Newest addition to my fleet (and I do not mean the Benchy)...
I wanted a larger print area as well as a CoreXY printer to see if I can get print times down on larger nose cones, transitions, etc... @cwbullet pointed out the Voron kits but I just could not justify the budget ($ or time) right now -- I may kick myself later but this was 1/2 the cost and in stock at my local Micro Center. Anyway, I will add some print results and other feedback here as I mess around with this.
Some tradeoffs with Ender 6 but finally got prints adhering to the carborundum glass bed (increased bed temperature was a big help). I am going to try to double the speed and print another benchy after this one to see how fast I can push things. Likely need an extruder upgrade to really get the most throughput on this (but need to carefully weigh upgrade costs vs. better printer). Will also probably go up to a bigger print nozzle for bigger models but excited to have 400mm of height to work with.
I did add the CR touch for automatic bed leveling (annoying that the wire it comes with is not long enough for this printer but a quick splice of a section of network cable did the trick). For now I am going to stick to PLA on this printer but need to enclose the top at some point and figure out how to shorten the filament lead / feed distance.
I wanted a larger print area as well as a CoreXY printer to see if I can get print times down on larger nose cones, transitions, etc... @cwbullet pointed out the Voron kits but I just could not justify the budget ($ or time) right now -- I may kick myself later but this was 1/2 the cost and in stock at my local Micro Center. Anyway, I will add some print results and other feedback here as I mess around with this.
Some tradeoffs with Ender 6 but finally got prints adhering to the carborundum glass bed (increased bed temperature was a big help). I am going to try to double the speed and print another benchy after this one to see how fast I can push things. Likely need an extruder upgrade to really get the most throughput on this (but need to carefully weigh upgrade costs vs. better printer). Will also probably go up to a bigger print nozzle for bigger models but excited to have 400mm of height to work with.
I did add the CR touch for automatic bed leveling (annoying that the wire it comes with is not long enough for this printer but a quick splice of a section of network cable did the trick). For now I am going to stick to PLA on this printer but need to enclose the top at some point and figure out how to shorten the filament lead / feed distance.
