I'll give the Anet Prusa clone a shot. @arkandas

Thanks for the tip

It's cheaper than the multi extruder color kit for the prusa. What the hey, I can't lose too much I guess

w8

first print before calibration:

really happy with quality

takes about 5-6h to build total

Ayy

3D printers are a meme

I believed that too

and in some ways, it still is a meme (I'm not so sure 80% of the people who rushed to buy them are going to make anything useful that they shouldn't just buy); otoh the engineering has gotten much better in the past few years, possibly related to makerbot not being as dominant a player

the build resolution is good enough on the prusa designs that I would be proud to house my self-made electronics gadgets in a 3d printed shell, especially since I'd generally be using an 18650 powerbank circuit, and it's kind of a pain to be carrying a bunch of loose junk rather than a custom made case that can house both the battery and the teensy/esp8266/arduino whatever board I pick

this process should be more of a thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4u-pJmIUek

@arkandas post it in the thread too if you haven't already

looks good btw

prints really good, I mostly do cases for my ARM projects

considering that buying 5 NEMA17 stepper motors alone costs about $45USD, the full Prusa clone kit is a nice deal

@shadowedROM I used to build things with 18650 batteries but the LiPo single cells are really more worth it on the long ride

you're probably right

the basic charging circuit is dead simple

lighter and more capacity, flexible

the only thing is the reverse polarity thing, but there are premade circuits in DIP and so format that solve that

for like 0,15€

do you bother with thermal regulation

i was looking at LiFePO4 because it seemed "easiest" to work with, but the cells aren't really as mass-market available yet

I'm only using the 18650s because I have so many lying around

no, I started using the batteries because they are flat and i could mount the pcb on top and make a smaller case

those are excellent reasons 😃

indeed

and the lipos come mostly pretabbed

oh so do you bother with fasteners / screws for your case designs or do you use tabs

seems like a lot of people forgo the screws

sorry for the nub questions

I figure if I made tabs that are "external" it's the best of both worlds; easy enough to disassemble but frees the need to take out the screwdriver or getting a bag of machine screws

not as aesthetic i guess

I'd imagine tabs means fewer opportunity for breakages and other such problems.

also stripped screws make me want to neck myself.

the fact that the screws have to go into a big ol cylinder is a bummer too; otoh, you could use them to secure your board... but there are easier ways of doing that still