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nitrogen_widget:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on September 29, 2022, 04:55:00 pm ---That would be a good candidate for printing in ABS and acetone smoothing. It would look even more original.
EDIT: Andy shiny!

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5% octo infill, twice as many walls, heat lamp over the printer.
wait, doesn't he have an enclosure?

nitrogen_widget:
so fallout helmet is just too ginormous for my kid.
he looks like a bobble head.
so I measured his head and measured the helmet i printed and i'm scaling down to 90% and reprinting.

edit:
got most of the helmet printed and glued (badly) at the smaller size and we have a winner.
i'm just bad at gluing but i think i can fix that spot with some epoxy filler and liquid steel putty.
I just could not get those sides in the middle to touch no matter how hard i pushed.
this was done in PET-G with a .4mm nozzle at .28 layer height to shave a few hrs off print time.

nitrogen_widget:
not exactly cos-play quality.
but he got a lot of compliments at school and the bad resin fill job doesn't show up as much in person.

gamepimp:
So it looks like there's a new kid in town. Has anyone been following the Bambu Lab printers? From what I've seen on YouTube and social media they are built very well and come fully assembled, are fairly affordable for what they offer, and can print in multiple colors at crazy speeds. I have a Creality CR-10S Pro which is a nice printer and has served me well, but I'm really tempted to pick up the X1 Carbon to replace it. The only downside is that the bed is slightly smaller. If anyone happens to have one or knows someone who does it would be cool to get some feedback.

RandyT:
I was pretty impressed when I first saw these printers. Looks like a lot of engineering and capability for the buck.

That said, nothing is perfect. While I have no specific experience with the printers, there seems to be some disgruntled owners who don't seem to be happy with the carbon fiber rods. While they are light and probably the very thing which gets them to move so quickly, I have my doubts about their suitability for a wear surface over stainless.

Could be a non-concern, but if I were you, I would look into this by gathering comments from long-time users, and decide whether or not this is a real thing before deciding. There must be something to it, as the company has released a "how to clean" video for them. This makes me concerned that the surface is wearing and gunking up the bearing, leading to jams. But again, who knows for sure?

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