The other 3d printer shootout that happened today: #Makerbot vs. #Printrbot GO - Two bots with a lot of love to give.
Yoda at 50% scale, 200 micron layers, black ABS from the GO, blue PLA from the MB.
What were the respective times?
The GO was printing in the range of 40-60 mm/s until the dropping around the chin was noticed, when I slowed it down to 80%. I showed it down to 60% when it got to the ears. The MB started first by maybe a minute and they finished at the same time.
So overall, start to finish, what would one plan on for printing a Yoda this size?
Not sure, maybe 20 or 30 minutes?
Great. That’s enough of a ballpark. Thanks!
I too plan to print a few Yoda this size.
We picked Yoda because neither of us had printed him before. But I can see now why it is a challenging print.
Is the layer height on the go larger than on the makerbot?
Nope. Both were set to 0.20 layer height with a 0.4 mm nozzle. The GO was sliced by KISSlicer with a 0.44 mm extrusion width. The layers may be more visible due to the different color and/or different material somewhat as well however.
bought 0.2 layer? really? can`t believe in that. they are too different to be same layer height.
You may be reading too much into the photo (which could misrepresent some details) or you’re not not giving proper emphasis to the differences and their effect on the actual results AND the appearance of the results (material (and temperature), color, extrusion width, nozzle variation, etc.). I can only assure you that I had KISSlicer set for 0.20 mm layer height and the Makerbot was set for the “medium” resolution setting which is reported to be 0.20 mm also.
or maker bot just hide real resolution by 1/2 real layer high for external perimeters. Why don`t you use same slicer for bought printers?
That could be. Makerbot has all of its slicing baked in and the owner doesn’t yet have the experience to run it with alternative software. We were not genuinely attempting to pit them against each other. Just swapping notes and having fun.
import g-code button on makerware? or they have all ready disable it?
All the Makerware settings are shown if you open the ‘advanced’ tab. No need to guess.
I examined the Yoda’s a bit more today. Under even lighting looking through a loupe the quality is mostly identical. It would be interesting to do this again with the same filament. John - is there a way to use 1.75 with your GO?
Unfortunately no, unless I change the extruder (or at least hot end). I may do that sometime as an upgrade/modification, but prolly not right away. We could at least try it with the same color PLA, but I’d want to install a fan (or two) for active cooling before trying that I’d think.