Is anyone here still using old 3d printers? For exanple i still use my old cr-10 v1
- JohnEdwa ( @JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ) 6•1 year ago
I guess it depends on a “ship of Theseus” type of a thing. Sure, I’m technically using a 2018 first gen Ender 3, but it also has linear rails, a Phaetus Dragonfly with a Bondtech CHT nozzle and BMG extruder, a BLtouch and it’s running Klipper with input shaping, and as a result it can spit out an almost flawless not-a-speedbenchy (because I have a 0.6mm nozzle running 0.3mm layers so it doesn’t qualify) in 22 minutes. Only thing missing is that I still haven’t upgraded the main board or stepper drivers as I’m not bothered by the noise.
So it’s both 5 years old, and also better and more moderd than quite a few of the models provided by Creality today.
- TooL ( @TooL@lemmy.ca ) 3•1 year ago
I am officially retiring my Wanhao i3 Duplicator v2 on Friday when my BambuLabs p1p arrives.
Well… sort of. I am stripping the i3 of parts and I am going to use them to start building a Voron 0.2. Most of the parts are junk, but I should be able to re-use the motors, the SKR Mini e3, and a few other items/upgrades from the i3.
- Gormadt ( @Gormadt@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
I still daily drive my Ender 3 from back around launch, but at this point calling it an Ender 3 feels a bit dishonest. It’s got a new hotend, extruder, bed, board, and wiring. Basically I’ve got a stock frame, psu, and screen and everything else is newer.
And my CR-10 V3 is also pretty modified as well, but that one’s a fairly newer printer.
- Mechanismatic ( @Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml ) 2•1 year ago
We have four Ender 3s in my makerspace, but replaced them with Prusa i3 mk3+s a few months ago. It’s such a difference in quality and time management since I don’t have to troubleshoot nearly as much. Usually with the Prusas, issues are with the models or the filament instead of yhe printer itself. I’m not sure I can go back now that I’m spoiled.
- klangcola ( @klangcola@reddthat.com ) 1•1 year ago
CR-10 is considered old now? 😢
Ist around 5+ years old now so yeah. But i would say you could argue about the defintion of old