Creality Ender-3 V-slot Prusa I3 DIY 3D Printer Kit 220 x 220 x 250mm Printing Size

Minuses: 1. Under screws of originally assembled design. 2. You need a gasket under the motor axis Z (otherwise the screw axis will be skewed). 3. Plastic in the kit is not enough for a third of the test dog's figure of a recorded memory card. Pros: Good price (11300 r.) 1. Well-designed construction. 2. Project with open documentation. 3. Good packaging. Tips: 1. To stretch the screws of the originally assembled structure (frame, table mounting). 2. Place two toothpicks between the Z axis motor and the frame stand. (see photo) 3. Initially, do not tighten, but only wind the two screws securing the plate of the rollers to the profile of the X axis. Then install and drive down and up along the X axis, and only then tighten these two screws making sure the X axis is strictly horizontal. 4. Update the printer firmware via IPS interface (possible using Arduino). Buy: https://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d-printer-kits/pp_1845899.html?lkid=18358581 Promotions: https://www.obana.info/main/gearbest.html Photos: https://photos.goo.gl/4vY2eNDzteWByhvc8 Firmware: http://support.th3dstudio.com/support/solutions/articles/43000460446-th3d-unified-firmware-package Add. Instruction: http://support.th3dstudio.com/support/solutions/articles/43000461061-flashing-firmware-with-an-uno-useful-if-your-printer-usb-port-is-bad

Dec 14,2018

First say that this is not my first 3D printer. I had previously had a Prusa i3 Hephestos from BQ, which lately was giving me more displeasure than anything else, I spent more time adjusting it and trying several repairs and improvements until finally, and after the positive comments of a co-worker and taking advantage of the offer and fast shipping from Spain of this printer, I took the opportunity 1 - Order and shipping: I placed the order on Wednesday afternoon, and on Friday at lunch time I received the package in perfect condition at my place of work. The tracking of GLS / ASM is not that it is very reliable, after the notification of sending there was no update until midmorning on Friday appeared "in distribution". The packaging is robust and will resist without too much trouble the trajín that some company of distributions can give him. 2 - Packaging and package contents: The packaging is buano, as I have already mentioned, and inside there is a very adequate padding of elastic foam that keeps all the pieces very well protected and in place. There are three layers levels. It is easy to see all the pieces well one level after another. No piece was damaged, dented or scratched, all impeccable. 3 - Assembly: The assembly of this printer is impressively simple and fast. Many pieces are already pre-assembled, which makes the assembly much easier and shorter. There really are 10 simple steps to follow. Although a 10-minute motaje would be exceptionally optimistic, if it can be mounted without problems in an hour, counting since we opened the caha jasta we can start our first impression. To mount the i3 that I had previously, it took 2 days, so you can get an idea of ​​how easy it really is to assemble this printer. All the necessary tools are included, so you can leave the toolbox stored in the storage room, and there are enough spare parts for the screws. 4 - Quality of construction: The printer is really well built, stable, and solid. The holes and the pretaladadras threads do not have any problem. All perfect. 5 - Usage: Definitely, it is simple to use, the firmware is similar to a standard Marlin. You do not have many customization options, but you do have all the indispensable functions. In any case on the internet there are instructions on how to make the change to a generic Marlin firmware. 6. Print quality: Intachable, For a printer under 200 €, it gives a lot of laps to the quality of the Prusa i3, Even without making great optimizations, it prints very well with the most recent CURA version standard profile for this printer (not the microsd card included).

Dec 01,2018

A month ago, I saw an advertisement on the net with 3D printers at 350 €. I was already stunned by this price because I stayed with the idea in mind that these machines cost more than 3000 €. So I wanted to buy one because I always wanted to test 3D printing. You must know that I am one to watch 1000 videos, tests and comments before making a choice and in the end the choice seemed to be either on the CR-10 or on the Ender 3. In short the big difference between the two is the printing area that is larger on the CR-10. But when I saw the tons of praise for the Ender 3, the number of improvements that can be made to it (almost free, because by printing oneself parts) and that in addition I found on Gearbest less than 160 €, I did not hesitate a second! Perfect reception, you will probably read everywhere else, the machine is really well protected in its packaging, the parts are really well finished and solid, a small time for assembly taking good time, only happiness! Attention that said, check the parts "factory mounted", check that nothing is loose or poorly tightened, it was my case, a loosening / tightening and it was set. Then it's really the best, for my part I ordered a whole series of ICE filament in PLA and I have no problems with it. Attention, it must be a strand, even after two months of use, I'm still looking for the best setting for some parts, it all depends on what we print, the filament and especially the software we use it is the latter who finally gives the most trouble. For my part I started with Cura which is free and gave me a long satisfaction but now I juggle between Cura and Simplify3D because it has an option not least, the ability to add / remove media manually, you will discover that. But I come back to the Ender 3, I am still very impressed with the quality of printing and although we must make some improvements that are not basic, it's never just tuning and it's nice to do :) In terms of improvements, be aware that a 3D printer is far from silent. Between the fans (4 anyway) and the noise of the engines during the printing, it is possible to considerably reduce the noise, by the cover (of the caches to print oneself) or the replacement of the fans but also by the acquisition engine dampers (steppers), this reduces to almost zero the strident sounds emitted by the engines when traveling and this will be my next purchase =) To summarize, if the print surface of 235x235x250 you enough, with all that I could read on the net and my own experience, no hesitation possible, you need the Ender 3!

