My first 3D Printer should arrive in ~10 days, anything else I need to buy or get before it arrives? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

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I'm pretty excited, I ordered the Kobra X, along with 9kg of various colour filaments.

I'm wondering if I'm missing some stuff like bed glue, a scraping tool or things I haven't even thought of. What do I need in preparation?

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[-] DBNinja@piefed.zip 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

With PLA, drying is usually less of a concern, but will be more important once you start getting into PETG and other more hygroscopic filaments. Other than the other things mentioned, I'd suggest needle nose pliers and flush cutters. Calipers too once you start getting into functional printing.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

All filaments are hydroscopic.

[-] DBNinja@piefed.zip 2 points 3 months ago

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