NO NOT BUY XYZPrinters!

3D Printers

Mar 7, '16

This is a common problem with a lot of low end printers. The extruder is really designed for one or the other. I had a Makerbot which recommended PLA but could only manage ABS. When getting my current printer (davinci 1.0) I looked specifically for ABS, I wouldn’t trust putting PLA though it. By rul…

da vinci 1.0 why does the bed and hot end have to heat up to level the bed

3D Printers

Mar 7, '16

Calibration is a bit of a pain with the build plate cooling down, but this is likely due to expansion when it heats up. It would be nice to have the option to keep some things heated, however I have only needed to calibrate my printer once and I’ve had it almost a year now.

xyzprinting AIO filament cartridge not being detected.

Materials

Mar 7, '16

I ordered some from amazon a while back, The printer did sort of pick it up but as the wrong filament. I think that the chip was the wrong chip. I emailed XYZ support and they sent a new microchip to go with the filament I had. As a note: they didn’t really communicate that they were going to send …