Nice I will ask you some questions because I bought a sport today
took me like 5 hours to run it (not include the 3 hours to build it)
That is no joke. I almost threw my first one in the trash I got so frustrated with it in the beginning.
Same here this thing printed for 1 hours did a little bit of a gas can and stopped printing only have been trying to get it to print something for 7 hours
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 .750" carbide end mill in it , thats a $75 crash minimum if it only takes out the tool.. Then theres the cost of the part that most likely was ruined in the crash.. So yeah to set up a machine that the worst things that happens when you "crash" it is you might scratch the build plate was both refreshing ,and a little underwhelming.. LOL
Shoot, I saw crashes costing tens of thousands of dollars. When a 3d printer crashes, it just goes click click click
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 was in the market for a new job a couple weeks later.. BTW , you start to view crashes a little different when its all on your dime.. Thats why I used crashing an end mill as an example as a minimal crash.. at $75 per tool , a bad afternoon of setting up a job crashing a couple tools and you have covered the cost of a printer, probably enough filament to run it for a couple weeks LOLShoot, I saw crashes costing tens of thousands of dollars. When a 3d printer crashes, it just goes click click click
That is the reason I left the best job I ever had. A guy crashed a Haas lathe, doing $12k damages, and the owner, who rarely spoke to us, pulled us all off to the side and said the next person that crashes a machine was getting fired. I left there a few weeks later, along with my buddy who crashed the lathe. He was actually moving back to Florida anyway. My boss tried to convince me I had nothing to worry about when I gave my notice, but it was too late. But in hindsight, leaving that shop was the dumbest move I ever made.
Not being a machinist I didnt understand any of what I was doing in the beginning. Kept getting failed print after failed print. If it hadnt been for WF teaching me Id have pitched that first one. Now I can make them print I just need to learn how to 3d model now.
I also got an Ender 3 for Christmas, it's a good machine.
Which Ender 3 did you get?
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.
I think the v1.
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 for my mill..
