[SML] 3D printing

[Jerry Durand]

My first two printers were Afinia, pre-assembled.  They each died after 
about 4000 hours of print time.

My next was a delta, I sold that because it wasn't really compatible 
with my needs.  That was a kit of parts.

My next two were "Not a Prusa", a Chinese company (I forget who) that 
made an improved Prusa type printer and put Prusa with a number higher 
than any Prusa had at the time.  They were mostly assembled, just add 
the rails.  Workhorses.

Then we moved.

Now I have an Artillery X1 Plus (pre-assembled except for screwing on 
the rails) and Artillery X4 Plus (also mostly assembled).  My new 
workhorses, although with all the time we had to be away, the X1 sat for 
long periods wondering where we were.  Now that's past we have actual 
work to do on them again.

I had been using Simplicity 3D as a slicer, but with the X4 I switched 
to Orca, it understands Klipper better.

On 14-Nov-25 4:43, Jon Ares via Stagecraft wrote:
> I don't regret my Erector Set printer past in the least. Ditto.  :)
>
> But yeah, these days I just like having one that "just works." I print 
> a lot. And design cool lamps.
>
>  - Jon
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM Dave Vick via Stagecraft 
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM Jon Ares via Stagecraft
>     <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>          Today's major players make them so much better and faster
>         than those build-it-yourself Erector Set printers of a few
>         years ago.
>
>
>     Hey! I built one of those erector set printers (a kit from
>     SeeMeCNC) eight-or-so years ago while recovering from knee surgery
>     and it gave me two BIG advantages:
>
>     1.) I learned a LOT about how a 3D printer works at
>     machine-language level
>     ...and...
>     2.) I got what amounted to a $3,500 printer with a 10"x10"x16"
>     print volume for about a grand.
>
>     Also it was genuinely fun to build the thing and a huge Ego Stroke
>     to successfully print from something I built from a pile of parts,
>     but then I've always freely admitted to being a Nerd.
>
>     That being said, if I did it all over again I'd be strongly
>     tempted to go the Bambu Labs route.
>
>     YM, as always, MV...
>     -DV
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