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Quoted from gdonovan:Unbelievable. Any other common issues I should be aware of?
If you don't have BLTouch yet for your ender series, worth the investment. I never bed level my Enders anymore. My farm is mainly Prusa's now, but once you have those mods (metal extruder, capricorn tube, BLTouch), Enders work fine. Not sure why they don't simply sell that stuff with them. They are not that expensive.
Quoted from mbwalker:That's seriously impressive. Resin? Or is it just so big, the layers don't stand out as much?
Mind sharing some more details?
These were printed on an Ender3 Silk PLA. High rez though and it took months to print all of the parts. Assembly is not for the faint of heart either. Probably cost about $100 in filament and hardware by the time it was all done. You can find the model for free on Thingiverse.
Here is my take on the Ender/Prusa debate. Ender to me reminds me of a Windows machine that allows more flexibility and has more of a community based printing approach. The Prusa reminds me of Apple. Apple because when you buy a Prusa you are not just buying the printer. You are buying the the hardware, firmware, and software (slicer) that is all designed to work in the same ecosystem. This is why Apples are more reliable. They own the end to experience. Soon Prusa will have their own version of Octoprint. The other thing is Prusa just comes with functionality that you have to add later on the Ender (i.e. BLTouch).
I have several of each, but now own a heck of a lot more Prusa's for our company. Bottom line is they work and work well. So do the Enders, but there are simply more variables. I bought the first Prusa mini and built it. Not a big deal, but then bought the rest assembled.
One last thing is that Prusa's support is outstanding. They stand behind their product as well.
I know this stuff about Ender vs. Prusa can get religious at times so my intent was not to start a debate. I just wanted to express my experiences.
I agree with all you guys. Prusa to me is really genuine. They are real all the way to the top. I hope they can keep it going with how big they have become. You are correct, my analogy was more of them supplying the different layers in the overall experience. That to me goes a really long way.
Either way, it is great to have competition out there so we as consumers can compare/contrast and be "experts" on picking them apart!
Btw, working on printing the articulated dragon right now. Here are a couple pix as it has progressed (2+ day print at the rez I am doing this at).
IMG_8213 (resized).jpegIMG_8216 (resized).jpegIMG_8228 (resized).jpegQuoted from taylor34:Surprised to hear so many positives on the prusa. I have a prusa and a qidi x-pro and I'd 10x rather have the qidi than the prusa. It's just easier to work on, has less issues, and was even cheaper. Prusa has the bigger build plate and maybe slightly better quality, but that doesn't do much good when your prints have a tendency to form giant filament balls around the printhead when things go wrong every 30 or 40 prints. I'm not really a Prusa fan after using it a lot, it's just overpriced for what it is in my opinion.
What you are saying is true for the MK series. But the mini does not have these tendencies. I have a farm of about a dozen of these printing very high rez around the clock. I proactively maintain the farm and I think the helps with clogs and other issues. In my opinion the Prusa Mini is the best printer for new people into the hobby and those that have been there a while. It costs a little more, but worth it for the feature set and quality. And yes, I liked Enders too, but to me Prusa edges em out in almost every category accept price.
Quoted from Lermods:We run ender 3 printers, they have been great. We have upgraded all of them with better parts. I'd guess it takes less than hour and about $20 in parts to do all of the upgrades and it's a great way to learn how your machine works. None of it is very difficult.
The only criticism I really have for it them is the need for leveling, which can be a real pain at times.
If you haven't done the BLTouch, well worth it. I haven't needed to level my Ender in months.
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