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Say what you want , I have a gen 2 with silent board sitting on stock feet next to the first gen on balls.. No difference in print quality between the 2 machines.. I run the same code on both machines , and you can't tell which one the parts come from. Not trying to say its better , by any means...

You need to have a wife and have an older machine without the silent stepper drivers and you will see the benefit of dampening the machine from anything it sits on .. LOL seriously.. It isnt for print quality , it was to keep the older machines from transmitting Vibrations/sound to whatever...

Just dont want to see you burn your board dude!

do yourself a favor and get your machine up off the foam a bit.. need airflow ..

sounds like you havent figured out where to put the seam at yet. In your slicer there should be a setting where you have control over where the seam is.. by default it is usually at the back center of the part, depending on which slicer you are using, I use Cura .. default settings usually...

YES!! that is a great way to start , by editing existing designs. Helps get your feet wet for sure.. STL editing took me a minute because its not really like editing a step file.. Its drag and drop compared to X,Y,Z coordinate based programs like standard solid works or even the BobCad/cam I use...

yeah that part will take some time and experimentation, but once you get a hold on the fact that if you can draw it you can make it real , your imagination really is your only limiting factor.

Exactly!! My worst crash was one in the early 90's .. I was running a HUGE Mitutoyo BHN1325 CMM machine .. I forgot to remove a check stud from a hole and it crashed the probe, and the head.. about 20K in damages by the time the mitutoyo guys had to come rebuild it.. Yeah "coincidently" I...

I have been a machinist for most of my life, I put getting a printer off until about 3 yrs ago .. I was intimidated by learning something new.. After I jumped in I actually was surprised as to how simple it really is.. Mainly I was intimidated by my own experience.. If I crash a mill with a...

Nice Dude!! now for the next 6 months of learning curve as you encounter problems,LOL