I've wanted one of these for a while, decided to bite the bullet a couple days ago! Seeing as I was somewhat familiar with CAD software (from engineering classes several years ago) it seemed fairly straightforward.
As someone completely new to this, there have been a TON of things I've learned from binging 3d printing channels...
- First layer adhesion 😭
- Bed levelling
- Types of extruders (bowden/direct) and how they affect what materials you can print
- Tons of printing materials, personally will be using PETG and PLA
- Keeping filament dry in a vacuum bag
And soo much more - but there is still a lot that I have absolutely no idea about.
The printer is a second-hand Flsun Q5, the seller sent it fully assembled (very, very brave of them, but it arrived unharmed). I had a brief look around at other options, but for the price of an easythreed, this was a no brainer.
I think the seller had some issues with bed adhesion, as there was a ton of slimy stuff on the print bed when it arrived. Used some isopropyl alcohol and a dish sponge to scrub it off, seems all fine now!
I had some issues with the Z-offset but got it good enough to where there is some first layer adhesion.
Model finished printing while I was drafting this post, I sprayed some contact cleaner onto the glass bed to take it off (is that bad?). There's some stringing:
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The few times I've needed to
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on a system without internet access or on an obscure utility, I've always been able to find what I need in the included docsI hope the dev eventually gets sponsored, this is one of those utilities that you don't think you need until
--help
doesn't cut it