A yon better then the other printer.
The deer came out good this time.
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He is addicted, look out !
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I was going to ask if you were going to try and reprint the Reindeer! What a difference!
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I am way ahead of you. Lol. I printed benchy as the first print of this new machine. Then printed the extruder waste bin. Then I printed the reindeer because it was supposed to be a gift to someone. Then I printed 4 triangle pyramids that sit under pieces of wood to lift them up off the table so they can be stained, poly, or painted on the whole edges without worry of stuff getting on the table, or making the wood stick to the table after drying.
My next piece is a Warhammer piece for my brother.
If you want to print miniâs I recommend getting a 0.2mm nozzle and look into the different support types. Friend of mine is getting amazing results on an FDM printer. The prints take forever but the quality is getting really good.
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I really tested my machine the other day with a print of the Eiffel Tower. The print had no supports added and when it was done with all of the small details of the tower, I couldnât believe how good it printed and how good the tower looked. It was printed on the 0.4mm head. I will go ahead and buy the 0.2mm head for these miniâs. I donât mind if it takes longer to print, as long as the details are there for them to be perfect. My only issue is that this machine will only be printing in one color, thus making me have to paint each mini. I dont mind painting them, but it would be nice if they were just printed out the color needed.
Not looking to pay $1500 or more for a multi-colored printer just yet. But I am sure I will get there soon enough.
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The Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 should be available in the States early next year and shouldnât cost that much more, and hopefully a pair of âFilament Switching Systemâ (FSS) upgrades for the CC1, one open like to the CC2, the other enclosed and suited to PETG and other filaments which need drying.
There are (slightly smaller) printers w/ similar mechanisms which are quite affordable (I bought one, and was planning on a second and mirroring it, but then the company made an announcement which I disagree w/ the politics of, so thatâs an end to that).
The big question is how the Indx and other multiple head printers are going to work out â to my mind the systems like to the FSS are only suited for simpler prints w/ layer-oriented colour changes.
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I donât want to move to a smaller printer with smaller printing area. I have looked into a few multi-colored printers and they are great. If CC1 would would be able to be retro-fitted for a multicolor head, then I would buy it for this machine. I like the enclosure style of course. I have already purchased a filament dryer, the 4 roll design. I wanted to make sure that if I have something I want to print and plan the colors in advance, then I will have the filament ready to go. I am thinking about printing the filament roll enclosure that attaches to the side of my machine so the filament will be out of the surrounding air.
I can change colors on a print, but a change of color would only be layered changes. Unless I want to program color changes for each part of the print and sit there and manually change the filament each time a new color has to be introduced. That would be both time consuming and mean that I would have to sit and babysit the machine all of the time. Not my cup of tea. So, we will see how things play out. I have a really big job coming up and when they give me the green light to start the work, then I will have the money to purchase one of these bigger multicolor printers. Until then I can dream. lol
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Decided to try my hand at this print and I liked it the way it came out.
All.of the parts are printed off individually and then I had to assemble the robot. It is fully functional where it can move and bend at all the joints.
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You could have made robots w/o the 3D printer:
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