Is anyone here still using old 3d printers? For exanple i still use my old cr-10 v1

  • JohnEdwa
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    1 year ago

    I guess it depends on a “ship of Theseus” type of a thing. Sure, I’m technically using a 2018 first gen Ender 3, but it also has linear rails, a Phaetus Dragonfly with a Bondtech CHT nozzle and BMG extruder, a BLtouch and it’s running Klipper with input shaping, and as a result it can spit out an almost flawless not-a-speedbenchy (because I have a 0.6mm nozzle running 0.3mm layers so it doesn’t qualify) in 22 minutes. Only thing missing is that I still haven’t upgraded the main board or stepper drivers as I’m not bothered by the noise.

    So it’s both 5 years old, and also better and more moderd than quite a few of the models provided by Creality today.

  • terawatt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Our CR-10 Mini is still running reliably with mods we’ve made over time. It got us into the hobby and we have since added a Prusa and a Voron.

  • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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    I’m still using my Ender 3 that I got in 2018, but I’ve been slowly upgrading it. Right now it’s got BTT SKR 3+raspi+klipper, a magnetic PEI build surface, direct drive extruder, dual Z (but I’m going to switch to the belted z mod by kevinakasam with a single Z stepper, partly so I can use the endstop phase feature of klipper to increase Z accuracy.

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    1 year ago

    I am officially retiring my Wanhao i3 Duplicator v2 on Friday when my BambuLabs p1p arrives.

    Well… sort of. I am stripping the i3 of parts and I am going to use them to start building a Voron 0.2. Most of the parts are junk, but I should be able to re-use the motors, the SKR Mini e3, and a few other items/upgrades from the i3.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve got one of these sitting on the shelf since i got my CR10S PRO V2. Nothing at all wrong with it either, it’s just noisy. I keep it around mostly because it’s direct drive.

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        1 year ago

        My frame was pretty well warped. Made it an absolute nightmare to get everything squared and level. Finally gave up on it.