Amateur 3D Printing

[Dexter-morgan]

3 hours ago, Grey Hubs said:

Looking at selling my Creality CR10-SmartPro with Sonic Pad. Is the a place on the Hub to place an advert?

I am sure you can find a place but this might be considered an add on the forum.

 

[Kom]

Busy with this project at the moment, going to match print the fixtures in the kits colors to see how it comes out

[NotSoBigBen]

3 hours ago, Kom said:

Busy with this project at the moment, going to match print the fixtures in the kits colors to see how it comes out

That is pretty cool!

Printed some Fox goodies for my son and ASX battery covers for the Grumpy one ....

[Marcv]

If you haven't seen this yet....great for organising the work shop etc:

Gridfinity Generator | Interactive tool

[Kom]

On 4/22/2025 at 2:34 PM, Kom said:

Busy with this project at the moment, going to match print the fixtures in the kits colors to see how it comes out

needs some fine tuning but think this is actually useful --->

[Kom]

On 4/24/2025 at 4:48 PM, Kom said:

needs some fine tuning but think this is actually useful --->

Final matchy-matchy pic, moving on to next project now.

[Kom]

Next project ... sourcing "nice" dowels proved more expensive than i thought 

[Wayne Potgieter]

16 hours ago, Kom said:

Next project ... sourcing "nice" dowels proved more expensive than i thought 

This is amazing. Did you design this yourself?

[Kom]

10 hours ago, Wayne Potgieter said:

This is amazing. Did you design this yourself?

Its a design i found on printables.com. Literally a copy paste to my own printer, three dowels and presto.

[The Ouzo]

On 4/27/2025 at 6:03 AM, Kom said:

Next project ... sourcing "nice" dowels proved more expensive than i thought 

very neat and elegant solution. 

Slap a Wahoo logo on and you could sell it for 1 gajilion rands.  

[avatar]

are there any south african 3d printing forums? I want to get myself a 3D printer, someone suggested the Creality Ender 3 v3 which sounds like a good one from what I can also gather. Anyone possibly selling theirs or know where I can pick up a bargain?

[Kom]

On 5/13/2025 at 1:53 PM, avatar said:

are there any south african 3d printing forums? I want to get myself a 3D printer, someone suggested the Creality Ender 3 v3 which sounds like a good one from what I can also gather. Anyone possibly selling theirs or know where I can pick up a bargain?

The creality ender 3 V3 is a great entry level printer, has many advanced features. Ive got the KE variant and is a HUGE upgrade from my original ender 3 v2 neo. Speed, accuracy, 1st layer quality etc is next level.

If your end goal is to make high quality parts, i would jump straight to any model made by bambu labs or prusa, they are pricey as an entry point, but defs the industry standard.

[Wayne Potgieter]

4 hours ago, Kom said:

The creality ender 3 V3 is a great entry level printer, has many advanced features. Ive got the KE variant and is a HUGE upgrade from my original ender 3 v2 neo. Speed, accuracy, 1st layer quality etc is next level.

If your end goal is to make high quality parts, i would jump straight to any model made by bambu labs or prusa, they are pricey as an entry point, but defs the industry standard.

Bambulab for the win!

 

Great advice here.

[Alouette3]

I'm itching for a 3D resin printer, particularly for model making. Saw a couple test prints, and it's seriously impressive!