The latest STL kits are certainly not difficult prints and I'm pretty sure you should have no problems printing them e.g. with the Ender-5 S1. But as mentioned above, the cheaper the printer, the higher the chance that you will need to spend some more time with the process. It really depends on your motivations, expectations and further plans.
Ok, I will wait for the gen2. I am also considering getting a 3d printer. I have always worked with wood and cnc and never with 3d printers. Your projects want me to get into it. Maybe I should get a bambulab x1 carbon, I hear they are easy to use and can still deliver professional results.
CNC is great but wood is costly. I love building out of solid walnut. It means getting all that walnut (expensive), laminating it (time consuming) and then spending a lot of time on cnc. You have to sand before and after. Then apply finish too. Great for final products but too costly for prototyping. You do not have to use solid wood or even plywood with prototypes but it still is costly.
Here are some of the last months builds from cnc. When I have the time, I will try and build one of your designs on the cnc as well. Right now I am divided (more like torn) between work and my 9 month kid who doesn't care too much for sleeping at night
Here are some of the last months builds from cnc. When I have the time, I will try and build one of your designs on the cnc as well. Right now I am divided (more like torn) between work and my 9 month kid who doesn't care too much for sleeping at night
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My first try, I bought EXAR 400 files and scaled them to 1.4
All the pieces were able to fit on the table of Ender 3s1. Two weeks of printing, some difficulty aligning the halves of one of the horns, I still needed to finish painting and adjust the crossovers, but it all worked out!
@mabat thank you, appreciate your work!
With RCF HF940 ~80cm ~0-30-50° (has yet to take normal measurements, this was the first quick attempt):
And a little demo just for fun:
All the pieces were able to fit on the table of Ender 3s1. Two weeks of printing, some difficulty aligning the halves of one of the horns, I still needed to finish painting and adjust the crossovers, but it all worked out!
@mabat thank you, appreciate your work!
With RCF HF940 ~80cm ~0-30-50° (has yet to take normal measurements, this was the first quick attempt):
And a little demo just for fun:
I don't get what you've done
Isn't HF940 a horn? So what do we see in the measurement?I do understand that you scaled the whole device to be used with a 1.4" throat driver.
Any such data are of course always highly appreciated.
I don't get what you've done
I do understand that you scaled the whole device for a 1.4" throat.
Any such data are of course always highly appreciated.
Pardon me, made a mistake — RCF ND940 driver.
And yes, I scaled the EXAR 400 for a 1.4" throat, the horn is about 55 cm in diameter. I first bought the file to see how the slicing into segments was done and just to support your work. And since it was already there, I decided to enlarge it and print it to evaluate the result. The result is more than satisfactory
The measurements were done with this driver without crossover. I'll try to take better measurements soon and post them if that makes sense.