Comment by sottol

3 days ago

Once you have a reliable printer, the workflow is mostly to slice -> send to printer -> wait and check on it every couple of hours until it's done ime. Imo it no longer super matters how much better the on-screen ui or webcam are.

Mutli-color though is where Bambu has a good leg up.

(Diluted) Vision Miner Nano Polymer Adhesive and a good bed leveling probe has done a lot to make my printer set and forget, no matter which print sheets I use.

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nicce  3 days ago

Wasn’t the main hassle in calibrarion and Bambu was good in that and is major reason for popularity? So ”once you have a reliable printer” is kinda big thing.

  • anamexis  3 days ago

    Prusa is on par with Bambu in that respect. Really, Prusa are the ones that pioneered hassle-free calibration.

    • holowoodman  3 days ago

      What Prusa is that? Last one I've used (not my own, community lab), I had to level the bed using the sheet-of-paper-method. Which is the reason why I got a Bambu for myself.

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busterarm  3 days ago

> Mutli-color though is where Bambu has a good leg up.

I'm excited for INDX but going to wait a year or so.

  • cassianoleal  3 days ago

    I'm waiting for my Founders Edition. I'm confident it will work well, even if not perfectly at first.

darkteflon  3 days ago

Can anyone in the commentariat recommend a great, locally available adhesive in Japan? Vision Miner is import-only and pricey. I’ve been using glue-sticks but am ready to level up as I’m moving away from PLA.

  • martin_a  3 days ago

    Can you get 3DLAC in Japan? That's what I'm using with great success. Otherwise maybe try some hair sprays, that worked in 2011, too... :-D

    • consp  3 days ago

      3DLAC is hairspray with a different label, you can smell it... I use it too though as it is the easiest high strength hairspray to get.

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  • numpad0  2 days ago

    I just have a layer of Cape hairspray, on a hardware store aluminium sheet, taped onto the moving down Z frame with Daiso acrylic foam tapes, on a RAMPS1.4 + SERVO42B modified i3-style Cartesian build, works for me.

  • lobsterthief  2 days ago

    High-hold hairspray will work wonders for you. I’ve been using it to print, including on glass, since 2014.