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Thanks @cad ninja !Would you mind emailing me or posting just a couple photos of the quality prints you get?
20 days later
We are Cubify resellers, and to keep in with our philosophy of knowing what we sell, I have been using a Cube Pro Duo for a while and have just got a Cube 3.
Having scanned the previous responders, I agree that the Cube products are exceptional quality, but the consumables are hideously priced.
The Cube 3 is a lovely machine, and loading the filament is indeed pretty simple. The extruder tip is part of the filament spool and locates easily into the head where a light shines to show you which hole to put it in. I did notice that one extruder sat about 1mm above the other. When I removed the filament, I found you could simply extend the tip a bit and pop it back in. User interventions were presumably intended to be a thing of the past, but as ever, this is not the case.
On firing it up, the test print failed to stick to the bed. The cube glue does not seem to work well in a cool environment, so I used the glue stick from a DeeGreen and it worked fine.
The user interface is typically 3D Systems in that it is very restrictive. I now have 3 versions of 3D systems slicers, one for the Cube 3 (pretty pants), one for the Pro (moderately pants) and one for the ProJet 4500 (rather good).
I visited Leapfrog in The Netherlands last week. They think that cartridge filament systems are set to become the norm. What a shame if that is the case.
I am surprised that using a Sense didn’t put you off Cubify products immediately!
Speed of the Cube 3 is still an issue especially when printing in two colours. It seems to only heat one extruder at a time so swapping between colours takes some considerable time, similar to Cube Pro. The stock print of a two colour number which is about 80mm in Z height has been running over night as it is a 9 hour print. I will attempt to tag the result onto a post later.
17 days later
I have a cube 3 printer. It pumps out high quality prints at an expensive material cost. It is an extremely easy machine to use and needs very little maintenance.
3 months later
I have a Cubex The Printer Quality It’s good, But Filament Cartidges are very expensive, hope Cubify take lower price for Catridges soon…
2 months later
I’ve got a cube trio and because of the high cartridge price I’m rebuilding the machine using the mechanics as a Base with new electronics. I hope this wil work …
If you do, will you post instructions for others on how to do the same thing? We are running into the same problem - great “bones” but less than idea control system.
I’ll post how to do this rebuild in time
Hi LeMonde,Thanks for sharing. May I know about the post processing of these models? If any…
No post processing. The purpose of this photo was to show bad results with CubePro printer
There is a thread on simplify3d where someone gives detail on the arduino he made to control his cubepro and avoid using original cartridges https://forum.simplify3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2067&sid=a4c847876f1e8f3b04c3dc26b70f0b07&start=50
Unfortunately, I don’t know much about arduino or mechanics but I guess I’ll have to learn if I want to give some use to my useless cube not-so-pro trio
What about the support material? Usage and removal. Can you elaborate on the post processing for that?
Cubepro is a very solid and beautiful machine but it is handicapped by a definitely non pro software. Slicing is truly a problem and support generation is just plain awful, they are impossible to remove. The best trick I have found is printing ABS with PLA supports. I use a rice cooker to dip the model in hot water so pla will melt before abs; an unnecessary process with a decent slicer. If you haven’t purchased one already, I strongly suggest you to look for other printer options.
Now offered is a water dissolvable support material for the CubePro called INF or Infinity. Used with PLA
12 days later
I have been trying to print a “fusion 360 .stl model” with my Cube3 but I don’t understand what goes wrong if it is the printing values when exporting or the settings used before printing but the model has a melting look, not precise or smooth, probably too much filament used or the printers temperature is not right. Can someone check on my pictures and perhaps advise on what setting might be wrong before printing? thanks.
10 months later
Hi Jerommeke
I have just joined the Hub, I also have a Cubepro and I am not happy.
I should have done more research prior to purchasing the thing…
Have you had any success with your rebuilding?
Regards
Mike
27 days later
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2 months later
i agree this is a great printer but how do you solve the jamming in the nozzle my printer has been crippled with it and i end up wasting alot of filament
love this printer but i keep getting jams in mid print does anyone have any suggestions?
19 days later
Hi Josh, don’t know if you got an answer to your question, but I just recently purchased a Cube 3 and with the limited amount of printing I’ve done I find the printer extremely reliable printing @ 200 microns. It does a really nice job at that setting too. I tried one part at 70 microns and after it printed the first layer or two it jammed. Today I pprinted a raspberry pi case both top and bottom on same print. It covered the whole print bed (thought I’d give it a challenge). Printed in ABS and outside of it curling up on one corner it printed fine (200 microns of course). It curled pretty bad but remarkably the case is still usable. I am pretty impressed with this printer especially since I bought it for $180. I will do some more experimenting at 70 micron to see if I can get it to print, but I recommend using 200 unless you have to have @70.
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