one thing i learned from buying on aliexpress is there is no such thing as last day . prices go up and down to show that there are "discounts". just gotta wait for when they have those "discounts" which is like every few days. I bought 4 rolls one go with fedex shipping afew weeks ago, price goes down to about RM60 a roll.

This is the guy i bought from the last time, http://www.aliexpress.com/item/purple-colo...1213594189.html

price seems like ~1+ usd diff from the seller you posted.

Yeah i just noticed the wood and flexi stuff, good find , let us know the quality of the stuff once you've tried it.

say exchange rate is 3.5
1 pc = US $24.96 = RM87.36 ea
2 pcs = US $42.87 = RM75 ea
3 pcs = US $60.26 = RM70 ea
4 pcs = US $78.09 = RM68 ea
5 pcs = US $96.13 = RM67 ea
6 pcs = US $114.17 = RM66 ea

pick your sweet spot

i'll give that a shot once i switch back to PLA, having a ball of a time now with ABS

i quit ordering from ebay mid last year and swapped over to aliexpress, abit more expensive but all got tracking numbers or if i got friends ordering from taobao i will tumpang their order .

This post has been edited by KLKS: Jan 8 2015, 12:17 PM

So far no bad experience, i've used them almost 50 times and not a single lost item, but yeah CC required, no paypal :/ at least theres tracking

dont have a fav store, i search by amount sold vs lowest/best price

Stepper i tumpang my friends taobao, this is the guy we bought from

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....ucket=16#detail

3d printer that can print carbon fibre


This post has been edited by KLKS: Jan 13 2015, 07:43 PM

I think can make a trilogy

eehtsitna the i3 is a good safe choice for a first printer, lots of documentation and support and big community, parts are easy to source, many tutorials on tuning/tweaking/upgrading.
My first was an i3 DIY kit, and now i'm building my 2nd i3 sourcing my own parts/electronics/print head.

This post has been edited by KLKS: Jan 15 2015, 10:31 AM

Motors/MK3 heatbed and JHead extruder reached yesterday




Became a cheapskate and printed my own SCS8UU body (plans from thingiverse)

from experience, don't use thread lock, dont overtighten if u have an acrylic frame.

Yes the frame itself is sturdy, 6-8mm acrylic but it will still crack.



and thread lock is something that prevents screws from coming loose.

I've bought a laser cutter and my prusa i3 from china, tax is a hit and miss, got taxed for laser cutter, no tax for pursa i3, higher chance for tax is u use fedex/dhl or those couriers as compared to ems/gdex/cheetah. Friend bought a same i3, used dhl and got taxed. its about 10%

Not the painters grade tape, that stuff sticks like mad/

I've been printing ABS for almost a month, finishing my first roll, so far the smell isnt that notifiable and i literally sit like arms length from my printer.

The 3M stuff? Try the ACE brand painters tape (white color), i've had very good success with it.

Yeah possibly, sometimes there is a wiff of melted plastic, but goes away after afew mins.

Oh incase anyone is planning to print ABS, if you need to make ABS Juice/glue, thinner works well in the event you cant get your hands on acetone.


This post has been edited by KLKS: Jan 23 2015, 05:22 PM

I just noticed a small problem with my printer, i tried printing a large square and noticed that the square isnt true. The layers all line up properly. I measured with an 90 degree L ruler and there is a small gap. I checked my X & Y belts for slop and they are fine. Any idea what else i can check for?

Got the problem corrected 98%, the Y bed was unequal, right side was off by 2-4mm, after correcting it, prints seem more square.