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The next step was to figure out actual Klipper and install the firmware, but you still have to buy the motion sensor, so it's not completely free lunch either way. Then if something wasn't working right I'd have to troubleshoot until I was blue in the face since I have so many pieces of unfamiliar tech in play.
Anyway, at $120 with the sensor included this made a lot more sense than at $170, plus three of my printers are Creality and my personal time is worth something too I guess. I will finish this set up eventually since I have printers in several different spaces, but for now I just want to remove as many variables as possible during the steepest part of the learning curve.
The next step was to figure out actual Klipper and install the firmware, but you still have to buy the motion sensor, so it's not completely free lunch either way. Then if something wasn't working right I'd have to troubleshoot until I was blue in the face since I have so many pieces of unfamiliar tech in play.
Anyway, at $120 with the sensor included this made a lot more sense than at $170, plus three of my printers are Creality and my personal time is worth something too I guess. I will finish this set up eventually since I have printers in several different spaces, but for now I just want to remove as many variables as possible during the steepest part of the learning curve.
Btw, any of those new "fast" printers running Klipper are just one-trick ponies when it comes to the choice of filament. Good luck printing Nylon or Polycarbonates or even your basic PETG at 300mm/s. PLA is 100% a prototyping filament and it's super annoying that most people see it as this universal material meant to satisfy all of your printing needs.
The truth is it just sucks on so many levels compared to almost everything else. Even the story about how easy it is to print is a throwback to the olden days when people were printing with ABS on printers that were literally made out of plywood. It's actually not easy to print since a heated bed, a fan and the z-offset dialed in to 0.05mm are all mandatory. It also shrinks and lifts if you cool it too much and it strings almost as bad as PETG when it's wet. What's so easy about any of that?
In my experience the best way to double your printing speed is to buy another printer. Going faster and making your weak PLA prints even weaker is more of a double-whammy than a win.
Btw, any of those new "fast" printers running Klipper are just one-trick ponies when it comes to the choice of filament. Good luck printing Nylon or Polycarbonates or even your basic PETG at 300mm/s. PLA is 100% a prototyping filament and it's super annoying that most people see it as this universal material meant to satisfy all of your printing needs.
When you have multiples of different brands of printers it really saves a lot of headache if they all run on the same firmware that accepts new parameters midprint over the same network, with crazy amounts of customization, custom macros, improved print quality, etc, etc.
I think that's the true value of Klipper. The fast speed is just what sells it to the masses. For someone who wants to control everything from everywhere it's a whole new dimension. Effectiveness and efficiency matter more than the speed. That's why I'm saying don't waste your money on the new gen stuff just because it's shiny, like the P1P. I'd rather spend that same money on the two "old" and thus discounted CR-10 Smart Pros and have the build plate real estate and the printing capacity that the P1P could never even dream of.
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When you have multiples of different brands of printers it really saves a lot of headache if they all run on the same firmware that accepts new parameters midprint over the same network, with crazy amounts of customization, custom macros, improved print quality, etc, etc.
I think that's the true value of Klipper. The fast speed is just what sells it to the masses. For someone who wants to control everything from everywhere it's a whole new dimension. Effectiveness and efficiency matter more than the speed. That's why I'm saying don't waste your money on the new gen stuff just because it's shiny, like the P1P. I'd rather spend that same money on the two "old" and thus discounted CR-10 Smart Pros and have the build plate real estate and the printing capacity that the P1P could never even dream of.
Be the turtle, not the hare.
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