Hello all!
I’m going to start a lowrider build in the next few months and I wanted to know how much wiggle room I have when it comes to the 3d printed parts? How dialed in does my printer need to be? Thanks!
I would say there isn’t much wiggle room. But most printers should be pretty good. I used Bambu which are pretty much dummy proof.
Welcome @SimpleJack !
Strongly recommend using Vector 3D’s Calilantern to calibrate dimension and skew of your printer(s). Am not getting commission/kickbacks, although a discount for for V1E members that would be nice given how often V1E community collectively recommend Vector 3D’s Calilantern.
Am recommending because Calilantern personally helped me calibrate a couple of printers that I mistakenly thought were calibrated good enough to print LR4 parts. Following https://teachingtechyt.github.io/ helpful website was a great start, but not enough to help calibrate well enough to derisk assembly of my LR4 builds. Printing tiny 20mm test cubes just isn’t enough to know your machine’s ready to print nice dimensionally accurate parts.
Good luck!
EDIT: Posted question to https://vector3d.shop/products/calilantern-calibration-tool-mk2 asking if V1E Community could have a discount since we send Makers there so often 
Hi @SimpleJack ,
I just started an LR4 build a couple of weeks ago - I’m still printing the last few bits off while I wait for the last few components to arrive - I used the Calilantern too - a bit more detail here - Just starting an LR4 build - #5 by JimbobRoberts
Cheers
James
there is also opensource one as well dirtdigger/fleur_de_cali: Tool for calibrating dimensionality and skew of a 3D printer
Thanks for the reply, I just downloaded the Calilantern and will check it out this weekend.