Excited about my latest Marvin!

3D Printing

Aug 7, '18

My latest Marvin just finished printing about two hours ago. I’m really thrilled with the way it turned out - under close inspection I can barely notice any flaws in it. It was set to 100 microns, 205 degrees Celsius extruder, 55 degree bed, and printed on a Prusa i3 MK2 with Yellow Hatchbox PLA fil…

Jar of Marvins!

3D Printing

Aug 7, '18

Thought those were gumballs? Guess again! It a jar full of Marvins! [4_16.jpg]

Diamond HotEnd VS Multimaterial Prusa method

3D Printers

Aug 7, '18

Hello, i can only speak of prusa multi material. It is great if you want to print colors in same material, eg: 4xPLA. It will give you the best print quality without the problems of dual extruders. But you only have 1 hotend, while i don’t know if it possible to mix materials, if so hotend will ha…

Are 3D printers ready for retail?

Scanning

Aug 7, '18

Well said… Personally I am unconvinced that average Joe will have one of these in his house in a few years. Even if you make a perfect machine that can run with no errors and in a timely manner, it all starts with a 3d design. I think it’s going to develop into a trade running parallel with machinis…

Are 3D printers ready for retail?

Scanning

Aug 7, '18

3D printers themselves are cool tech for sure. There’s no problem with the product. However, the issue is what to do with them. We’re comfortable in this forum because we know what’s involved. But look at the massive failures of Home Depot and others who have tried to introduce 3D printing to the ma…