Print Farm Printers?, New Printing Technologies,Engineering Filaments and MORE!

This Episodes Questions:

Hey guys, so, I wanted some advice. I’ve been looking to get a Bambu Lab printer but I’m wondering if it’s worth the jump from the P1S to the X1C. For me, I run a small print farm for a vendor fair/craft show business. I print primarily PLA, PETG, and TPU but I enjoy enclosed printers so the P1P and A1 are out of the picture for me. I’ve watched review after review and some people love the P1S, some don’t, especially because of the screen and the camera. Is the camera that bad and is the screen that big of a headache? Do I spend the extra money for a better camera, LiDar, hardened steel extruder/nozzle, and touchscreen? Or am I better off buying a P1S and saving myself money? Braden

For the “Pro-sumer” and light industrial users the possibility of using more technical plastic materials, metals and continuous carbon fiber filament is very exciting and I’m looking forward to the inevitable trickle down effect from the more serious users like aerospace and automotive manufacturing. I would love to see more content in that direction but are any of you guys particularly interested in those higher capability machines or do you prefer to stay strictly in the hobby arena? Also, which of the more advanced 3D printing technologies do you think will be most likely to be affordable to the average consumer first? James

Hi guys,
I am currently running an E5S1 and E3v2. I have a potential customer that requires the product to be temp stable in a hot vehicle and am torn between:

  • Qidi smart3
  • Qidi Xmax3 Plus
  • Prusa mini in enclosure
  • Bambu P1S
  • Ratrig V-Minion
  • Crealiy K1
  • Voron v0
    I am currently spending 30min or so getting my print chamber to 45c with the E5S1 in the tent enclosure thingy. Any recommendations? Is a small Ratrig or Voron farm a good idea?? Jeremiah

New Printers Released, Filament Color Effect Prints?, Dangerous VOC’s? and MORE!!!

This Episodes Questions:

I would be interested to hear you guys discuss safety with respect to fumes and plastic particles. I’m planning to park my EV3SE on a tall cabinet close to a large bathroom vent fan but I can already see the attraction of an enclosed CoreXY machine for better capture and control of fumes and particles. James

I recently found your podcast, which has quickly become one of my go-to pods when commuting to and from work.
My question is more of an observation of sorts. Whenever I print with darker PLA, I have noticed more stringing than lighter colors. I use the same brand for my PLA and I use the same material profile for all colors.
I only change things like the number of walls, top/bottom layers, or infill according to the item I am printing at the time. My temperatures for the bed and hotend never change.
I do not have very much stringing but it is more noticeable when I print in black or a darker color.
I would like to know if this has been your experience or if it just might be my brand’s formulation of darker colors causing the stringing.
Is it practical to change the hotend temp per color?
Thanks in advance for any insight. Keep up the great content! Vann