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3D Printing beginner questions (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/3dprinting

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Hi,

I just have some questions regarding 3D printing. Despite doing this for 2 years I still feel like a beginner.

Questions:

I'm looking at the Ender 5 Plus and Prusa MK3S, I've seen plenty of people say the Prusa is better because the Ender 5 Plus requires more "tinkering". I just feel that the Prusa is overpriced and don't know if I should just bite the bullet and get it or something else? I want to get back into the printing game.

I live in a trailer and my room is pretty small about 30ft x 30ft, would it be safe to use my printer in my room if all I print is PLA (I'm not talking about using it overnight either since I don't trust it). Or should I leave it in my living room?

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[–] rustyriffs 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's definitely a learning experience. A frustrating one, but also a rewarding one.

I've had my Ender 2 pro for a couple of weeks now and just managed to get it printing good. The minimum height limitation sensor (don't know the proper name for it) was not set correctly from the factory. It was too high, and thus my print bed was not able to be leveled correctly until I figured this out.

Also, the slicer software I was using had a setting for "pause at layer height..." which was enabled at about 4 or 5 different times. That was super frustrating too, until I figured it out finally.

Now my prints are looking pretty damn good, and I don't have to babysit them. I'm pretty happy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh you could experience that with many printers. You should always check your endstops/sensors/belts etc. Lose screw can make your endstop out of position and collision can happen easy. Slicer issue is simmilar thing. Not biggie, glad you sorted that.

Best support you can get for ender is community like Lemmy (or old reddit), and its amazing support. Only thing you dont get here is replacement parts or money back

[–] rustyriffs 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know that now! Lol

Being brand new to everything about it, I had no idea the endstop would have been off.

I tried to do some basic checking of things, according to some videos I watched. This one particular detail just happened to get overlooked though.

Have you ever ran into anything that took you a while to figure out?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah ofc, happens all the time. Honestly, I was responding to your post so OP gets the answer, but also to stand on enders side for a change 😂