there appear to be some VERY minor defects on the most severe overhangs for benchy, but really, those exist on all but the literally best calibrated printers. For a single arm/sub 1K printer, that is INCREDIBLY good quality.
I'm legitimately astonished at how good your very first 3DBenchy came out. I have several friends who are way into 3D printers and they had a heck of a time getting it that nice. Also, great cameo by your friends! Hope you got a good start into the new year, or at least as good a start as can be expected these days!
That’s Prusa for you. I have multiple Creality printers and I’m constantly messing around with them. My Prusa just works. Every time. Hell if you use Prusament it’s even better, solid PETG printing without any settings tweaking.
Hi Matt, I'm one of those 3D printing geeks you've mentioned and yes, that benchy looks perfect to me. When it comes to the z-offset calibration: it's not as daunting as it seems. If the nozzle is too far away, the filament won't stick and if it's too close the filament might also not stick and you risk damaging the build surface. Anything in between will just make the bottom surface look neater or less neat, but it won't change the rest of the print. Good luck and I hope it's one of those hobbies you'll keep coming back to 😊 Oh and one tip: If you end up getting bored with the printer, design your own parts and print them. It's so incredibly rewarding to print what you've designed yourself. Within a couple of hours you can go from having an idea to having a physical object.
I've been in the printer scene since the reprap days, and I can confidently say that prusa is knocking it out of the park more than basically anyone else out there. You made an amazing decision, Matt. Hope you have fun with it!!
If you didnt know, you can add a little toothpick flag to the Benchie. There is little holder in the rear. Which is also the test for how good can your printer print smaller holes.
I actually said "wow!" out loud when I say that Benchy! It looks fantastic! One thing you might look for that you might not notice at first glance is waves or squiggles. They wouldn't be too obvious but you might see it if you look at it reflecting light
I've had a mini for a bit and the quality is great. There can be a bit of fiddly things at times, but I managed to print a tolerance test today with 0.10mm and moves fine. Glad to see how excited you are about it, if you have any issues their forums are a great place. If you need help, I'm Skreelink on prusaprinter's forum and I don't mind answering questions.
It's interesting, Prusa designed the mini kind of for themselves, the parts they need are small enough that their standard printer is overkill, so by designing a smaller printer they can put more of them in their factory and thus print more parts at once (since one printer makes one part at a time no matter how big it is).
you can have printers that have as bed on a conveyor belt, and it works rather well to print many parts in a row, but for the most part, yeah, one part at a time.
@@Danokh I mean the bulk printing speed of their factory. A conveyor belt wouldn’t make nearly as much of a difference as fitting more 3D printers in the same area. Popping the finished print off the plate isn’t what takes most of the time, after all.
it's been turning from the latter to the former for me for a couple of years now, then my printer broke and oh lawd is there ever so much faffing about fixing it. aligning linear rails, aligning endstops, belt tensioning, compiling firmware, recalibrate everything, twice, thrice, bed level, ooze correction, pressure advance, pid tuning. it's endless. glad to see how much the tech has advanced in the past 4-5 years though, even if my printer is so outdated.
You have chosen wisely... I had the exact same experience with my PRUSA MK3 a few years ago. Built it, configured it, printed the logo and a perfect benchy. My PRUSA is used almost every day and is still producing excellent prints for my escape room props.
I love the silly little surprises like gummy bears. Like, there's no reason, it doesn't increase the value that much, but it really does improve the whole experience way more than it should. 😄
@@traewatkins931 I'd 1000% recommend giving a prusa machine a try!!! Their level of customer service and attention to detail is unreal, and my mk2s is by best machine (of about 10 different ones I've owned over the years, haha). If you have the opportunity, absolutely pick one up. I respect creality machines, don't get me wrong, but they require a lot more work to get to what an original prusa can do right out of the box, and unless the printer itself is your hobby, the time saved is so much more worth it.
Check out Fysetc's clone if you already have a printer to bootstrap your build with a set of PETG parts. You can get a kit for $220-ish shipped, and that comes with two sheets and a filament sensor. Basically half the cost, and it's 100% compatible with the original firmware (most of the control hardware is even the same OEMs).
