Hey guys,
I am a proud owner of a Makerbot Replicator 3D printer but II need to go bigger. I want to purchase a large-format device, I am really happy with my Makerbot printer and already had a look at other own-brand model but, unfortunately, I need a build volume of at least 400x400x400 mm, which lets me produce bigger parts in one go, without splitting them.
I've always printed with Makerbot equipment and choosing a different brand is now driving me mad. I came through this interesting article and, among all the suggested models, both the Modix Big 60 and GCreate Gmax 2 caught my attention for their printing accuracy and large sizes. Does anyone here have any experience with large format 3D printers? Any tips/gotchas I should look after to?
Sorry for the offtopic. Hope someone might help me.
Any advice is warmly welcomed.
Thanks, Adam
I am a proud owner of a Makerbot Replicator 3D printer but II need to go bigger. I want to purchase a large-format device, I am really happy with my Makerbot printer and already had a look at other own-brand model but, unfortunately, I need a build volume of at least 400x400x400 mm, which lets me produce bigger parts in one go, without splitting them.
I've always printed with Makerbot equipment and choosing a different brand is now driving me mad. I came through this interesting article and, among all the suggested models, both the Modix Big 60 and GCreate Gmax 2 caught my attention for their printing accuracy and large sizes. Does anyone here have any experience with large format 3D printers? Any tips/gotchas I should look after to?
Sorry for the offtopic. Hope someone might help me.
Any advice is warmly welcomed.
Thanks, Adam
I guess I am an enthusiast. I just got a printer to make some enclosures for a project. I really dislike metal work - it is my least favorite part of DIY.
Mine is the Creality CR-10 S5 500mm x 500mm x 500mm and it is OK if you need to print something big, but overall I am kind of lukewarm about it. It takes up a lot of space obviously, I find it troublesome to keep the large print area uniformly heated and leveled. It may be that I am still on the wrong end of the learning curve and this is a terrific printer, but I just don't know it yet, as I am a newbie.
As you say, you want to print something "big" in one piece, you got to have a big printer. But I am going to get a smaller one for ordinary everyday type of stuff, and just use the CR10 for the "big" stuff. I am on the fence about whether I want to get a box of parts and make something like a Prusa I3 clone, or just buy a smaller factory built printer. I'm specifically looking at a Sunhokey kit.
The price seems to have really skyrocketed on printers as a result of the flu hysteria. I think the S5 was maybe $600 bucks back when I bought it, they are probably close to a kilobuck now.
Mine is the Creality CR-10 S5 500mm x 500mm x 500mm and it is OK if you need to print something big, but overall I am kind of lukewarm about it. It takes up a lot of space obviously, I find it troublesome to keep the large print area uniformly heated and leveled. It may be that I am still on the wrong end of the learning curve and this is a terrific printer, but I just don't know it yet, as I am a newbie.
As you say, you want to print something "big" in one piece, you got to have a big printer. But I am going to get a smaller one for ordinary everyday type of stuff, and just use the CR10 for the "big" stuff. I am on the fence about whether I want to get a box of parts and make something like a Prusa I3 clone, or just buy a smaller factory built printer. I'm specifically looking at a Sunhokey kit.
The price seems to have really skyrocketed on printers as a result of the flu hysteria. I think the S5 was maybe $600 bucks back when I bought it, they are probably close to a kilobuck now.