Hey everyone! Another big 3D printer and this one is really really heavy.
So I might have to call on my elves to help me later.
But let's give it a shot. Let's see how far I can get.
So we have some acrylic panels here.
This is the printer bed and it's heavy-duty I am telling you.
They have some aluminum rods in the box too. I'm going to show you in a second.
Let me put this on the top of the other box first.
This is a big aluminum rod. I don't know what this is for yet. I'm going to put it aside
I will move all the foam first. Because there's super heavy metal in the box.
In here there are just some 3D printed parts and a lot of filament.
I am also putting these aside. And they sent a router, not sure why. I'll just put it aside.
More filament. As usual some tools along with the 3D printers.
In this box we have the cable, the spatula and some bearings maybe for the spool holder. Let's put it all aside.
I don't think I can do it, it is way too heavy. But I can work on the other parts first.
Okay I will just leave it here.
Well there's no way I can put that on this. So I'm going to get my elves to help me.
I have to keep going and see what I have to do next. There's still something in the box.
Next step I am going to put the Z-axis in.
This part there is a groove here. Is that called a groove? In Chinese we call it 沟槽(gōu cáo).
I will show you later. Oh maybe you can see it from here.
Let me get my screws first.
I think the motor probably on this side, because the screw goes in there.
I see.
So the longer screw goes at the bottom and the shorter screw goes on the top.
Because there's label on the bag.
I have to call on my elves again, be right back.
So the printer is the assembled. It is heavy and rigid.
Because they're using 10 millimeter thick machined aluminum plate.
On this end there is a micrometer for adjusting Z-aixs and on the other end is the induction sensor.
Now let's look at the top.
There is a Raspberry Pi here, it is running OctoPrint. My friend Gina Häußge, she's the developer of OctoPrint.
I will let her tell you all about it.
Hi, I'm Gina Häußge also known as Foosel and I'm the creator and main developer of OctoPrint.
Octoprint is a web interface for 3D printers that allows you to control and monitor all aspects of your printer and the ongoing print jobs.
Right from within any browser on your network.
You can also create time-lapse recordings of your prints and on top of that,
there's also a fancy plugin system included that allows extending the core functionality in various cool directions.
Octoprint runs basically everywhere, be it the cheap computer like a Raspberry Pi.
Or that old laptop you've still get lying around.
It is Free and Open Source software.
I'm going to put Gina's links in the description box.
Please consider visiting her channel or support her on her Patreon.
She does fantastic things for the 3D printer community.
So underneath the Raspberry Pi, I don't think you can see it.
There is a Smoothieboard 3D printer controller. They also use it for CNC and laser cutter machines.
I think it's a pretty good choice, but I'm talking to them about maybe using a Duet board.
Maybe it is more suitable for this and after all this is just a prototype.
They are going to make some changes later.
Here obviously they're using the power supply.
But this one, at first I thought it is stepper motor.
Because usually for most 3D printers, it would be stepper motor.
But this one turns out to be servo.
In the front there is the motor and at the back there is the sensor.
So with the servo, it always knows it's position.
I'm excited to see how it performs. And on the side we have ball screws instead of belts for X and Y-axis.
This is pretty unusual. But let's see how it works.
All the parts here seems heavy, industrial and good quality.
I'm already connected to OctoPrint. So now I'm going to try to level the bed.
Okay, I think it is levelled. Now I will load the filament.
Now I'm going to set the temperature to 190ºC.
I think that's it.
Let's feed in some filament.
Okay now it is coming out.
So I'm going to use a test print from a friend of mine. Her name is Lydia .
She's an amazing young lady and she has her own 3D printing channel.
But like a lot of women in the 3D printing and STEM community
she just doesn't get the amount of traffic that she deserves.
So I'm going to put her link in the description box so you can go check out and see what she has done.
Now I am going to download her Maker Coin.
This is the Maker Coin she used to test her printer.
Now we're in Simplify3D. I'm just going to drop that. It just drops right in the middle of the build plate.
Now Lydia's advice is to print at 200%, so I'm going to do that. Change it all to 200%.
It automatically scales that.
I think this one needs support, so I'm going to check generate support material.
And this is just from the MakerThink people this profile, so as is I'm just going to use that.
And it looks good.
So the build time is 4 hours 15 minutes.
I'm going to "Save the Toolpaths to Disk" because later I have to upload it to OctoPrint.
Okay I'm just going to drag that G-Code file right onto the octoprint window.
And there it is, makercoin.gcode.
Everything seems right.
It has a big heavy heated bed, so I'm just going to let it heat up a little bit first. I think that's a good idea.
Okay, everything seems ready to go. Let's print it.
Looks good.
All these objects are printed at 0.15.
It looks clean, take a look at the benchyboat. The layer is fine.
But I guess I can dial it in a bit because I'm using Simplify3D.
The MakerMuse torture cube, it is a little bit stringy and there are some small blobs on the side.
But for the first print I think it is more than acceptable.
So what's the verdict? There is no verdict. This is just a pre-production 3D printer.
And the MakerThink company sent it to me so that you guys can see what improvement they can make and change.
We are going through some discussions of what they can do to improve it.
But as you know I'm not super technical. They sent it to me so that you guys can see how it works.
And maybe give them some feedback. They respect feedback from the community.
Unlike some of the Chinese companies that are not so responsive, this one is.
They are open to any suggestions.
So I am going to put their address in the description box. Feel free to contact them anytime
and tell them what you think what they can do better to improve printer in this class.
Remember if I can do it anyone can do it!
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