@@marsandbars Not gonna comment on the ethics or anything like that regarding getting a clone kit, it is open source after all. However, I'd like to point out that hilariously the "about us" page on the Fystek website has a "happy clients" section featuring two generic white dudes with nearly the same name and a chunk of lorem ipsum text as their testimonial. I'm not going to say this is a drop shipping site, but it sure looks like one to me... Also, depending on where you are in the world, the price difference between an original prusa and a Chinese clone can come to be negligible, once shipping, taxes and tariffs are taken into account. Again though, spend your money however you'd like, and if you've found a good deal through this site and it's working for you, more power to you to pursue it.
Prusa isn't perfect, but it's the most reliable, field-tested design out there for a hobbyist printer. It is in dire need of a new controller board, which the Mini has, and it lacks an enclosure for temperature stability. But Prusa is a company that offers genuine support, and any upgrades to a model will be offered in kit form for the prior model of printer.
There are two types of people who own 3d printers. Those that enjoy printing, and those that enjoy fixing their printers. And Josef and his company are all great people, he's been part of the 3d printer community for over a decade.
I just realized that this is the very video that got me seriously interested in getting a 3D Printer of my own and a year later (after taking care of some necessary life events first) I have a Prusa Mini+ ordered that should be here in a month.
I bought a Prusa i3 last year. I'm amazed at just how many uses I've found for it. There are so many things around my house that I've managed to repair or improve by drawing and printing new parts for.
@@amsyarzero it’s disguised as a barn, officer. Oops, sorry, the Lord has called for a gathering in the town square, this’ll have to wait. Looks like someone rang the phone!
@@yoooranium9293 Oh ho ho ho, a call to play football eh? Against who again? Sorry, did I hear that right? Peasholm Park United? Aight lads, we're back in football
Dude I'm so jealous... I ordered my Prusa Mini at the start of Jan and it won't be here until Mid March. Thanks for sharing your experience, it fills me with confidence!
Thanks, this video comes in at the perfect time. I'm going to buy a Prusa mini (I'm going with the kit) as soon as Prusa allows me to. (I am in the UK but missed the "take yours before brexit" deadline). I am planning on getting into Fusion360 after it arrives, I got a couple of things I want to print around the house.
To be fair, the one thing I've learnt since my own Lockdown 3D Printing hobby, is that printing upgrades, calibration tools, little printing gadgets, testing out all of your filament (you will soon have more filament than you ever thought you'd need), is an essential part of the hobby.
I printed a drill handle, a machete sheath (4 parts on tge MINI), shorter replacement couch feet, a Falcon Clamp, a thingy that holds cables bent 90˚ in a corner, a clutch for a die grinder, parts bins that lock together with dovetails, and various wheels and spacers. Just what I could remember. What I have NOT printed are 3D printer upgrades and non-functional models (like figures and toys).
Prusa sends gummy bears as rewards for completing steps in assembling your printer. Basically when you get to the end of one part of the printer or one section of the printer, it tells you to eat so many gummy bears as a reward.
Hey Matt, enjoy your new toy! they can be more useful than you think and if you’ve got a bit of a can do diy attitude then you will find some good uses, I’m a product design engineer working with 3D printers most days and I’ve also owned my own, if you have any problems I’m more than happy to help 🙂👍🏻
Congratulations and welcome to the club Matt! Your first benchy is definitely lightyears better than mine 😂 but your first layer watching face is all of us 😂👍
It's not cheating if it matches the default slicing setup; then it's just a convenience. Prusa's slicer should also support loading those settings from the gcode file.
Great Printer, Great Company. The Prusa Mini+ comes with a better bed leveler and I think better clips for the bed barings. If you have any issues with the printer, I am happy to help.
That benchy looks excellent! I have an Ender 3 and while it's great for the price and the size of the thing, it's an absolute bear to use because it seems to "de-calibrate" itself with monotonous regularity. But it was my first 3d printer and I was unaware of the pitfalls that I was setting myself up for. I definitely want to spend a bit more for something contained and of a decent size.
Welcome to the club! I went the hard way (read: cheap) and got the ender 3, but by far the best upgrade for these printers is to pop Octoprint onto a raspberry pi and get it network connected.
