{"id":7561,"date":"2017-01-08T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/?p=7561"},"modified":"2017-01-08T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T14:58:18","slug":"i-read-your-advice-dont-buy-a-cheap-printer-kit-from-china-but-then-did-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/?p=7561","title":{"rendered":"I read your advice: don’t buy a cheap printer kit from China – but then did it anyway."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sorry for the long post.TLDR: I bought a “Flying Bear” 3D printer and just wanted to say ‘Hi!’ to this subreddit.I nearly went with the Monoprice printer since everyone here suggests it at the $300 (usd) range. But after a couple days of research I decided that I could get more from my money if I took a bit of a risk. I did heed your advice about avoiding plastic frames though – thanks!Anyway, I ended up gambling on a “Flying Bear (P902)” 3D printer kit and I have no regrets. Here’s a picture of the 3rd thing I printed – a tiki statue as close as I could find to the necklace in Scrubs. http:\/\/ift.tt\/2i44Zgb I’m pretty happy with it especially considering this wasn’t made specifically to be 3D printed, I haven’t tweaked the default settings, and also because I’ve never used a printer without support material before.The printer looks like this: http:\/\/ift.tt\/2i2exxf And some of the specs: Build Volume: 220 x 220 x 280 mmFull metal frame: standard aluminum t-slotHeated aluminum build plateSeparate Part and Extruder cooling fansArduino \/ RAMPS cooling fanMin layer thickness: 0.05mmMax print speed: 140mm\/sIf anyone cares – it took me about 6 hours to assemble it mechanically, and maybe 2 hours to do the wiring. Obviously that wouldn’t of been needed with the monoprice one. Satisfaction from building something with my hands aside – the main reasons I chose this one are solid construction and ease of doing modifications \/ upgrades.I made a time-lapse video of the assembly if anyone’s interested.https:\/\/youtu.be\/1rCZel8rfVcProblems: The instructions are not great. The power cord was only rated to 5 amps – I replaced it during assembly. The frame was not grounded – fixed during assembly. The z-axis limit switch end stop is poorly designed – should be an easy fix when I get time. Some of the screws are not well chosen.Anyway, thanks for reading. I’m hoping by posting this I can find some other people with the same (or similar) printer to share mods and settings or something.Edit: corrected build volume http:\/\/ift.tt\/2jqElmC<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry for the long post.TLDR: I bought a “Flying Bear” 3D printer and just wanted to say ‘Hi!’ to this subreddit.I nearly went with the Monoprice printer since everyone here suggests it at the $300 (usd) range. But after a couple days of research I decided that I could get more from my money if … Continue reading “I read your advice: don’t buy a cheap printer kit from China – but then did it anyway.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8,9],"class_list":["post-7561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-3dprinters","tag-3dprinting","tag-discussion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7562,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7561\/revisions\/7562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.3dprinterbank.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}