Category: Hardware

Original Prusa i3 MK3 kit

[Original Prusa i3 MK3 kit]

[Materials]

[Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide]

[Manuals]

[V6 Assembly]

[9. Preflight check]

[firmware guide]

[drivers and downloads]

[firmware]

[forum]

[blog]

[How to fix the most common 3D printing errors]

[Help: Clogged nozzle]

[Callibration]

[Extruder Slipping]

[Frequent Filament Jams]

[Printing from Fusion 360]

I replaced the [Y-Belt Idler]

[Printable Parts]

[SDK and Chroma]

3D Printers

[Quote: From Jed]

3D printers can print all sorts of plastics. For your application you could use PLA or PETG or ABS, I don’t think it would be necessary to do any of the really fancy stuff like Poly-carbonate, Flexables, or nylon. Here is a page with just specialty filaments [matterhackers Specialty Filament]

3d printers don’t get a lot less expensive when they get smaller. I’d recommend buying one that is a “standard” size. Right now that seems to be 200×250(8″ x 10″) or so. There are a lot of places that sell garbage as well, so you will want to be careful if you buy a kit. I’d recommend going to [prusa3d.com] and checking that out. I’ve heard good things about [cetus3d.com]

The features to look for are a heated bed that can go to 100C and a “all metal hotend”, even better if it is a genuine e3d.

I have a couple printers,

Taz 6 [lulzbot taz 6] ~2500
This one was the first one that I bought. It is fairly expensive, but it has a quite large build area(11.02 in x 11.02 in x 9.8 in). It prints quite well, and has all high quality components. It has a fairly large nozzle which limits it’s ability to print small details.

Prusa MK2S [prusa3d i3 kit] ~700 [forum]
This is the one I like the best. It prints well and reasonably quickly. It has a slightly smaller nozzle than the Taz so it can do detail better.

Monoprice Maker Ultimate (No web address, as I don’t recommend it at all) ~800
Doesn’t print well without constant management. Prints slowly with that constant management.

Sketch: WIFI Works

#include 
SoftwareSerial ESPserial(2, 3); // RX | TX
void setup() 
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  ESPserial.begin(115200);
  ESPserial.println("AT+IPR=9600");
  delay(1000);
  ESPserial.end();
  ESPserial.begin(9600);
  Serial.println("Ready");
  ESPserial.println("AT+GMR");
}
void loop() 
{
    if (ESPserial.available()) { Serial.write(ESPserial.read()); }
    if (Serial.available()) { ESPserial.write(Serial.read()); }
}