Half of those friends that are constantly tinkering with it are probably doing it for fun though so also keep that in mind. Some printers can be really modular and be super easy to add new features
Prusa has some amazing customer service. I've owned a Mk3S for a while now, and recently (read: a month ago) ordered a MMU2S to use with it. Because the MMU2S needs the S upgraded printers (either Mk2.5S or Mk3S, like I have), they included a 2.5 -> 2.5S and 3->3S upgrade kit for free, which is really cool. But! A week before they shipped out my unit, they announced the new S+ upgrade (they made a better version of the bed level sensor) and so, included that upgrade instead for free! They even covered the import cost, due to the fact that I had ordered an additional bed, since that + the MMU2S was originally below the weight limit for customs, but the S+ upgrade put it just over the limit.
I got a prusa mini a while ago and it has served me wonderfully. I mainly use it for D&D minis, using a finer nossle than comes with it by default, and it has excellent quality and reliability.
That has gotta be the cleanest looking benchy I've seen in a while wow! Never thought much of the prusa mini but might have to take a closer look now 👀
That is a really nice benchy actually! It usually takes me two weeks and hours of fiddling with Cura to get my benchy's looking that nice. Maybe not quite that long but it feels that way at times lol. I also use bargain basement printers though, so I guess it makes sense.
Didn't know that the gummy bears *do* come with the package XD I'll say that this looks compelling. Very few assembly (the DIY version is only ~15% less in price for increased complexity, unlike it's bigger brother that would be 25% less with more assembly required). I hope the small size would help make the errors smaller than a larger base (or at least much more visible so you'd notice and correct it). Only problem is I have no idea what would I print out with one...
A raspberry Pi running octoprint to remotely control your printer is an incredible, and incredibly easy upgrade. Provided you have an Rpi of course. Running that with octolapse will make your timelapse videos a thing of beauty.
I also heard to use a sheet of printing paper and I think there should be some resistance as it goes under the nozzle but still easy to move. I could be wrong as I don't own a 3D printer, just what I remember from other vids.
Welcome to the hobby, with the best hobby printer, with the best tech support behind it. Have fun with fusion, it is a great software that is really powerful and fun to use.
Consumer level 3d printers have come a long way in the last few years. They really have gone from being a "project" to something you can actually use to do things.
awesome. I too have enjoyed looking into 3D printers off and on but haven't had the excuse to buy one. So I look forward to seeing what you do with yours.
Big glass of water on a wobbly table where you are assembling things.. The rule is: No drinkable liquids on the work surfaces. You will knock it over, not a question of if but when.
Id love a follow up video of after a month or two if you have had to calibrate or fix anything or if its still just "working". The fixing of my ender 3 is the bane of my existence right now. Ill get a few good prints but inevitably ill get under extrusion or need to re adjust somthing. I've been looking at this exact printer to solve this issue so please let me know if it works out for you!!
The Prusa Mini is an excellent choice for a first 3D printer, and your benchy came out looking pretty much perfect! I have an Ender 3 V2 which has been substantially modified and upgraded to the point where I can usually just start it printing and walk away. This was NOT how it was at the beginning six months ago, but I've learned an awful lot since then :-) I usually print stuff from Thingiverse that I'm interested in or bits and pieces for my printer.
Matt, looks like you could use a nice flat paving stone under your printer for mass. It was hard to see but it looks like you have a tiny bit of wobble. That should mitigate the wobble.
My in law recently bought the prusa 3, the big brother and it is quite interesting I flung him a file that I drew quickly in Fusion and he just printed it no faffing about worked perfectly.
I haven't seen many 3D printer reviews but most of them had the boat and it looked awful most of the time. Your little boat looks freaking amazing, and while I don't have ANY of the knowledge needed to judge, I think you did a great job calibrating it and the printer itself is very good as well. Congratz on getting it working!
I am only one minute into this video, and I can at least say that you purchased the most reliable printer that you could have ever purchased at this price point. You made the best possible choice.
I see your cheap 1990s inject printer, and raise you a 1980s dot matrix printer - for which I had to write my own printer driver! But yes, it looks like they’re not "consumer-ready" yet, but just might be "bumbling amateur-ready" (as opposed to "serious hobbyists only"). I’ll order one as soon as Prusa are able to - gee, thanks Brexit.
