idea that 3d printing would be this magical revolution is that designing plastic parts is actually fairly hard. I don't use my 3d printer to 'fix' things around the house that often because it's frequently cheaper to work around it or buy a replacement. The times a high-value item breaks in a way I can fix with a printed part are rare enough it c…

> I'm currently using mine to make molds for real ceramic parts.

Any pointers on your process here? How do you cure/fire your ceramics?

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by panpanna »

shrubble wrote: post #16
bsamuels wrote: post #4

I guess switching to a bowden extruder let them cut a ton of costs. Can't wait to see how it prints compared to the mk3. The real test will be comparing it to the Ender 3, which seems to be the form factor/market the mini is trying to go after. Even if the mini is 150 bucks more than the Ender 3, if it prints even slightly as reliably as the MK3 then the Ender 3 may be done for. With low cost printers like the Ender…

Do you have a view on the Trinamic drivers? Are they important to have?

They are QUIET!

See Toms video: https://youtu.be/sPvTB3irCxQ

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by e12e »

jrockway wrote: post #44
johnchristopher wrote: post #34

Can it be used to print small figurines for role playing or board games?

Yes, but in general everyone that buys an FDM printer for things like that is unhappy. Your parts will look 3D printed. If you care about fine detail, you really want an SLA printer. (The fact that this printer is small doesn't make it any better at small parts. It just takes up less space and can't print bigger parts.) I got into 3d printing about 6 months ago and am thrilled every time I print something. But 100% o…

What you might be able to do, is print at 5x/10x size in order to verify your designs, then have them printed in final 1x form by a commercial service?

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by omnimus »

dang wrote: post #59
omnimus wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this Creality Ender 3 Pro marketing team?

The site guidelines ask you not to post like this—would you mind reviewing them? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Its the parent who is clearly marketing different product in multiple comments around the thread. I was just annoyed that i had to read thrid comment about how great differend product is

Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer

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Post by cthalupa »

e12e wrote: post #121
cthalupa wrote: post #95

The mini is neat, but I'm more excited about the CoreXY based XL. I love my MK3, which I've upgraded to the MMU MK3S, but have had a bunch of projects where a larger printing area would be desirable (I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc., so usually this means 3-6 distinct sets of prints on the MK3S). I have a good…

> I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc Interesing use-case-do you have some photos? (and possibly design files, although I currently don't have access to a printer)

I don't offhand, but boardgamegeek has a massive list where users contribute their creations. Most include a link to thingiverse with the STL files and pictures:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/186909/3d-prints-board-ga...

I've used some fairly generic ones where existing solutions don't exist, but there are some parametric generators on thingiverse that I've started experimenting with.

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