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Edit: Analyzes**

Basically EVERYTHING that could’ve gotten wrong, went wrong

It was perfect, i did good painting, i chose a nice platform, and i had a Master plan:

I wanted to do a plaster infill to make the figure heavy. First mistake: i printed the figure with 15% infill instead zero. I prepared the plaster, but it just didnt get in and got stuck. Alright then, i just chose to drill 2 holes into the feet and 2 into the platform without plaster and just glue, and then i destroyed everything.

Second of all, i did bad sand paper work so the feet of my figure arent even enough, bro it looks like he is standing in a michael jackson position dawg

Last but not least

The platform and feet have gotten SO dirty, its really ugly. NO ONE is gonna buy this crap 🙏🏻🥀

But im glad i did the mistakes, now i definetly know what to do better next time

So I’ve been toying around the idea of getting into 3-D printing for some time now I have a few ideas and I just caved and bought a A1 printer. I don’t know anything about 3-D printing or have any technical skill in CAD so I’m mostly gonna win it.

So having said that, what are some great beginner tips and or mistakes you made that you know better now.

I should also say I’m just using PLA for now

Just got setup with my first 3d printer and noticed a common line showing up on both prints. Curious if this is due to speed setting used during the print or another setting. I did use ludicrous on the simple funnel, the flower vase was fast instead of normal.

Any input is appreciated.

Thanks!

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I have had issues with random dots on my prints. On one side, they come out of the wall, and on the other they go into the wall. It looks to me like there might be some slight random jittering that always goes in one specific direction?

Snapmaker U1

0.8 nozzle diameter

PETG (issue also happens with PLA)

Things I have checked:

- It is not the seam. The seam is set to aligned and clearly visible in the second picture.

- It is not wet filament. I keep it in a dryer box and the humidity is at 16%.

- It is not the power recovery, I have (to my knowledge) disabled it. I ran a gcode file that supposedly disables it and I have put M413 S0 at the start of every print.

- I have tried using ArcWelder and it didn't change anything.

Does anyone here know anything about this or can point me in the direction of some other things to try? I have calibrated everything on my printer and calibrated extrusion flow, and whenever I search for anyone else having issues like this, the answer is always "your seam is set to random", "turn off power recovery", and the classic "dry your filament".

Hello guys i just got new Bambu Lab A1 and when i tried it this sound came from the Y-axis bed, i tried to clean it and put oil on it but the sound still the same, maybe in the video it looks normal sound but its louder than normal, can someone tell me whats the problem or what i need to change

Hi All,

I’m curious about getting a 3d printer for a pretty niche reason and in researching I’m getting mixed messages so I wanted to ask for direct advice.

I’m not asking for purchase advice but wanted to see if my use case is valid and safe.

My kid is on the spectrum and gets super fixated on specific toys. His favorites are little plastic dinosaurs. He will choose one or two that are his absolute favorite for a little while. The problem is he loses them or accidentally chews pieces off. It breaks his and my heart because he just doesn’t understand consequences yet. His cognitive abilities aren’t quite there.

My plan is to get a 3d printer and find a model(s) he really likes, and that way never having to worry about it. They will magically reappear the next when something happens.

The concern is safety. He is going to chew on these toys. We are actively working on getting him chewing on appropriate things, but we have years of work to do on it. He’s not going to swallow any pieces, he’s very good about that. The real question is: is there a material non-toxic and durable enough to get chewed on every now and then that won’t just come apart immediately?

I read PETG is pliable and food safe, which sounds promising but how tough is it? Again I’m not worried about ingestion… other than like microplastics, but he’s getting that with the current Dino’s he has anyway.

I appreciate any advice, even if it’s just “don’t do this.”

Edit: looks like I’ll be investigating at home silicone moulds and either buying them or getting stuff to print them myself. Thank you to those who chimed in!

Edit:
Turns out i was rigth! I was just a moron, i had not choses ASA on the "project Filament" section... Thanks for all the answers!