I just bought 2 3D printers 2 and 3 months ago. - Creality Ender 3 Pro (FFF Printer) for all the "normal" and big stuff - Anycubic Photon Zero (SLA Printer) for miniatures and small detailed stuff. Yeah, I got a problem xD
Love it! There is a guy on Tiktok that is printing useful stuff in order to prove that it can pay for itself (rather than buying the useful stuff). Maybe you get can some good ideas there?
What printers do your friends have? Because I got two creality (an Ender 3 pro, and a CR-6 SE) and both work absoluely fine without any fiddling. Especially since the CR6 has auto levelling now, which also gets rid of that chore.
yeah i got one of those. its about as good as u can imagine. give that build plate a scrub with dish soap and water tho, then isopropyl , those finger prints will stuff ur life up.
If you had a 3D Printer, what would you use it for?
Printing
Army of 3d printed squirrels
Print a box to store politicians (all of them) out of the way
"will it 3d print?"
some brackets and "Among us" figures, and anything on thingyverse that amuses me.
"Yes, I do need a taller tripod."
If only you could 3D print an extension or something.
I'd like to suggest you print a set of techdiff action figures, maybe a little park bench for them
Or little exploded bits of a bench. 😢
This is the best idea I have ever heard
A fine idea, but it becomes prohibitively expensive when it comes to doing the figure for the sculpted hunk of beefcake that is Chris... 😉
@@PhilipStorry Just make the inside hollow.
@@ZNotFound A hollow beefcake? That hardly seems palatable.
I love how to had to contain your excitement, while trying to deliver a explanation when you seem to just want to make something.
there appear to be some VERY minor defects on the most severe overhangs for benchy, but really, those exist on all but the literally best calibrated printers. For a single arm/sub 1K printer, that is INCREDIBLY good quality.
Indeed it is.
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I am immensely overjoyed to see the Sally Le Page cameo!!
I'm legitimately astonished at how good your very first 3DBenchy came out. I have several friends who are way into 3D printers and they had a heck of a time getting it that nice.
Also, great cameo by your friends! Hope you got a good start into the new year, or at least as good a start as can be expected these days!
That’s Prusa for you. I have multiple Creality printers and I’m constantly messing around with them. My Prusa just works. Every time. Hell if you use Prusament it’s even better, solid PETG printing without any settings tweaking.
Hi Matt, I'm one of those 3D printing geeks you've mentioned and yes, that benchy looks perfect to me. When it comes to the z-offset calibration: it's not as daunting as it seems. If the nozzle is too far away, the filament won't stick and if it's too close the filament might also not stick and you risk damaging the build surface. Anything in between will just make the bottom surface look neater or less neat, but it won't change the rest of the print. Good luck and I hope it's one of those hobbies you'll keep coming back to 😊
Oh and one tip: If you end up getting bored with the printer, design your own parts and print them. It's so incredibly rewarding to print what you've designed yourself. Within a couple of hours you can go from having an idea to having a physical object.
I think you missed a crucial step. (Or perhaps just forgot to include it in the video).
At no point did you make use of the bag of gummy bears :D
The gummy bears where the support crew. They watch you work and give support by not being in the way and doing nothing.
@@sirBrouwer Maybe they are used for leveling shims, but Matt didn't need the. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
:-P
@@sirBrouwer They are to be eaten at proper time. It's a crucial step in the assembly that is emphasised in the assembly manual :)
I messed up this part - I eat all the bears before even starting to read the manual :-)
I've been in the printer scene since the reprap days, and I can confidently say that prusa is knocking it out of the park more than basically anyone else out there. You made an amazing decision, Matt. Hope you have fun with it!!
If you didnt know, you can add a little toothpick flag to the Benchie. There is little holder in the rear. Which is also the test for how good can your printer print smaller holes.
That hole at the back is sized for 1.75mm filament to be a snug fit!
The benchie is overall a great model for tweaking settings. Convex and concave curves, unsupported overhangs, small size with reasonable details.
I actually said "wow!" out loud when I say that Benchy! It looks fantastic! One thing you might look for that you might not notice at first glance is waves or squiggles. They wouldn't be too obvious but you might see it if you look at it reflecting light
Same here.
