Re: DON'T PUSH THIS BUTTON: Baby Groot detonator project UPDATE 5/22 FIRST PROTOTYPE
Looks awesome! How do you like the Prusa? I've had my eye on one for a while. I'd love to know your thoughts/review.
The Prusa is awesome. I ordered the kit and so had to assemble it myself. It took about 5 hours or so but it was quite fun to put together. The scariest part is making sure everything is level, square, etc.
The best part about the machine is it has an awesome auto calibration process. Luckily I out mine together well from the get go and it passed the auto calibration first try, but if it didn't, it would tell you exactly what is wrong and what to do.
Being an FDM type printer it has its limitations, but it has performed like a champ so far. I only printed two small objects before I did this...so it's 3rd print ever was a 20 hour monster and the print is almost flawless.
You aren't going to print pristine, paintable head sculpts with it that will look anything like some of the stuff on this board, but it really is great for prototyping and quickly getting your ideas into reality. And if you use it to print more "machined" looking stuff, like I do, it is amazing. I mean, I think I could paint this print with NO pre finishing work and it would look great.
You can definitely see the individual layers but they are minimal. A little finishing work and it'd be smooth as can be. Also, this was printed with 150 micron layers, when it can go down to 50, I believe. And so at 150, which is pretty big by most detail standards, it looks great. I'm interested in trying a print at a lower micron layer, though it drastically increases print time.
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