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A comment on Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping in 2019?.

Re:Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping i... by ericb on Saturday February 02, 2019 @05:14PM (#19066097)
The clear winner in my opinion is the Prusa I3 MK3. In 3D printing forums both dedicated, and not, it gets pretty stellar reviews. It is as open source as you can get, and Joseph Prusa is one of the innovators in the field. I would buy an assembled printer. It costs $1000 fully assembled.

Now, if you're looking for low maintenance, I might not get the MMU multi-material addition. You have to build that, and it is more finicky, although you can get some amazing stuff out of it.

I have a pre-built Prusa Mk3. I love it.

https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/3d-printers/181-original-prusa-i...

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Re:Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping i... by nelsonic on Friday February 08, 2019 @04:00AM (#19112554)
Ordered the Original Prusa i3 Mk3. Thanks for your advice. :-)
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Re:Ask HN: Which 3D Printer for Product Design Prototyping i... by ericb on Friday February 08, 2019 @10:55PM (#19120611)
Anytime. Good luck! If you need advice, feel free to ping me.

My three tips are: 1-Make sure you get a good Z calibration before the first layer (run the calibration a few times). 2-Wipe with Isopropyl alcohol between prints, and 3-If you ever start getting adhesion issues, wipe with Acetone.

Oh, also, get octoprint and install it on a raspberry pi. You can run and monitor your printer remotely that way. Really easy, and so handy. https://octoprint.org/

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