
I feel like many of us can take this hobby to another level with this setup!
Much appreciated
Carl
I'd strongly recommend having a look at some of the CAD programs out there and seeing which one clicks for you, Carl. It'd be no good having a printer if the only stuff you can print is whatever you can find for free on the internet. There's a whole bunch of different suites out there; maths-based parametric stuff like OpenSCAD that Rob and Alwyn use, 2D-based mechanical drawing suites like DesignSpark (personally the one that clicked for me), some that are more like sculpting with clay or building like Lego, etc.wibblywobbly wrote:As you will already realise from previous discussions, 3D printing is 90% CAD knowledge and 10% printer ownership.
I use You Tube as my guide. I originally bought a self assembly printer back in the early days, 3 years ago, it worked really well. I then bought a Kossel style printer that was really fast, high quality prints, but they are a challenge (for me at least) to set up properly via the software, the build size is a bit restrictive for 16th scale use. After much research I recently bought a CR-10. Huge build plate, it comes fully assembled, programmed, and configured, just two parts to bolt together, and that's it, you can print. It produces very high quality prints, and is very easy to use. They are selling like hot cakes, and are now the 'standard' to which other printers are compared.
If you bought one, no one would say OMG what did you buy one of those for?