There’s a linux version but it’s a few revisions behind so I was running it on Linux under WINE.
Sounds like a plan!
There’s a linux version but it’s a few revisions behind so I was running it on Linux under WINE.
Sounds like a plan!
Here in the UK you can preorder the K2 and CFS now. I can’t justify the cost, but the more research I do the better the K1 Max looks. I think that CFS would be an option on the K1, perhaps.
I have never dealt with Bambulabs printers, but they are popular now.
I do however own a Prusa Mini and some FLsun deltas and a really old Prusa clone. I have also used Prusa MK3 printers a lot.
If you want realiability, get a Prusa. You will not be disappointed. If you enjoy fiddling around and geat a cheap printer and enjoy upgrading it.
My Prusa Mini is a great printer! But, it is a bit too small to print the LR4 parts. I am now looking to upgrade and tune my FLsun Q5 and then print the large parts on that one. I upgraded the hell out of my old Prusa clone. It was fun then, nowadays I just want reliability. If I felt that I had the extra money, I would get a Prusa MK4.
Why do I like Prusa? Because the founder, Josef Prusa, has been super important to the RepRap movement that really sparked 3D printing. Even today they are open sourcing almost everything. I want to support that.
Yeah, I was looking at the K2. It looks interesting. It seems like it could be quite a leap forward in terms of the tech being packed into it but it’s such a jump in price that I couldn’t justify it.
Ryan is the one that got me into 3d printing with the MPCNC. Before reading about the MPCNC I couldn’t even spell 3d.
I bought an ender 3 to make it and after having a love hate relationship with it, I thought the V2 would be better (not much), and lastly a large anycubic (that has not worked in 4 months since they keep sending me parts one at a time on a slow boat from you know where).
In any case, I bit the bullet and bought an A1 combo.
I cannot believe the difference. No futzing around, changing this and that, wondering why the next print did not come out like the last print.
Simply put, this thing just works. Perhaps all current gen printers are like this, I don’t know.
I do know the prints are beautiful, I have never had such nice layer lines, I have not needed tape or hair spray or anything on the plate, it just sticks and releases when cool. Nozzle changes are a breeze, and the ability to have 4 spools queued up either to change colors or deal with filiament runout is a dream. Compared to the enders it is wicked fast, but fast and great, not fast and rough.
I hate to admit that I have spent years fiddling around with my printers only to discover that life doesn’t need to be like this
The downside is, I have become so hooked on 3d printing that my LR3 parts just sit in a box unused, the MPCNC sits on a shelf, not even powered up for over 3 years and the Zen parts sit in another box.
I thought that the release of the LR4 would trigger a spark and I would be building it the day Ryan released it, yet I have not even downloaded the stl’s.
Well winter is coming to us that live on the Illinois / Wisconsin border, perhaps the LR4 will make a nice January project, I have been looking over my PLA stash and thinking what two colors would the LR4 look nice in that I haven’t seen yet
The ender takes more love than the Bambu. Mine was pretty hit or miss but its been bulletproof since i switched it to klipper. The prints are noticeably better and ive got it screaming for speed. Im kind of waiting for it to shake itself apart. The bambu is faster but not by enough to make me drive the 20 minutes to the makerspace. Now i just use the shop when im doing multicolor.
I decided to print the LR4 parts using a Voxelab Aquila (ender 3v2 clone) after using calilantern and it scored over 800. The other aquila I own scored high 600s so I print only inconsequential parts with it.
I use a Rpi4 with octoprint on both and its awesome. Currently getting the nerve to diassemble the LR3 to make my LR4.
Thanks everyone for the great discussion. I ended up going with the Qidi Q1 Pro after seeing Ryan bring it up on another thread.
Learning the ends and outs of printing now before jumping into printing the LR4 parts.
Looking forward to bugging this group with all the other questions I know I’ll have!
Thanks!
Great printer. I bought the Q1 Pro for printing the LR4 parts. I was (am) a total 3d printer newb and found it very easy to use.
First print was the little benchy boat, 2nd print was the z stub & z nut then there was no stopping me…
… other than the the faulty hotend which Qidi were great at replacing. It took several weeks as availability in the UK was scarce at the time so it came from China. Things might have improved now but I would recommend having a hotend and some nozzles handy. I’ve preemptively bought 1 hot end, 2 nozzles, silicone socks for the hot end and the little pieces that are used to clean the nozzle as they’re considered consumable items too.
I printed a mixture of eSun PLA+ and PETG. The PLA was flawless, the PETG was a nightmare. I tried to create my own filament config for the PETG in Qidi Studio and that went badly wrong with terrible adhesion and layer problems. In the end I used the generic PETG config that’s already in Qidi Studio and just tweaked the temps and that worked perfectly for me.
Enjoy!
Welcome to the V1 community!
It would be good if you feel like sharing a build thread for your LR4 build with the forum.
It’s always a good day to learn of another build in the wild.
Just fire up the core. Was my third print back in the day after a Benchy and a little Prusa sign.
Straight into the deep part of the pool