Now, you go first. When did you build your first 3d printer?
Have you ever designed one? Have you ever ever designed one for anything other than ffd?
Once again, you called me out, not the other way around. Also called me a noob and a dick. So your high horse is no good here.
My first was a makerbot thing o matic, before they would assemble them for you. 2nd was the replicator, followed by the replicator 2, tried a q3d 2up. It was and is the worst “design” I have ever seen. My work also bought me a replicator 2x. It was broken from the factory so I also had to rebuild it. The bed warped because they used acrylic. In grad school I designed 3 3d printers, built one. 1 sla, 1 that prints working circuit boards including the resistors, 1 ffd(fff). I worked in the lab where we made a giant metal printer from an old 6DOF robot. I’ve also designed 2 using v-slot in my spare time. I’ve also designed mills, lathes, and direct write machines.
Once again, you called me out, not the other way around. Also called me a noob and a dick. So your high horse is no good here.
My first was a makerbot thing o matic, before they would assemble them for you. 2nd was the replicator, followed by the replicator 2, tried a q3d 2up. It was and is the worst “design” I have ever seen. My work also bought me a replicator 2x. It was broken from the factory so I also had to rebuild it. The bed warped because they used acrylic. In grad school I designed 3 3d printers, built one. 1 sla, 1 that prints working circuit boards including the resistors, 1 ffd(fff). I worked in the lab where we made a giant metal printer from an old 6DOF robot. I’ve also designed 2 using v-slot in my spare time. I’ve also designed mills, lathes, and direct write machines.
@John_Francis yes i know what they are called. and they are bushings regardless of what they are called. these are just like bronze bushings. yes it does do a little bearing of the weight but the design is bad and the bushings wear fast. they are not a bearing but a bushing. and again the design is garbage and uses non-standard bearings. can you link to these oilite bearings i can purchase without modifying them to work with the xyz? would say many from having to modify their printers to use the igus bushings
@John_Francis seems even NSKamerica refers to these “bearings” as bushings
"Oilite Bearings
Oil-impregnated bushings are readily available from stock, in standard sleeve and flanged designs, to both inch and metric dimensions. The standard Oilite material is self-lubricating and highly wear and corrossion resistant. Other materials such as Oilite Plus, Super Oilite and Super Oilite 16 offer increased performance under various load/speed combinations and environments."
Literally took me longer to measure the bearings than to find a replacement part…
I hope this is the end of this ridiculous discussion. I’m sure you guys are nice guys and all. I’m going to suggest that you verify facts before spouting off and calling people bad names.
aweful sloppy of a bushing. but then again its a bushing and not a bearing with sloppy tolerances. as they say. you get what you pay for.
wow, you can lead a horse to water…
sorry. im not a horse nor a sheep. you may like xyz. some do. many have used the xyz to start. but they soon outgrow the printer. just like many outgrow the prusa’s and all the other starter printers. and im sure you think the m3d is a great printer as well right?
And guitar players keep buying more amplifiers. you see, there’s nothing that another printer of the same build volume/dimensions could print that my davinci can’t print. what’s to outgrow? Most open source printers can’t deliver that reliably. I hit print, I walk away, I come back later. The print is done. Maybe those people who “outgrew” it needed to learn more about 3d printing and were blaming the hardware.
Am I saying it is as good as a commercial printer? no, but it’s close. It’s much better than makerbot. I’ve used them for years and found that they were more concerned with swift successions of new releases than actually improving their tech. It was always just re-hashing of the same old stuff with either a bigger build volume or some gimmick or both. As for M3d, I don’t know, I’ve never used one so I can’t comment about them. I could look at pictures and tell you if it’s designed well, but honestly I’ve already given too much time to this discussion. At least XYZ has a properly designed machine. It’s also far more de-bugged than most all open source machines. I try to think of a better one and only lulzbot comes to mind.
Why did you go on and on about non standard parts when you were in fact wrong? That part geometry is available from many different sources and tolerances including from oilite themselves.
If you’re going to criticize people for liking things based on your own assumptions you should make sure your assumptions are well grounded.
lol. and this is why xyz is in so many schools. and there are plenty of printers that has been just as debugged. wanaho’s, flashforge, ultimaker, zortax, all are more expensive but you get a much better printer. one that wont break in a couple months. if it lasts that long. and they are non-standard parts. yes you can find it. but its still bushings and not bearings hence the non-standard. only reason to go with bushings is cost savings. and its a step backwards. this is why bushings arnt used in industrial machines. the step up from the lmX bearings are guideways and shuttles. and my assumptions are well grounded. they are grounded in design and mechanics. yes bushings will work but wear allot faster.
and whats to outgrow? material capabilities. speed. life of product. the davinci was designed for a throw away society. this is why these can be often bought for very cheap. broken
Wow, you really have no idea what you’re talking about. You really seem to think you do. But I don’t even know where to start. I’m done with you. No hard feelings. Bye.
no. i do know exactly what i am talking about. the problem is you THINK you know what you are talking about and clearly thats all it is. is THINK. lol. thinking a davinci is a great printer. lol. see ya felicia