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

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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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[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Large glue sticks, they will fix 90% of problems.

[-] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

Do I need special glue sticks, or just any from like a school supply store?

This?

[-] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Did a teeny bit of googling and it I've seen a few people saying PVP washes a little bit easier but it sounds like pretty much any composition is fine, for PLA at least

[-] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago

What do you do with the Glue Sticks?

[-] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Coat the bed to increase bed adhesion for the first layer.

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