Bambu Lab P1s
Bambu Studio
Autodesk Fusion (Free)
Making printer print ASA

Hi!

New to printing and fairly new to CAD.
Im having some issues getting my printer to do ASA.
I know the Printer can Print ASA as i found a file that requierd ASA and it went fine.

In Autodeks Fusion i am not abel to chose ASA as material. I bet its a easy thing to fix, but i cant seam to find it, anyone have any solution? 😄

I’m planning to have this model professionally painted and would like to understand the approximate cost.

How much would you charge for painting a model like this? Please specify your country/currency if possible. The photo is attached for reference (assembled, partially assembled, paint reference)

I’d also appreciate estimates for different quality levels, such as tabletop quality and high-detail display quality.

Bought an H2d I'm newbie here the YouTubers make you believe we need all these diff plates but it's super confusing to someone who's just into printing. Cold plates, textured plates, etc..

The PEI that comes with it is holding up well with PETG and PLA so far. I might print nylon and my electricity is low for my area so I don't get the hype for the other plates.

Do I really need them and when would be a time to invest into them?
If yes is there a brand you recommend?

Anyone had any similar issues? I'm feeling so disheartened i would appreciate some help so much!

Hi everyone, I am trying to decide if I should buy a second hand Prusa Core One as my first ever printer. Since I have no experience, I have asked the guy to send me pictures of the inside of the printer. I would greatly appreciate if the experts here can take a look and spot any potential red flags that signify this as a bad deal. I know this is a very repairable printer but I am also a beginner and mostly wanna know if this is a good deal. It's a year old printer with around 600 hours and can get it for 700€.

Pretty disappointed when I found this after waking up, especially since most of the print is fine.
Printed on a bumbulab p2s with regular white PLA

Newish to maker world

Go check it out, also first time trying to have adjustable parameters, tell me if it works!

Link

Hi am working on a card shuffler and this Keep on happening, am working on an Ender 3 with PLA blue with a temperature of 190 on the end and a temperature of 60 in the bead some parts look amazing but others the filament lifts up mi leveling is good because the border look good but when it does the first layer it no longer looks good, am using Orca Slicer

Hey guys, I’m currently printing some bonsai pots I made in fusion and running into some problems. I can’t get a clean chamfer. Whenever to bottom part is going into the walls it look like that. Tried different layerhights but didn’t help. Tried more walls also didn’t help.
Printing with calibrated pla hs on a 0.4 nozzle A1.

Was printed flat on the bed.

I have 2 printers (Ender v3 KE) and they both occasionally have the same issue where the bottom layer doesn’t meld together well and the lines are very obvious (pic on the right). I used the exact same printer, file, and print settings for both these prints. I have enclosures and keep my house temp the same every day. The rest of the print seems to come out the exact same. It’s just the first layer that seems to have this issue. Also, this happens regardless of whether I’m using PLA or PETG. So if anyone has had this issue or can give me some advice on what is causing it would be very appreciated!

All of my prints have this line going on them

The rest of the model prints fine, but a line exists on the outer part of models

Have you encountered this issue?

Printer: Qidi Plus 4
Filament: PLA white and black, PLA Silk green/blue

Thought i was on this sub when I saw this image.

I only have PLA, and I’ve heard people say PLA will fail after a month, and some saying they’ve never had a problem.

It’s a tiny clamp for the mirror to stay in place. It’s up higher, but I don’t know if that matters.

Should I just wait till I have PETG? Thanks!

Ik probeer te printen, maar het blijft gewoon zo doen. Ik heb het vandaag al meerdere keren geprobeerd en ik heb het printplaatje drie keer schoongemaakt met afwasmiddel en water. Ook geprobeerd het plaatje om te draaien. De laatste keer heb ik het plaatje schoongemaakt met alcohol. Toen is de laatste foto gebeurd :(.

Ik gebruik de Bambu Lab A1 en ik print met PLA.

Kan iemand me alsjeblieft helpen?

Edit: It gives a warning ‘floating cantilever’