[57north-discuss] Re: 3D Printers (multidimensional printer corner)

On Wed, 12 Mar 2025, at 11:36, Hibby wrote: With budget around £200 I'd be inclined more towards getting a whole other printer than trying to fix improve the one we have. I've got an Elegoo Neptune 4. One of them with an enclosure¹ is £205.98. https://uk.elegoo.com/products/elegoo-neptune-4-fdm-3d-printer It's considerably faster than the lulzbot in the space and I've only had 1 failed print where I'd set the z-offset too high (over compensated for elephant footing) and first layer didn't stick to the bed (can't really blame the printer for that). I've got a benchy from it sitting on my desk that I can drop in past the space this evening if anyone wants to have a look at quality. Or I'm happy to lend mine to the space for a bit if we want to try it before getting one. It uses 1.75mm filament so wouldn't be able to use the pile of 2.something mm that we have (but that's maybe not a bad thing). It's supported out of the box in recent cura releases if anyone wants to have a play at slicing things to get an idea of print times. I haven't really looked at what other options there are since I bought mine (July 2023) so something else might be a better option now. If budget stretches to it one of the core-XY printers would be another step up in quality + speed. I'd be happy to have a look at the lulzbot to see if it can be fixed/improved, but it'll be at least a couple of weeks (maybe a couple of months...) before I'd have time for that if anyone else can have a poke at it sooner. Robert ¹ I don't have an enclosure and haven't had any issues, but I've stuck to PLA rather than the more temperamental filaments and the hackspace might have more annoying drafts than my flat. -- ________________________________________________________ Robert McWilliam rmcw(a)allmail.net argh.technology I go the extra mile. Usually because I missed the turning I was supposed to take.