3d Printing and the Future of Piracy

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It’s a fun hobby. I enjoy the creative aspect of it. I was able to prototype some stuff for work with my personal printer. I also have my name on a patent from another work print.

We did enough cool stuff from our home printers it convinced the VPs to let us go nuts buying and implementing them at all our plants. We prototype and patent all kinds of shit now. One single project at one plant paid for the entire network of printers in like a month. It was hard to convince them to let us do it but after that project the VP asked “Do you need something better or more of these?” Pretty cool.
 
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Big Phoenix

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I just bought one of these;

 
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Big Phoenix

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First major print, took 3 hours and 45 minutes with pla-cf;

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Soygen

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Just built a Voron 2.4 R2 350mm. Was really fun putting it all together and learning how everything works. Gone a bit nuts in the hobby the past couple years. This is my 7th printer, if i include the resin printers. I really enjoy being able to design and print stuff that helps around the house, with other hobbies, etc. At this point, I should probably try to figure out a way to make money with all these damn things.

My collection:

Creality CR10s - first printer I got like 10 years ago.
Elegoo Mars S - Resin
Bambu P1P
Anycubic Photon Mono M5S - Big resin printer
Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra - the last resin printer I'll probably buy. Just too much postprocessing/mess/toxic shit.
Qidi Q1 Pro - kind of wish I held off on this one for the Qidi Plus 4 which is bigger and has all the stuff that made the Q1 attractive. That said, this is a great little printer for hard to print materials.
Then the Voron I just built, which will likely be my go to printer, once everything is tuned up and i get a chamber heater.
 
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Kais

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I haven't printed in months and just moved and haven't gotten my hobby room put together yet, but I love my Voron. It reliably prints fantastic every time since I dialed it in. It's the 2.4 R1 300. I periodically check my screws and belt tension more for peace of mind otherwise it's been incredible. You're going to love it. Show us a pic!

I don't do enough printing lately to justify another printer, however the multi-material system that integrate with the Bambu printers is crazy good - especially at that price point.
 
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Soygen

The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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I haven't printed in months and just moved and haven't gotten my hobby room put together yet, but I love my Voron. It reliably prints fantastic every time since I dialed it in. It's the 2.4 R1 300. I periodically check my screws and belt tension more for peace of mind otherwise it's been incredible. You're going to love it. Show us a pic!

I don't do enough printing lately to justify another printer, however the multi-material system that integrate with the Bambu printers is crazy good - especially at that price point.
Yeah, I have the AMS on my Bambu and it really is nice for lots of reasons(multi color, multi material for easy support removal, etc). I am starting to source parts for the Box Turtle filament changer for my Voron, which is starting to look really good at this point.

 
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