/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1526992
>could you tell me what sets them apart from other printers made with the same methods
1. Everything is overbuilt. My oldest printer has over 5,000 hours of printing on it and I haven't replaced anything that broke in a way that wasn't my fault.
2. They use their own printers for production.
3. Filament change-out with their extruder design is really fast.
4. It wasn't designed for 1.75mm filament (intended for 3mm), but it will print with it anyways.
5. Auto-leveling (albeit probably one of the dumbest kinds).
6. Originally went with it because it's a much more enclosed frame, so it's easier to unplug and moved around than other printers in the price range.
7. Core components and replacement parts are easier to get a hold of quickly through resellers like Amazon. If needed I can get an extruder assembly or buildplate with next-day or two-day shipping through Amazon.
8. Warranty
9. Wide variety of default profiles, so it takes less than 15 minutes to pull it out of the box and start printing with whatever material you want.
10. Delta Power Supply
11. Aftermarket enclosures for them are fairly cheap.
12. Whitepapers and docs. If you do a little bit of digging you can find out how any individual part is produced or assembled. So if you don't like any specific thing about the printer you can edit the STL files they have available to accomplish whatever changes you want. I dug a little bit and figured out how they make the nozzle cleaning pads (part of the auto-leveling routine) and I now produce them in bulk. I can make 300 of them for $5 in materials in almost no time invested. They normally sell them in packs of 5 for $10.

>>1428258
Yes.

Have an outdated photo. I now have 4 on the top shelf and three underneath.

>>1378202
I'm more concerned about killing the print servers, power supplies, and control boards than I am with print quality. The closet got really stuffy at the end of winter, and I'm not sure how stuffy it will get in summer. I may be able to get away with just installing a louvered vent in the door. We'll see.