I wasn't ready

[majin]

Good to know. But don't you have to get the bed level with knobs or anything first?

There aren't any no it took like 15 mins to run thru a cycle of testing
Then I just hit print on my phone
Then like ten mins later it started spitting plastic

 

[majin]

Success¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need so many spools now lolol

 

[Bwompuss]

Congratulations! Now go make me a sandwich.

 

[Doom!]

Congratulations! Now go make me a sandwich.

*POOF* You are a sandwhich!

 

[Bwompuss]

You can't see me...but I'm now doing a happy dance!!

 

[WickedFog]

*POOF* You are a sandwhich!

He's not even trying to cut that sammy. What the hell is he doing? Its like he's performing some se.... wait a minute

 

[Bwompuss]

He's not even trying to cut that sammy. What the hell is he doing? Its like he's performing some se.... wait a minute

Like I said....happy dance.

 

[TeknoJ]

Good to know. But don't you have to get the bed level with knobs or anything first?

Nope! No knobs or adjustments. It’s a self leveling, everytime kinda thing. Perfect for a beginner

 

[TeknoJ]

@majin , if you run it from the computer, it opens up tons of cool stuff.
Enjoy your new hobby sir.

 

[TeknoJ]

What filament do you have on the way?

 

[majin]

What filament do you have on the way?

so far just the petg black that i ordered when i ordered the printer, it should be here soon, but i just found a few on amazon i might try to get, i dont know whar brands are better than others tho, so the amazon kind should work well enough but I'm TOTALLY open to suggestions

 

[WickedFog]

so far just the petg black that i ordered when i ordered the printer, it should be here soon, but i just found a few on amazon i might try to get, i dont know whar brands are better than others tho, so the amazon kind should work well enough but I'm TOTALLY open to suggestions

I love my Overture brand filament. Eryone has some good stuff as well. You'll find most of it is the same, but you will eventually find what works best for you. Some you will notice just prints smoother, with more consistant layers. For me, that brand is the Overture. I haven't tried their PET yet. What I would do is shop around a bit. Read reviews like a detective looking for clues. See a color ya like - do a little digging then buy it. Everybody has "their" brand. Find your own. I've NEVER not used any roll I have ever bought.
This is some cheap azz ZYLTech.

One VERY IMPORTANT bit of advice, and excuse me for yelling at you, but this NEEDS TO BE ADHERED TO - ALWAYS:
NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER let go of the loose end of the filament once you disconnect it from the spool. If you do, you will MORE THAN LIKELY end up with that loose coil getting under a previous coil, and at some point during a print, maybe a week later even, when you least expect it, you are going to have your filament get tied in a knot, and you will have to completely unroll every bit of filament from the spool to correct it, after cleaning all the ground up resin out of your extruder. It WILL happen, and it WILL SUCK!

Tagging @332_RC on this as well.

 

[332_RC]

I love my Overture brand filament. Eryone has some good stuff as well. You'll find most of it is the same, but you will eventually find what works best for you. Some you will notice just prints smoother, with more consistant layers. For me, that brand is the Overture. I haven't tried their PET yet. What I would do is shop around a bit. Read reviews like a detective looking for clues. See a color ya like - do a little digging then buy it. Everybody has "their" brand. Find your own. I've NEVER not used any roll I have ever bought.
This is some cheap azz ZYLTech.
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One VERY IMPORTANT bit of advice, and excuse me for yelling at you, but this NEEDS TO BE ADHERED TO - ALWAYS:
NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER let go of the loose end of the filament once you disconnect it from the spool. If you do, you will MORE THAN LIKELY end up with that loose coil getting under a previous coil, and at some point during a print, maybe a week later even, when you least expect it, you are going to have your filament get tied in a knot, and you will have to completely unroll every bit of filament from the spool to correct it, after cleaning all the ground up resin out of your extruder. It WILL happen, and it WILL SUCK!

Tagging @332_RC on this as well.

Well, I don't have a FDM yet, & this sorta goes over my head. I kinda 'see' but not having anything in front of me or zero experience- not fully understanding

 

[TeknoJ]

so far just the petg black that i ordered when i ordered the printer, it should be here soon, but i just found a few on amazon i might try to get, i dont know whar brands are better than others tho, so the amazon kind should work well enough but I'm TOTALLY open to suggestions

Most brands are the same on Amazon. Overture,eryone, elegoo, 3dhojor etc.
don’t let go of that end!

 

[WickedFog]

Well, I don't have a FDM yet, & this sorta goes over my head. I kinda 'see' but not having anything in front of me or zero experience- not fully understanding

Just saying when you do get one, don't let go of the end of your filament and let it shoot back onto the spool. It will tangle and your roll of filament will be screwed up

 

[332_RC]

Just saying when you do get one, don't let go of the end of your filament and let it shoot back onto the spool. It will tangle and your roll of filament will be screwed up

Ah- The filament spool wind.