Louis40
Hi,
Did anyone buy a diy 3d printer and using it at home? I would like to have some info about it, if it is reliable and worth the purchase.
I am looking to buy one from alibaba.
Thanks
cpt-majed
Hey man, I have a Colido DIY 3d printer at home.
Ask me anything .. I guess
Louis40
Hi, it's been long time i didn't check the thread.. I bought a wanhao couple of months ago and i have done many 3d prints of many things and it's great..I have even scanned some of my friends and printed them out, they were amazed of the results..
The only inconvenient is to be able to draw some parts through sketchup or other software.. i know there are many tutoring on youtube but i'm lazy to follow the tutoring..
So how about you?
cpt-majed
Well I use 3dsMax or Autocad so i don't have this problem.
You can check Thingiverse, they have almost everything you think about and it comes ready to print.
On another note, did you try to paint the objects ?
Louis40
Yes i know thingiverse and also there are many sites..what i am asking is really customized..
I did not paint any objects since they are printed in the color of my choice..i want to try to paint my printed friends since it's on white PLA, the result should be nice..
From where do you buy your Filaments..?
cpt-majed
Souq.com
it's way cheaper than the local ones because you know...monopoly and stuff.
solo220
@Louis40 I use solid-works it's easy for simple mechanical parts.
Cpt.Majed how do you ship from souq.com , and for how much you get the 1.75 pla/kg
cpt-majed
I don't ship them, have a friend that comes and go from Dubai.
1kg is around 25$
Louis40
Solo220 i tried sketchup and i have done few works. They came up ok but print wise many things were missing so i sent the file to a website which they fix it and send it back.. they are very helpful..
Regarding the Filaments, well guys EKT have many of them all colors in PLA and ABS. The cheapest one i got was a white PLA 1kg at arround 20$ ..
Solo220 what printer do you have?
solo220
It is a custom made corexy that has 30x30x40 cm build volume.
Azachariou
has anybody used one of these before?
http://ekt2.com/products/productdetails/412_3D_PRINTER_MACHINE_KOSSEL
I've been looking around the web and have yet to find proper answers.
I had my eye set on the Monoprice select mini but as soon as it's in stock (and I see the email) it sells out immediately...
On paper it looks great, would love to have some feedback
Azachariou
I'm considering getting it from katranji because the same one on aliexpress costs 400$ on shipping alone (wtf?)
Azachariou
@solo220 @Cpt.Majed have you tried the PLA from katranji?
I ended up buying the tronxy X1 after the Maker's Muse video tipped the scale. It cost me 170$ including shipping so even if they make me pay 100% tax here it would still be cheaper than buying from Leb...
solo220
Azachariou the PLA rolls from katr... are fine at 210C (I used the gray color) but he sells a package of different colors of 100g each as PLA but they turned out to be ABS , at least while printed they smell like ABS and warp like ABS.
Azachariou
Haha not giving them the satisfaction of google search results :p
All of the samples you tried warped? where do you get your filament from?