I've had a mini for a bit and the quality is great. There can be a bit of fiddly things at times, but I managed to print a tolerance test today with 0.10mm and moves fine. Glad to see how excited you are about it, if you have any issues their forums are a great place. If you need help, I'm Skreelink on prusaprinter's forum and I don't mind answering questions.
Matt: "I'm going to use my allen keys, they're nicer"
Me: Pffffff, nicer?
Sees fancy chrome green allen key.
Now jealous of allen keys.
Wera Hex Plus. Colour coded, ball ended, what more could I want? amzn.to/396Oywi
@@MattGrayYES I like my t handle ball end allen keys
I have never seen color-coded allen keys in my life.
You should do what Evan and Katelyn did, and attach googly eyes to the nozzle of your 3d printer.
YES!
I thought that was a technical necessity :-)
I got this same printer a few weeks ago. Other than needing to adjust the hot end to fix some extrudee clogs it has been fantastic.
It's interesting, Prusa designed the mini kind of for themselves, the parts they need are small enough that their standard printer is overkill, so by designing a smaller printer they can put more of them in their factory and thus print more parts at once (since one printer makes one part at a time no matter how big it is).
you can have printers that have as bed on a conveyor belt, and it works rather well to print many parts in a row, but for the most part, yeah, one part at a time.
@@deefdragon
The printing speed is determined by the number of nozzles.
@@ragnkja How?
@@Danokh
I mean the bulk printing speed of their factory. A conveyor belt wouldn’t make nearly as much of a difference as fitting more 3D printers in the same area. Popping the finished print off the plate isn’t what takes most of the time, after all.
@@ragnkja Yes
For some people 3D printing is the hobby, for others the hobby is 3D printers.
And others just like to watch ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Indeed. I'm definitely a "as little maintenance and fiddling about as feasible" kind of person.
it's been turning from the latter to the former for me for a couple of years now, then my printer broke and oh lawd is there ever so much faffing about fixing it.
aligning linear rails, aligning endstops, belt tensioning, compiling firmware, recalibrate everything, twice, thrice, bed level, ooze correction, pressure advance, pid tuning. it's endless.
glad to see how much the tech has advanced in the past 4-5 years though, even if my printer is so outdated.
@@xureality Yeah age means nothing at all, an old anet clone STILL beats a new ender3 so......
You have chosen wisely... I had the exact same experience with my PRUSA MK3 a few years ago. Built it, configured it, printed the logo and a perfect benchy. My PRUSA is used almost every day and is still producing excellent prints for my escape room props.
I love the silly little surprises like gummy bears. Like, there's no reason, it doesn't increase the value that much, but it really does improve the whole experience way more than it should. 😄
That Benchy looks really good; I'm looking for a printer and Prusa may be a good bet!
@@traewatkins931 I'd 1000% recommend giving a prusa machine a try!!! Their level of customer service and attention to detail is unreal, and my mk2s is by best machine (of about 10 different ones I've owned over the years, haha). If you have the opportunity, absolutely pick one up. I respect creality machines, don't get me wrong, but they require a lot more work to get to what an original prusa can do right out of the box, and unless the printer itself is your hobby, the time saved is so much more worth it.
Check out Fysetc's clone if you already have a printer to bootstrap your build with a set of PETG parts. You can get a kit for $220-ish shipped, and that comes with two sheets and a filament sensor. Basically half the cost, and it's 100% compatible with the original firmware (most of the control hardware is even the same OEMs).
@@marsandbars Not gonna comment on the ethics or anything like that regarding getting a clone kit, it is open source after all. However, I'd like to point out that hilariously the "about us" page on the Fystek website has a "happy clients" section featuring two generic white dudes with nearly the same name and a chunk of lorem ipsum text as their testimonial.
I'm not going to say this is a drop shipping site, but it sure looks like one to me...
Also, depending on where you are in the world, the price difference between an original prusa and a Chinese clone can come to be negligible, once shipping, taxes and tariffs are taken into account.
Again though, spend your money however you'd like, and if you've found a good deal through this site and it's working for you, more power to you to pursue it.
Prusa isn't perfect, but it's the most reliable, field-tested design out there for a hobbyist printer. It is in dire need of a new controller board, which the Mini has, and it lacks an enclosure for temperature stability. But Prusa is a company that offers genuine support, and any upgrades to a model will be offered in kit form for the prior model of printer.
