2017-12-24, 12:31 AM
Setup has gone well. I'm taking my time. Doing it for a second time would take very little time.
I'm thinking about this machine as compared to my TwoUp(s), and how times are changing in the 3D printing world. Basically, the TwoUp was a very cheap printer at the time, costing $289 if I remember correctly (since I upgraded a OneUp, I'm not sure I recall the pricing correctly)
I did pay a little more for this machine, at $360. But... the TwoUp might as well be made of papier-mache in comparison.
The TwoUp has a large number of small, nasty-dirty, ill-fitting parts which, once they are assembled do not give an impression of great strength. Indeed, if you don't glue it up, it can fall apart just sitting there or while printing - and if you do glue it up, it's dramatically more difficult to repair should it break.
Why would a TwoUp break? It has no limit switches, so you can tell it to tear itself apart, and it will dutifully obey. In addition, the narrow base gives it an odd balance, and one of mine fell off a table as a result.
Switch to the Creality CR-10... It's a very strong aluminum frame with a GIANT build volume. It has both limit switches and a heated bed. Honestly, it's just night and day.
Anyway, let me get back to working on my first print. You'll be the first to know when I figure out how to post an image here
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Stan
I'm thinking about this machine as compared to my TwoUp(s), and how times are changing in the 3D printing world. Basically, the TwoUp was a very cheap printer at the time, costing $289 if I remember correctly (since I upgraded a OneUp, I'm not sure I recall the pricing correctly)
I did pay a little more for this machine, at $360. But... the TwoUp might as well be made of papier-mache in comparison.
The TwoUp has a large number of small, nasty-dirty, ill-fitting parts which, once they are assembled do not give an impression of great strength. Indeed, if you don't glue it up, it can fall apart just sitting there or while printing - and if you do glue it up, it's dramatically more difficult to repair should it break.
Why would a TwoUp break? It has no limit switches, so you can tell it to tear itself apart, and it will dutifully obey. In addition, the narrow base gives it an odd balance, and one of mine fell off a table as a result.
Switch to the Creality CR-10... It's a very strong aluminum frame with a GIANT build volume. It has both limit switches and a heated bed. Honestly, it's just night and day.
Anyway, let me get back to working on my first print. You'll be the first to know when I figure out how to post an image here
.Stan