Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
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Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#62I like Prusa, but after they stopped releasing firmware updates for my MK2S for no good reason, so did my business with them. Such a shame.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#63I'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…
people in Prague deserve jobs more than people elsewhere? Neither Prague nor China have a connection for me so I’ll take the cheapest, please.
I don’t really feel that way but your argument just isn’t sound.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#64Why 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?
I want to buy one so I can convert a brain MRI I had a while ago into a 3D printed model of my brain.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#65I'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…
people in Prague deserve jobs more than people elsewhere? Neither Prague nor China have a connection for me so I’ll take the cheapest, please. I don’t really feel that way but your argument just isn’t sound.
You aren't just providing jobs, you are also providing tax revenues. So I guess if you don't see any issue giving money to the Chinese government, then choose the cheapest.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#66I like Prusa, but after they stopped releasing firmware updates for my MK2S for no good reason, so did my business with them. Such a shame.
Did your printer stop working when they stopped writing software for it? Does it no longer do what it did when you took it out of the box?
(Serious question. I don't have a 3D printer, but I've been thinking about it. If they're reliant on constant firmware fixes, then I will probably wait another year.)
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#67So much sinophobia and racism in this thread. Folks, remember that your exquisitely built Apple products are all made in China.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, except for the things you can't see. 1. They use crappy MOSFETs that are known to fail closed. This means you can get a runaway heat on your hotend. A 40w cartridge can melt the alu heatspreader 2. The beds are anemic for heating. Not enough power 3. Crappy steppers 4. No features for jam detection, autoleveling, skipped step protection, filament runout 5. "Chinese" quality: good luck in getting any sort of tec…
Note: former EE. I’ve taken it and the provided power supply to bits before I even fired it up. 1. They’re IRLR3103PBF operated within their SOA. They’re fine. Most MOSFETs fail short due to the construction of the MOSFET. I’ve actually got a few scars on my arms from the buggers exploding on me misusing them on purpose as RF PA’s as a ham. I’ve seen them blow up in various bits of expensive US made kit too (tektroni…
I have an Ender 3 Pro, it's seen little use and I regret the purchase despite enjoying using our office 3D printers (Taz)
It's just too finicky. Too many odd issues with jams, adhesion. I left it sitting for a while and for some reason when I came back to use it I had to play with the belt adjustment. The magnetic bed doesn't align properly so you need to intentionally line it up in a way that doesn't cleanly overlap the metal base.
And I'll admit recently there's a trend of Chinese companies in the space actually working on conscious iterative design based on feedback, especially Creality... but it's still obvious they're just reacting to whatever pops up, instead of trying to get ahead of what people want (which Prusa excels at)
Creality tried tried to fix the fan issue everyone complained about (fan exposed to dust and filament refuse) in the Ender 3... by mounting the board upside down with the fan mounted on the bottom millimeters away from your work surface. Which made any modifications that needed access to the board a massive headache (I actually didn't bother putting back half the screws, since to access them you need to put the entire machine on it's side... )
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Long story short, when I want to print something, I want to know, this thing will be ready to go. The hard part should be designing it, if I can't rely on the printer to just work™ when the motivation is there, I just don't bother.
And this is someone who likes to tinker, it's just when I want to tinker on X, I don't want tinkering on Y to get in the way.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#69So much sinophobia and racism in this thread. Folks, remember that your exquisitely built Apple products are all made in China.
"Yes, China may be a brutal, authoritarian, oppressive regime currently trying to censor discussion of their occupation of Hong Kong - but at least they provide cheap manual labor due to lax labor laws, a disregard for the environment, and the general poverty of their people."
Apple products could be built anywhere.
Re: Prusa MINI: Smart and compact 3D printer
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s not. I bought an Creality Ender 3 recently for a lot less than that (152 GBP next day in UK) and the thing is perfect. It is also entirely open source. https://github.com/Creality3DPrinting/Ender-3 Quality is pretty top notch. It worked out of the box flawlessly and with no futzing.
Yeah, except for the things you can't see. 1. They use crappy MOSFETs that are known to fail closed. This means you can get a runaway heat on your hotend. A 40w cartridge can melt the alu heatspreader 2. The beds are anemic for heating. Not enough power 3. Crappy steppers 4. No features for jam detection, autoleveling, skipped step protection, filament runout 5. "Chinese" quality: good luck in getting any sort of tec…
I have a CR-10 and it’s been great. Worked out of the box and never skipped a beat.