There are two types of people who own 3d printers. Those that enjoy printing, and those that enjoy fixing their printers. And Josef and his company are all great people, he's been part of the 3d printer community for over a decade.
I just realized that this is the very video that got me seriously interested in getting a 3D Printer of my own and a year later (after taking care of some necessary life events first) I have a Prusa Mini+ ordered that should be here in a month.
"some gummybears" :D love it already
in the manual there is part, when you have to eat the gummy bears. It's epic
@@D0kkie they know you're going to be putting it together immediately, and need a blood sugar boost about then. They included a snack.
"will it 3d print?"
Print a blender!
I bought a Prusa i3 last year. I'm amazed at just how many uses I've found for it. There are so many things around my house that I've managed to repair or improve by drawing and printing new parts for.
If I were to buy another 3D printer, that’s probably the one I’d choose.
Why don’t you 3D print a hovercraft?
Look up Ivan Miranda on UA-cam, he did that.
Hovercraft? What hovercraft?
@@amsyarzero it’s disguised as a barn, officer. Oops, sorry, the Lord has called for a gathering in the town square, this’ll have to wait. Looks like someone rang the phone!
@@yoooranium9293 Oh ho ho ho, a call to play football eh? Against who again? Sorry, did I hear that right? Peasholm Park United?
Aight lads, we're back in football
@@amsyarzero ah yes. I miss that witty banter
I'm quite impressed by how good that benchy is out of the box, as you say my ender 3 took a lot of tweaking to get that quality.
I met mister prusa in a maker fair in the Netherlands in 2019, and he's such a nice guy
He wasn't there last year, but I guess you mean 2019. Met him there as wel then
@@thomaslevendig7421 ja sorry, moet er nog aan wennen dat het 2021 is
Number one rule for calibration, If there are no gaps and it sticks then it's ok
Dude I'm so jealous... I ordered my Prusa Mini at the start of Jan and it won't be here until Mid March. Thanks for sharing your experience, it fills me with confidence!
Thanks, this video comes in at the perfect time. I'm going to buy a Prusa mini (I'm going with the kit) as soon as Prusa allows me to. (I am in the UK but missed the "take yours before brexit" deadline). I am planning on getting into Fusion360 after it arrives, I got a couple of things I want to print around the house.
Can't wait for Will It Soft Serve's sister channel, "Will it 3D Print"
An excellent review Matt
as you came into it basically with zero knowledge
That benchy is amazing for a first print. Well done :O
To be fair, the one thing I've learnt since my own Lockdown 3D Printing hobby, is that printing upgrades, calibration tools, little printing gadgets, testing out all of your filament (you will soon have more filament than you ever thought you'd need), is an essential part of the hobby.
I printed a drill handle, a machete sheath (4 parts on tge MINI), shorter replacement couch feet, a Falcon Clamp, a thingy that holds cables bent 90˚ in a corner, a clutch for a die grinder, parts bins that lock together with dovetails, and various wheels and spacers. Just what I could remember.
What I have NOT printed are 3D printer upgrades and non-functional models (like figures and toys).
Using a friend's prusa mk3 after having an ender 3 myself was so surprising. Everything just printed the way I wanted it to
The gummy bears never came into play.
I was waiting for them.
Prusa sends gummy bears as rewards for completing steps in assembling your printer. Basically when you get to the end of one part of the printer or one section of the printer, it tells you to eat so many gummy bears as a reward.
Hey Matt, enjoy your new toy! they can be more useful than you think and if you’ve got a bit of a can do diy attitude then you will find some good uses, I’m a product design engineer working with 3D printers most days and I’ve also owned my own, if you have any problems I’m more than happy to help 🙂👍🏻
Congratulations and welcome to the club Matt! Your first benchy is definitely lightyears better than mine 😂 but your first layer watching face is all of us 😂👍
Though I suppose them supplying the Benchy as GCode on a memory stick is probably cheating somewhat…
@@MattGrayYES
That’s practically standard these days, isn’t it?
It's not cheating if it matches the default slicing setup; then it's just a convenience. Prusa's slicer should also support loading those settings from the gcode file.
Great Printer, Great Company. The Prusa Mini+ comes with a better bed leveler and I think better clips for the bed barings. If you have any issues with the printer, I am happy to help.
