| 21 Nov 2023 |
 diz#1680 | the shape of the "knee" is calculated to get a linear relation between released cable length and height of the upper platform | 18:02:40 |
| diz#1680 | it'll be a collapsible 3d printer | 18:06:05 |
 lightlyskewed | Oh wow. That's amazing. | 18:06:30 |
| diz#1680 | it's an improvement on https://youtu.be/tocf8PchpOw , getting rid of the box made from extrusions | 18:07:29 |
| lightlyskewed | 
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| lightlyskewed | This is the fire ring I'm designing for my back yard: | 18:07:37 |
| diz#1680 | nice... you'll make it out of steel somehow? | 18:07:57 |
| lightlyskewed | 1-1/16 stainless is the hope. | 18:08:32 |
| lightlyskewed | I'm still building the ash catch and log grate for the top. | 18:10:48 |
| diz#1680 | tbh can't say I ever cadded anything that wasn't a 3d print heh | 18:10:57 |
| lightlyskewed | I'm lucky to have a buddy who has access to a steel shop. 🙂 | 18:11:03 |
| lightlyskewed | So are you building your 3D printer 'just because', or is space a constraint? | 18:11:18 |
| lightlyskewed | I've never used one but want to... | 18:11:30 |
| lightlyskewed | Okay. So low power consumption and rapid prototyping. I never even thought of rolling my own. Thanks for opening my eyes. | 18:17:52 |
| diz#1680 | well mostly just because i came up with a bunch of mechanisms for robotics and a 3D printer is a good way to showcase mechanisms | 18:28:23 |
| lightlyskewed | So do you plan on offering a kit where someone can buy the parts for this? Or is this more for advanced users? | 19:11:00 |
 qwelyt#8390 | If it's your first 3d-printer, get one that you don't have to fiddle with. Otherwise you will just hate it. | 19:17:26 |
| diz#1680 | yeah, for the first one just buy something that works... first self built can be whatever you feel like building of course | 19:23:19 |
| diz#1680 | a lot of seemingly simple ones to build (corexy) have many devil-in-the-details issues | 19:23:45 |
| diz#1680 | one thing I kind of want to make, but it wouldn't be cutting edge with that constraint, is a single-piece "just add motors and belts" printer | 19:24:39 |
| diz#1680 | (using flexures) | 19:24:47 |
| diz#1680 | maybe after i finish the current one i'm working on, i'll make something extremely simplified | 19:27:51 |
 dashlambda | My first printer was a Prusa MK3S.
I then built a Voron 2.4, and it's awesome.
Everything I've printed in over a year has been on the Prusa because I need to rebuild my Voron's X axis because Klicky was a bad idea.
I highly recommend Prusa. Absolutely rock solid. And if you modify it at all do QoL improvements, stuff that just makes it easier to service and whatnot, don't try to make it faster or anything. Let it be boring and work perfectly.
That's the leason I learned. | 19:28:56 |
| diz#1680 | yeah the fast printing is its own thing, not very aligned with useful printing hehe | 19:29:56 |
 Roger Maitland#7070 | I agree. Still using my Prusa MK3S as it just works after many years of service. There hasn't been many times I really cared about the printing speed. | 19:31:55 |
| dashlambda | I'm so close to pulling the trigger on the Prusa XL. Got tempted by the Bambu X1C but my experience with Prusa, the toolchanging system, and all the cool automation stuff like the load cell hotend is just... I want it | 19:33:36 |
| lightlyskewed | That sounds like me. I like tinkering, but ultimately just want it to work. | 19:33:51 |
| diz#1680 | Bambu may be better but mostly because they are pulling the “take over the market then squeeze profits” startup thing on us | 19:34:33 |
| lightlyskewed | Ew. | 19:35:35 |
| dashlambda | Yup, exactly. The Voron was me going full bore on 3D printing as a hobby, but after a while I stopped wanting to think about the printer itself.
I still love my Voron, but I don't know when I'll have the time, energy, and drive to get it working again. | 19:35:40 |
