Look at what I just brought home!
I backed them on Kickstarter quite a while ago after seeing them at a makercon in LA when I was representing 3D Hubs. Got the biggest machine they have the N2+. https://www.raise3d.com/collections/all/products/raise3d-n2-plus-pre-order-fdm-3d-printer (Super glad I didn’t have to pay that much (: )
First of all, the packaging is friggin excellent. The shear amount of foam surrounding this thing is enough to keep it safe even if it dropped off the loading dock I think…
I had it printing it’s first part (a better filament guide) within minutes of turning it on. Bed level was perfect just had to adjust the z-height a little. I have it running a 20 hour print right now to test its detail capabilities on small parts with http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:609167.
Not too much else to say at this point as it just works. I’m using the Ideamaker slicing software that they provide for now but I will experiment with Cura, Slic3r, and Simplify3D later.
Man that looks great. Can’t wait till the review.
My longest print so far is about 36 hours on my N2+. By far the best printer I’ve ever owned. The company support and response is also top notch.
Go figure second print I got the xy drift. I ordered some better drivers that Jetguy suggested on the forums though since noise is not a huge problem for me. Also gotta get flow right it’s having issues with small diameter parts like extended arms on miniatures.
@Ryan_Hescock_Stanos I have no idea what you are saying, second print you got the xy drift?
What does that mean? You got better drivers? Nobody talked about drivers, did they?
We can’t help if we don’t understand.
@Andrew_Hodel A few people have had problems with the gantry skipping steps. I’ve had it happen on my other printers when I had the voltage set too low on the stepper drivers. When it does that it starts printing a few millimeters off in the x or y or both directions. The stepper drivers that feed the motors are designed to be very quiet, but the trade off is less torque on the motors. Because of that the momentum after a fast move over a long distance can cause it to exceed the stepper motors holding torque pushing it past where it was supposed to stop. Because the motors do not use an encoder it has no idea that it just got moved out of alignment and the print is ruined. It doesn’t help when you have both extruders on giving it added weight.
The stepper drivers I ordered provide more torque but will be noticeably louder. Its an okay trade off for me especially when it comes to printing larger items.
I’m pretty sure it’s one motor driving both Z rods using belt. Either way it prints amazingly well so I’m not disappointed at all with it.