That Benchy speaks volumes about why your next printer should be a Prusa!
That benchy looks excellent! I have an Ender 3 and while it's great for the price and the size of the thing, it's an absolute bear to use because it seems to "de-calibrate" itself with monotonous regularity.
But it was my first 3d printer and I was unaware of the pitfalls that I was setting myself up for. I definitely want to spend a bit more for something contained and of a decent size.
Welcome to the club!
I went the hard way (read: cheap) and got the ender 3, but by far the best upgrade for these printers is to pop Octoprint onto a raspberry pi and get it network connected.
Half of those friends that are constantly tinkering with it are probably doing it for fun though so also keep that in mind. Some printers can be really modular and be super easy to add new features
Prusa has some amazing customer service. I've owned a Mk3S for a while now, and recently (read: a month ago) ordered a MMU2S to use with it. Because the MMU2S needs the S upgraded printers (either Mk2.5S or Mk3S, like I have), they included a 2.5 -> 2.5S and 3->3S upgrade kit for free, which is really cool. But! A week before they shipped out my unit, they announced the new S+ upgrade (they made a better version of the bed level sensor) and so, included that upgrade instead for free! They even covered the import cost, due to the fact that I had ordered an additional bed, since that + the MMU2S was originally below the weight limit for customs, but the S+ upgrade put it just over the limit.
I got a prusa mini a while ago and it has served me wonderfully. I mainly use it for D&D minis, using a finer nossle than comes with it by default, and it has excellent quality and reliability.
i love your enthusiasm, its inspiring!
would love to hear about the things you print with it.
nice swiss train station clock in the background.
That has gotta be the cleanest looking benchy I've seen in a while wow! Never thought much of the prusa mini but might have to take a closer look now 👀
oooh, i've looked at Prusa's in the past, but they were a bit pricey for a first printer.....and i've ordered a mini!
That is a really nice benchy actually! It usually takes me two weeks and hours of fiddling with Cura to get my benchy's looking that nice. Maybe not quite that long but it feels that way at times lol. I also use bargain basement printers though, so I guess it makes sense.
Didn't know that the gummy bears *do* come with the package XD
I'll say that this looks compelling. Very few assembly (the DIY version is only ~15% less in price for increased complexity, unlike it's bigger brother that would be 25% less with more assembly required). I hope the small size would help make the errors smaller than a larger base (or at least much more visible so you'd notice and correct it).
Only problem is I have no idea what would I print out with one...
With Sally cameo!
Not to mention some guy in a red t-shirt.
Ooh, I love 3D printing! And if this is an affordable one that actually works (and works well) I’m immensely interested now.
A raspberry Pi running octoprint to remotely control your printer is an incredible, and incredibly easy upgrade. Provided you have an Rpi of course. Running that with octolapse will make your timelapse videos a thing of beauty.
PrintyMcPrintBoat actually looks really good!
I think the best way to control the layer hight is with finger, if the layer is smooth, it's perfect
I also heard to use a sheet of printing paper and I think there should be some resistance as it goes under the nozzle but still easy to move.
I could be wrong as I don't own a 3D printer, just what I remember from other vids.
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I’ve calibrated a couple of 3D printers, and that is indeed correct.
Welcome to the hobby, with the best hobby printer, with the best tech support behind it. Have fun with fusion, it is a great software that is really powerful and fun to use.
You should 3D print the famous tea kettle that is in a bunch of stuff
Utah teapot?
New series, 'will it 3d print?'
I have been wondering whether it’s possible to 3D print strawberry laces.
Consumer level 3d printers have come a long way in the last few years. They really have gone from being a "project" to something you can actually use to do things.
awesome. I too have enjoyed looking into 3D printers off and on but haven't had the excuse to buy one.
So I look forward to seeing what you do with yours.
Big glass of water on a wobbly table where you are assembling things.. The rule is: No drinkable liquids on the work surfaces. You will knock it over, not a question of if but when.
Why specify “drinkable”? Soapy water would hardly be any better.
Id love a follow up video of after a month or two if you have had to calibrate or fix anything or if its still just "working". The fixing of my ender 3 is the bane of my existence right now. Ill get a few good prints but inevitably ill get under extrusion or need to re adjust somthing. I've been looking at this exact printer to solve this issue so please let me know if it works out for you!!
