Getting a used Rev. D as my first workhorse
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:56 pm
Hi there guys. Got into 3D printing in December after Monoprice had a black friday sale on their Maker Select V2.1s. "i'm not gonna spend a lot on 3d printing" I told myself. $260 isn't so bad!
Instantly HOOKED. Coolest thing I've ever seen. Luckily after 20 days my bed became a little warped and made it very very hard to level. Got a refund and was planning on getting a Monoprice Ultimate (a duplicator 6 clone). For some reason I didn't want monoprice again so I got a FlashForge Creator Pro. Well, ran into problems iwth that too. Leveling was impossible after ten prints. But couldn't refund that one since I got it from Flashforge-USA. So now I've got a replacement bed+sd card reader coming in.
But I've felt realy restricted in build volume and size with the flashforge. And here, I'm thinking of business applications since I live in a tiny hick town.
Ran across a guy on Reddit with a lightly used M2 (edit: I see he's a member here ). Found out it's a Rev D, but he's got the metal external electronics box with it, along with the V4b extruder and metal mount.
He asked if it was my first printer and told me, "You'll have to relevel it when it arrives"
Was already going to, but I've been reading up on these forums. Looks to be a Z-issue I need to take care of. He's been printing great with it, but I'd imagine I need to re-do my Z-Endstop.
Now, I'm also seeing something referring to a z-OFFSET within S3D (I have). Do I set the Z-screw AND the Z-offset within the software?
With the Kapton tape on the boro glass, does it retain the "pop-off" qualities vs printing on glass with hairspray?
Would you be so kind as to share some PLA/PETG S3D Profiles or are the stock ones good?
And I guess a question for a month or two down the line: I'm itching to build one myself. I've taken apart and put back together the Maker Select/FlashForge enough times to get an idea of how a printer works and it's decently simple. There's easy resources on a D-Bot style CoreXY build, but I'm also interested in sourcing for a Delta. What would you recommend in the future?
Instantly HOOKED. Coolest thing I've ever seen. Luckily after 20 days my bed became a little warped and made it very very hard to level. Got a refund and was planning on getting a Monoprice Ultimate (a duplicator 6 clone). For some reason I didn't want monoprice again so I got a FlashForge Creator Pro. Well, ran into problems iwth that too. Leveling was impossible after ten prints. But couldn't refund that one since I got it from Flashforge-USA. So now I've got a replacement bed+sd card reader coming in.
But I've felt realy restricted in build volume and size with the flashforge. And here, I'm thinking of business applications since I live in a tiny hick town.
Ran across a guy on Reddit with a lightly used M2 (edit: I see he's a member here ). Found out it's a Rev D, but he's got the metal external electronics box with it, along with the V4b extruder and metal mount.
He asked if it was my first printer and told me, "You'll have to relevel it when it arrives"
Was already going to, but I've been reading up on these forums. Looks to be a Z-issue I need to take care of. He's been printing great with it, but I'd imagine I need to re-do my Z-Endstop.
Now, I'm also seeing something referring to a z-OFFSET within S3D (I have). Do I set the Z-screw AND the Z-offset within the software?
With the Kapton tape on the boro glass, does it retain the "pop-off" qualities vs printing on glass with hairspray?
Would you be so kind as to share some PLA/PETG S3D Profiles or are the stock ones good?
And I guess a question for a month or two down the line: I'm itching to build one myself. I've taken apart and put back together the Maker Select/FlashForge enough times to get an idea of how a printer works and it's decently simple. There's easy resources on a D-Bot style CoreXY build, but I'm also interested in sourcing for a Delta. What would you recommend in the future?