This is the EXACT reason why I'll never get anything bambu. I like to tinker and fix stuf...kinda one of the reasons why I have 3D printers in the first place. But I want to diagnose and repair not just press buttons and send it in if something breaks. It absolutely drives me nuts when I see someone too lazy to even try to figure out how to fix something they paid so much money for.
Nice! Bought my printer cheap and broken as well. Unrepaired off eBay, it was a Microcenter return. Ender 3 S1 for $90 shipped, when it arrived the nozzle had a huge clog on it, and the seller sent me a 2nd whole printer when I asked about parts for it.
Never use force. If you'd just waited a bit longer, the solder on the other side would probably have melted too, and you could have gently pushed it off with almost no force.
I got lucky and found it pretty quickly after it was posted on Facebook Marketplace. Stuff there seems to move pretty fast, or be horrendously overpriced, but after checking now and then for a couple weeks when I thought to, I managed to score a deal so it's definitely worth keeping an eye on.
I have an SKR 1.3 in my parts bin so I was very tempted, but I found a trade for something smaller, direct drive and with klipper so I already passed this machine on after a couple days. It was giving some quite nice results stock however, better than I expected for layer lines and consistency. The single drive bowden however was a little frustrating which helped my decision as it strips pla easily.
I bought an ender 3 3D for 60 bucks Canadian, but i had to assemble it.. It does works but I had to upgrade a few things like a glass bed and auto leveling.
That's a solid deal too. ABL is also an insanely nice quality of life upgrade, manual leveling isn't that bad, but being able to mesh, and even do klipper's adaptive mesh before each print is so nice in comparison, it's hard to go back.
Ah, interesting. It seems like a good base platform to overhaul, but I already have a printer for that lol, so I actually just traded it for a Sovol SV07 today as someone was looking for a larger printer. I still wanted something more like a cantilever 180x180x180 machine, but this is significantly smaller still so easy to put away when I don't need two running.
I have had mine for 4 years or so never ran into a problem. Now that I got a core xy printer, I decided to upgrade it to Klipper and slap a direct extruded + ercf on it.
Ran across your video just scrolling through. Learned a bit in how repairs work and dropped a sub. Thank you for taking the time to share the journey.
Great job on the component level troubleshooting and repair. Pretty neat. Subscribing!
Love these videos. It always is a good time when i can see the troubleshooting process!
This is the EXACT reason why I'll never get anything bambu. I like to tinker and fix stuf...kinda one of the reasons why I have 3D printers in the first place. But I want to diagnose and repair not just press buttons and send it in if something breaks. It absolutely drives me nuts when I see someone too lazy to even try to figure out how to fix something they paid so much money for.
not bad. saved the ewaste. great work
Nice! Bought my printer cheap and broken as well. Unrepaired off eBay, it was a Microcenter return. Ender 3 S1 for $90 shipped, when it arrived the nozzle had a huge clog on it, and the seller sent me a 2nd whole printer when I asked about parts for it.
Never use force. If you'd just waited a bit longer, the solder on the other side would probably have melted too, and you could have gently pushed it off with almost no force.
If you decide to mod that printer, I recommend putting a Bmg extruder or clone on it
I already fixed the “broken” mega S at my Makerspace. Idk why but I love repairing 3D printers, including my own.
"I'll just put this with the rest of the fire"
I bought a broken Ender 3 Pro. I turned it into a Voron Switchwire.
This is the way! And then you buy a Trident frame and put the SW in that 🤣 was my journey lol
Where did you find it? I've been interested in a resin printer but don't have a real need for one, but if it was cheap.
I got lucky and found it pretty quickly after it was posted on Facebook Marketplace. Stuff there seems to move pretty fast, or be horrendously overpriced, but after checking now and then for a couple weeks when I thought to, I managed to score a deal so it's definitely worth keeping an eye on.
Easy fix if you are experienced. That i3 mega were good machines. Change the board to a skr, add a screen and some mosfets
I have an SKR 1.3 in my parts bin so I was very tempted, but I found a trade for something smaller, direct drive and with klipper so I already passed this machine on after a couple days.
It was giving some quite nice results stock however, better than I expected for layer lines and consistency. The single drive bowden however was a little frustrating which helped my decision as it strips pla easily.
@JunctionRunner very good machine
I bought an ender 3 3D for 60 bucks Canadian, but i had to assemble it.. It does works but I had to upgrade a few things like a glass bed and auto leveling.
That's a solid deal too. ABL is also an insanely nice quality of life upgrade, manual leveling isn't that bad, but being able to mesh, and even do klipper's adaptive mesh before each print is so nice in comparison, it's hard to go back.
Hey, I pretty much did the same exact thing!!
Having owned an anycubic mega-x it’s a giant piece of junk. It’s been sitting in parts for the last year I need to recycle it.
Ah, interesting. It seems like a good base platform to overhaul, but I already have a printer for that lol, so I actually just traded it for a Sovol SV07 today as someone was looking for a larger printer.
I still wanted something more like a cantilever 180x180x180 machine, but this is significantly smaller still so easy to put away when I don't need two running.
I have had mine for 4 years or so never ran into a problem. Now that I got a core xy printer, I decided to upgrade it to Klipper and slap a direct extruded + ercf on it.
i dont think klipper help..u pay about 40 bucks too much...and fast isnt word what anyone searging for