Jun 28,2019

Most likely my best investment in electronic equipment this year. Already when we open the box we are immediately put in trust. For buying a lot of gadgets made in China in recent years, there we are in a completely different level of finish. The aluminum profiles are of a very good quality and the rest of the hardware is just as good. The box contains ALL the necessary tools for mounting and adjusting the machine and even some spare parts. Great luxury over all this: a small tweezers is provided and is very pleasant to use. There is also a small squeegee included to take off the pieces but I preferred to equip a skyscraper (roughly a razor blade introduced into a plastic handle) and it is clearly more effective. Except sometimes for a few pieces really well glued, but most of the time just wait until the tray is down below 40 ° C for it to take off all by itself ... (do not laugh, you're very likely to be just as impatient as me :-)) At the assembly, it takes time and especially do not over-tighten the frame bolts at the risk of ending up with a machine wobbly. The editing takes about 1:30 without hurry, we can probably do faster but it would spoil the fun. Like most of the Creality machines, my Ender 3 came with a completely veiled bed (print tray). Problem set very quickly by fetching a window of 235x235x4 mm at the DIY store closest to home, cost: 2 euros (including cutting and made by the store). Frankly this is by far the best upgrade I've done on the machine for now and especially it will avoid you spend like me for hours trying to level a plateau that is not flat anyway. In addition, the glass has the advantage of making it possible to obtain a totally smooth surface on the face in contact with it. Tip: Sand the glass with 500 grit paper using 45 degree cross passes. This allows to increase the grip even more while maintaining a very smooth finish, which I much prefer to that of the buildtak provided originally with the machine. I print for the moment only PLA and PLA + (besides the PLA + is much easier to tame and I can not recommend it to begin). Bed temperature at 60 ° C for optimal grip without having too much "foot elephant" effect at the base of the printed object. Nozzle temperature between 195 ° C for PLA and 210 ° C for PLA +, to refine according to the brand and the quality of your filament.

Jun 14,2019

This is my very first 3D Printer and I love it! Packaging came seemingly undamaged, however when opened, i found the Heatbed actually got damaged by the metal part of the spool holder. This must've happened during shipping. It's nothing serious. Kit inclused tools needed for assembly. Not the best quality but seen much worse for serious money. Assembly was easy a quick even though i've never built a 3D printer before. I have some experience with things like this but even without that, this doesn't require any serious knowledge or skill. Just take it slowly and carefully, Make sure to check everything before assembly as I needed to loosen some screws to set some parts which were pre-assembled. There's a huge advantage to this DIY kit: Pre-connected mains voltage and good soldering on Heated Printbed (Many other kits comes with terrible solderings which is a fire hazard and in many kits you have to connect mains cables which is very dangerous if you mess it up)! The printer came with an SD card (+USB adapter so you can upload your files on your PC via USB) with a dog model pre-installed. I tried that as my first print (After bed leveling and priming filament of course, you can find videos for these) for the first time it didn't print fully, as the part came loose from the Printbed. This was my fault. I checked the part and it was warping which happened because i put it ina cold room (12-15°C). So i built a crappy, makeshit enclosure around it using some pieces of cardboard and styrofoam and voila, the print went through! It's not perfect but for an unmodded, not fine tuned printer it's a great outcome. If you want to start 3D printing and you like tinkering this is a very good option for first printer. Not too challenging, yet it gives, you the opportunity to tinker with it, print mods for it, make it print perfectly. And this, for the price of a few nights in a mediocre hotel. Even if you don't have experience with these kind of things, you can easily make this work, just watch a lot of videos online, prepare before buying /while waiting for your printer to arrive. Also! Buy some extra filament! The printer comes with a very small amount of white filament but... I havent even installed it on, it'd be enough for a very small part but not even the half of the dog model on the SD.

Dec 08,2018