Bloody hell Mr Matt, that a good looking benchy! Also, excellent description of what a 3d printer is and does :)
Never thought you were a While She Sleeps fan! Go Matt!
The Prusa Mini is an excellent choice for a first 3D printer, and your benchy came out looking pretty much perfect! I have an Ender 3 V2 which has been substantially modified and upgraded to the point where I can usually just start it printing and walk away. This was NOT how it was at the beginning six months ago, but I've learned an awful lot since then :-) I usually print stuff from Thingiverse that I'm interested in or bits and pieces for my printer.
Matt, looks like you could use a nice flat paving stone under your printer for mass. It was hard to see but it looks like you have a tiny bit of wobble. That should mitigate the wobble.
My in law recently bought the prusa 3, the big brother and it is quite interesting I flung him a file that I drew quickly in Fusion and he just printed it no faffing about worked perfectly.
That is one beautiful 3DBenchy, man!!! The printer really likes you ;-)
I haven't seen many 3D printer reviews but most of them had the boat and it looked awful most of the time. Your little boat looks freaking amazing, and while I don't have ANY of the knowledge needed to judge, I think you did a great job calibrating it and the printer itself is very good as well. Congratz on getting it working!
Always fun seeing someone having their first prusa experience. “Oh look haribo bears!”
I’m going to start calling 3D Printers “expensive glue guns” lmao
Some of them are cheap and crappy glue guns instead!
how about "cnc glue gun", instead?
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I am only one minute into this video, and I can at least say that you purchased the most reliable printer that you could have ever purchased at this price point. You made the best possible choice.
I just got my Prusa mini too! Loving it so far.
6:17 Three Screws In: The Matt Gray Story
I'd print 1:1 scale Lightsabre hits if I could. I know Ahsoka's Rebels/Mando hilts can be done quite easily as they're basically Katana hilts.
I see your cheap 1990s inject printer, and raise you a 1980s dot matrix printer - for which I had to write my own printer driver!
But yes, it looks like they’re not "consumer-ready" yet, but just might be "bumbling amateur-ready" (as opposed to "serious hobbyists only").
I’ll order one as soon as Prusa are able to - gee, thanks Brexit.
Make a plexiglass box for it, and print the door hinges. It probably doesn't like getting dusty...
Yeah! I got one a month ago and been printed almost every day!
i love how your Allen key is rainbow colored!
keep up the interesting videos!!
Don't see a lot of people ordering the all-black version a lot. Everyone gets the orange one for some reason
I just bought 2 3D printers 2 and 3 months ago.
- Creality Ender 3 Pro (FFF Printer) for all the "normal" and big stuff
- Anycubic Photon Zero (SLA Printer) for miniatures and small detailed stuff.
Yeah, I got a problem xD
Love it! There is a guy on Tiktok that is printing useful stuff in order to prove that it can pay for itself (rather than buying the useful stuff). Maybe you get can some good ideas there?
Greetings from a Reading backspace member :) we have 2 ultimakers. Great tools to make stuff with :)
welcome to the Mini Club! I love mine sooo much and now I am giving serious considerations to getting another ❤😋
Likewise, I have a mk2s that I got in beat up used condition, and I'm currently wavering on getting either a mk3 or a mini. Such a great brand!!
Good on ya friend.
Have a fun time.
Yay! Another toy that will spread some happiness about!
7:17 Aren't we all.
0:10 "oi mate do you have your butterknoife loisence ?"
Do everybody’s favourite Gary Brennan!!
Literally sat watching this as I 3D print a case for my iPod
I do not know what your opinion is on stuff/keepsakes but figurines resembeling your projects could be an idea.
3d printers are fantastic, especially the prusa mini. the prusa mini is what i recommend to anyone who can afford it. its increadible
What printers do your friends have? Because I got two creality (an Ender 3 pro, and a CR-6 SE) and both work absoluely fine without any fiddling. Especially since the CR6 has auto levelling now, which also gets rid of that chore.
yeah i got one of those. its about as good as u can imagine. give that build plate a scrub with dish soap and water tho, then isopropyl , those finger prints will stuff ur life up.