So ... 3d Printers....

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I ordered a returned aquila x2 from allie express.
they sent me an ender 3 pro.
the carriage was bent.
the extruder was missing
the spool holder was missing.
one of the limit switches was shot.
someone had also trapped the fan wires between the housing and the carriage and cut them/shorted them out.
so the main board cooling fan and part cooling fan were dead because of on board fuse.

I complained and they sent me what i actually ordered free.

sooo i bought an upgraded ender 3 board for $35 and the spool holder for $11.
i had extra steppers and metal extruders.
i  also ordered a cheap 3d touch for $12 and printed up a new hot end cover with dual blower fans for cooling and 3dtouch holder and added a magnetic sheet and switched to a .6 nozzle.
it prints pretty good.
i also added silicon bushings in place of the bed springs.
i haven't tried to assemble the X2.

i just added a pei sheet and z braces to my sidewinder.

i'm working on designing mounting brackets for the skr pico and the rock64 to mount inside the longer.
and when i say working on it i have someone else's bracket models and planning to just merge them and add tabs so it can mount in the case.
I also have the stuff to build and input shaper though i'm not trying to go crazy on the speed. i'd settle for 100 or so mm/s perimeter speed with no ghosting.
i'll probably need better part cooling also.

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the stepper from my parts bin i used for the extruder on my ender 3 pro stopped working.
new one is coming.
also the cooler i printed up never really fit properly and the fans were flexed a little and now after a few weeks straight of printing are going bad.
so i printed up what i hope is a better cooling bracket.

[eds1275]

I've been using mine non stop for like 6 months, maybe more now. I print a lot of stupid crap but also lots of practical things, a lens hood for my canon 100-400L, a handle for my table saw fence, boobs for my lego. Working on my he-man halloween costume and my daughter's she-ra. Some arcade parts, specifically a mount for the sensor bar for my ultimarc guns.

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I've been using mine non stop for like 6 months, maybe more now. I print a lot of stupid crap but also lots of practical things, a lens hood for my canon 100-400L, a handle for my table saw fence, boobs for my lego. Working on my he-man halloween costume and my daughter's she-ra. Some arcade parts, specifically a mount for the sensor bar for my ultimarc guns.

nice.
i've probably burned through 20 rolls of filament on some of my printers since last fall.
eventually they do end up needing maint.