forum threaddoubletoaster posted Aug 30, 2023 06:02 AM
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forum threaddoubletoaster posted Aug 30, 2023 06:02 AM
Used/Customer Returns Creality Ender 3 3D Printer $59
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These are customer returns for parts or tinkering. So not necessarily running machines unless you fix a few things. Not something to buy as your first 3D printer.
However, they are inexpensive at $59 with free shipping, especially if you can't pick up a $99 Ender 3 V2 from MicroCenter nearby.
I would mainly see this as a base for a project where you want to convert the printer to something else, like one of those Ender 3 belt printer conversions, etc. Or just use it for parts.
The $69 Ender 3 Pro could also be converted to a Voron Switchwire for example.
There are also some refurbished [creality3d.store] machines with a 10% discount, which are checked and should work out of the box.
Ender 3 specs:
https://www.creality3d.
However, they are inexpensive at $59 with free shipping, especially if you can't pick up a $99 Ender 3 V2 from MicroCenter nearby.
I would mainly see this as a base for a project where you want to convert the printer to something else, like one of those Ender 3 belt printer conversions, etc. Or just use it for parts.
The $69 Ender 3 Pro could also be converted to a Voron Switchwire for example.
There are also some refurbished [creality3d.store] machines with a 10% discount, which are checked and should work out of the box.
Ender 3 specs:
- 220 x 220 x 250 mm print volume
- Bowden extruder
- Prints PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU
- 0.4mm Nozzle Diameter
- Printing precision 0.1mm
- Movement speed up to 180mm/s
- Heated print bed
- 270W Power Supply
https://www.creality3d.
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These are customer returns for parts or tinkering. So not necessarily running machines unless you fix a few things. Not something to buy as your first 3D printer.
However, they are inexpensive at $59 with free shipping, especially if you can't pick up a $99 Ender 3 V2 from MicroCenter nearby.
I would mainly see this as a base for a project where you want to convert the printer to something else, like one of those Ender 3 belt printer conversions, etc. Or just use it for parts.
The $69 Ender 3 Pro could also be converted to a Voron Switchwire for example.
There are also some refurbished [creality3d.store] machines with a 10% discount, which are checked and should work out of the box.
Ender 3 specs:
https://www.creality3d.
However, they are inexpensive at $59 with free shipping, especially if you can't pick up a $99 Ender 3 V2 from MicroCenter nearby.
I would mainly see this as a base for a project where you want to convert the printer to something else, like one of those Ender 3 belt printer conversions, etc. Or just use it for parts.
The $69 Ender 3 Pro could also be converted to a Voron Switchwire for example.
There are also some refurbished [creality3d.store] machines with a 10% discount, which are checked and should work out of the box.
Ender 3 specs:
- 220 x 220 x 250 mm print volume
- Bowden extruder
- Prints PLA, PETG, ABS, TPU
- 0.4mm Nozzle Diameter
- Printing precision 0.1mm
- Movement speed up to 180mm/s
- Heated print bed
- 270W Power Supply
https://www.creality3d.
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Stepper motors
wires
controller board
power supply
2040 aluminum extrusion
heated bed
extruder
All of the parts in these things are orderable. It would be blind bad luck if you bought 2 and both had the same parts missing or broken. That being said you probably would be better off just getting a refurb unless you just enjoy the tinkering part.
Operator error is probably the main reason for these being returned, there not just a plug in and play item ( they can be) but more often than not you will need to spend some time adjusting belt tension, maybe the filiment you ordered needs a higher or lower temperature to print well, maybe one of the wheels was put on just a bit too tight and causes some friction that makes all the prints turn out bad. The guys that just watch a Youtube video of a shill saying how great it prints out of the box and the customers find out they aren't quite that user friendly yet. Their printer doesn't print perfect out of the box so they think it is broken and return it. Or they do a couple prints and the nozzle clogs and they don't know how to fix it. Or even more likely a print sticks badly to the heated bed and they destroy the bed taking it off ( been there done that) but if that happens on your first print people might just decide to return it in leu of buying replacement parts and spending the time to fix it especially with Amazons free return policies.
So the short answer (or not) is probably you could easily buy 2 and build a complete one, now how much time it takes you to take the thing apart and put it back together 7 times to figure out that stepper motor 3 is skipping every 3rd spin or is it a bad wheen or loose pully causing the bad prints is a different story! If fixing things is a fun project for you then it may be a a good project for you to get into.
I would feel pretty confident in this deal now after experiencing alot of troubleshooting. If you're just going into it, i recommend an ended 3 v2 or s1 when it goes on sale. I have the v2 and my buddy has an s1 and they have been awesome printers to learn and get into it with.
Most hobby you had is naturally because of love at first sight. If you want to pickup this as a hobby for beginners, then I can bet you will hate this at the first sight. You WILL need to assemble it, tweak it, level it, and modify it so it may works accordingly.
This thread shouldn't be here at all, despite for parts, it is a huge gambling.
The refurbished Z1-10W 10W Laser Engraver for $152 seems like a solid deal for a powerful entry level laser engraver. A new Z1-10W is $300ish. Its usually $200 just to upgrade to a 10W head upgrade (no frame/motors).
https://www.creality3d.
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Vorons are just an open source 3D printer that people order parts and build from scratch usually. They print much faster than normal off the shelf 3D printers and they run off of a Klipper pc. You can get Klipper for Creality 3D printers to get them to print faster but I haven't gone down this route so I can't speak to it. I thought about it in the past but it just looked like to run a Voron or Klipper based 3D printer you will be adding a lot of adjusting and tweaking to a system that already needs a lot of tweaking and adjustment. ( base Creality printers don't need more tweaking than other 3D printers just way more than any other typical consumer products)
again if tweaking and adjusting and making your 3D printer a "sports car" version is something that would be a fun hobby then go for it. For me I prefer more reliability and less tweaking and just the printer to make what I wanted on the first or 2nd try. If it takes over night to print something so be it. Speed isn't important for me as it is just for personal use not for a printing business.
I would feel pretty confident in this deal now after experiencing alot of troubleshooting. If you're just going into it, i recommend an ended 3 v2 or s1 when it goes on sale. I have the v2 and my buddy has an s1 and they have been awesome printers to learn and get into it with.
Check out this assembly video, 3D printers have come a long way and are much much easier to assemble and get working than in the past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...QI&
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