I have seen their ABS prints and they were great.

Hobbed bolt made with hacksaw.I don't have a filament to test it out.but it feels grippy enough


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Hmm, just when you test it out, could you check if the filament would wonder sideways? As if the filaments were following the thread. I had an issue when my hobbed bolt was off it would start turning the filament, which caused it to shear.

What if you file a groove for the filament? like

This post has been edited by feiming: Dec 23 2014, 09:04 AM

Guys...which 3d printer should a beginner go with?

Ok.. I received my shipment of timing belt tension springs.. there's no way I'm gonna need FIFTY of them, so who wants to try it on their timing belts?

It's this one, in case there're other timing belt things I don't know of.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/50pcs-GT2-T...2032616946.html

Build or buy?

This post has been edited by feiming: Dec 23 2014, 09:05 AM

anyone need a 200x200 heat bed let me know I changing mine to aluminum plate so I have 2 extra 200x200 heat bed with out thermistor price would be RM55 per EA

marauderz

how much you selling per EA?

wnyeen,

depends, we have local selling ready to assemble reprap for 3k+ or kits around 1.6k-2.5k if you have money to to dump there also few others option like flash forge printrbot, UP mini etc

dude get a dremel , dont hobbed bolt usually have slight groove to it? like those MK8 filament gear

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Dec 23 2014, 09:55 AM

Dude.. it's a teeny tiny spring, the envelope and postage would probably cost more than the stupid thing... Buy me coffee or something? heheh.

Anyone can help to print a couple of the below ?

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:134151
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:74388

Instead of buy or build, you can always get someone here with a printer to print your stuff.

But back to wnyeen question, frankly its not easy to use a 3D printer since not all of them are out-of-the-box ready and you might have to splurge on a bit of cash to get a more or less a decent one.

Try checking out this 3D hubs printer guide: http://www.3dhubs.com/best-3d-printer-guide

Printers for beginners aren't here yet but printers for a person who don't mind fixing it up from time to time are already out there.

I wonder what other uses those springs can do...


Currently out of office but I did bring my printer back to my hometown. You can check out my signature below for the pricing but my printer will be busy until this weekend.

I can print but only PLA

As @altan has already mentioned, 3D Printing is not for the faint of heart yet.

I have the UP! Mini printer, which is one of the most user friendly retail printers out there, and still I had to go through months of experimentation, and some hardware tweaks before I can get it to print satisfactorily!!

You need to understand the hardships in owning one of these things. Heck when I saw this paragraph in the user manual I asked myself what did I get myself into

"Sometimes the printer head may be jammed and clogged, please disassemble it and then soak the nozzle in acetone for a day to clear it up"

I didn't even know how many screws held my print head together at that point!

You can actually try out flexible filaments with your mendel and delta. I am printing flexible stuff without a heater bed but do note that the flexible material is about 2 to 3 times pricier than PLA.

+1 marauderz

What you say is true, back then at first when I got my hands on a reprap 3D printer, I thought it reach a level in par with normal paper printers but after working with a reprap for a few weeks, I notice problems after problems of debugging hardware issues, software limitation and it was really time consuming. I was lucky to have tried out 3D printers at first because I didn't have to spend a few thousands of ringgit to experience these issues. Anwyay, it was a good learning experience for my current 3D printer and so far happily designing and printing my own stuff now.

wnyeen I am not trying to sound discouraging but this is something anyone wanting to go into have to know before considering for a 3D printer. I think as a beginner going into this as a hobby, there isn't a printer that is "easy" to use yet and the best choice is to get a printer you can afford at less than RM 2K but willing to spend another 300 to 500 for tools, supplies and spare parts. Also, be sure to put in some of your free time in tinkering with the printer.

Yeah, my Mendel is still partially completed on my work desk since I can't go and finish it.

Would prefer build , more fun...but wouldn't wan to search high n low for parts...budget around 2k

If you have DIY skills and some patience, you can get a prusa i3 kit with 2 rolls of filament for about RM1.5k on aliexpress. Thats the route i chose and took about 5 nights to assemble and tune the printer.

This post has been edited by KLKS: Dec 25 2014, 09:46 PM

Buy a kit from the local suppliers, like Blomker, then you don't need to go find parts.

hey marauderz,

i'd like to give them a try. when can I buy you coffee and lunch?

Btw altan are you available for printing? Had an extruder failure and in need of a replacement print. Don't have a spare to run the printer. Funny since the extruder failed when I was printing a spare extruder.

This post has been edited by izzudinhafiz: Dec 26 2014, 01:04 AM

Mr blomker....pls pm best price for prusa i3...where else to get filament?