lithgowlights
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Well as a few people in the chat will know, I purchased a Wombot 3D printer a month or so ago and have finally got it to print with ABS (which has apparently shocked a few people)
This low-cost printer is an open design, so is not ideal at printing ABS compared to say the Flashforge Dreamer (which I also own) or Creator Pro that Phil and a number of others have. Being basically an assembled kit, I will be up front and saying this is no dreamer or Creator Pro - it does need a bit more work in keeping it in tune and reliable, and does have a few teething issues, but overall it works as well as I expected and far better.
I bought it as a large scale PLA printer, as the build volume is 250*250*330mm, but after finally mastering PLA, I started working on ABS and have finally managed to get it to print reliably and consistently, and I'm starting to get it to print more LED covers for next year as I type this. Just 12 per bed for now, but that will ramp up to over 60 per print as I get more confidence and dial in speeds to get the most out of the printer.
This low-cost printer is an open design, so is not ideal at printing ABS compared to say the Flashforge Dreamer (which I also own) or Creator Pro that Phil and a number of others have. Being basically an assembled kit, I will be up front and saying this is no dreamer or Creator Pro - it does need a bit more work in keeping it in tune and reliable, and does have a few teething issues, but overall it works as well as I expected and far better.
I bought it as a large scale PLA printer, as the build volume is 250*250*330mm, but after finally mastering PLA, I started working on ABS and have finally managed to get it to print reliably and consistently, and I'm starting to get it to print more LED covers for next year as I type this. Just 12 per bed for now, but that will ramp up to over 60 per print as I get more confidence and dial in speeds to get the most out of the printer.