frontpage Posted by gabe23111 • Feb 17, 2025
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frontpage Posted by gabe23111 • Feb 17, 2025
Feb 17, 2025 2:35 PM
Pre-Order: Elegoo Centauri Carbon 3D Printer
+ S/H$300
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Lots of people raised this issue on Reddit, Facebook etc, and Elegoo pretty much said too bad.
Hard for me to trust initial releases after that, especially when a lot of "reviews" thus far are from paid YouTubers.
Just my 2 cents.
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That would be the K1C.
The helper scripts for the K-series make it super simple to also install (and re-install) Mainsail/Fluidd, KAMP, Guppy, Moonraker, GitHub backups, OctoEverywhere, etc.
That would be the K1C.
The helper scripts for the K-series make it super simple to also install (and re-install) Mainsail/Fluidd, KAMP, Guppy, Moonraker, GitHub backups, OctoEverywhere, etc.
https://guilouz.github.
Companies such as Bambu maintain control of their closed system, which also helps reduce incidences, which (most of the time
The design choice - closed-system (Apple) vs open (PC builds) - is more a choice of accepting the capabilities/support given by the manufacturer, or the vast knowledge, experience, and contributions of the community and of 3rd-party product manufacturers.
Note that printers with an overall sound design typically get a poor initial reputation due to the rush to production. The inconsistent factory assembly, and the need to revise parts- all contribute to the negative experience before any positives. Bambu and others realize this is a key thing to avoid.
Fingers crossed on the direction this Carbon model will go.
Yeah, they offered me 15% as well. But after doing the math, it's only a $22.50 difference. Should I take the chance with the 15% cashback?
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Heck, even one of the users has theirs in parts trying to figure out how to make flashing mainline klipper more user-friendly.
2nd _ Company started copying part of the design but was not super successful because of the cost and time it took to polish the firmware/Slider.
3rd _ Enter Bambu's successful copy CoreXY design and mass production for the mass, good marketing/execution, and a good 3d print slider (which also copies/reskins from other companies).
4th _ Creality/Qidi/FlashForge/other enter the CoreXY Clone War = Cheaper/affordable, and not a perfect execution and polish machine (the +++ release).
5th_ Now so many company clones of CoreXY share the same design-build and polish slider and firmware.
To be honest it is just marketing BS. Right now it is the same on whatever brand of CoreXY you choose. The only difference would be COST, how polish the firmware/optimize the slider for filament. So, Bambu got the upper hand on this part and the rest of the build should be the same.
I own both Bambu and Creality. It all comes down to how you set up the 3d print model slide gcode. Both will need to be maintained (lube those fast-moving metal parts). The parts you spend the most would be the filament, nozzle (stick with hardened steel), and build plate.
Based on so many good pre-reviews (Youtube) for Elegoo Centauri I don't think it will be a paperweight machine. I would get the $300 version because upgrading from the basic skeleton to the fully enclosed costs/time a lot more. The only thing you will be missing would be the multicolor printing. But it is only $300+30s/h which is a bargain comparing Creality and Bambu for the same build design.
Agreeable. Supposedly the elegoo CC can print carbon with the supplied.4 nozzle with how they made it but who knows lol. I have to till May for them to ship mine. But I'll be getting a .2 and .6 nozzle afterwards. Although I've never printed carbon yet. To expensive still for my uses.
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2nd _ Company started copying part of the design but was not super successful because of the cost and time it took to polish the firmware/Slider.
3rd _ Enter Bambu's successful copy CoreXY design and mass production for the mass, good marketing/execution, and a good 3d print slider (which also copies/reskins from other companies).
4th _ Creality/Qidi/FlashForge/other enter the CoreXY Clone War = Cheaper/affordable, and not a perfect execution and polish machine (the +++ release).
5th_ Now so many company clones of CoreXY share the same design-build and polish slider and firmware.
To be honest it is just marketing BS. Right now it is the same on whatever brand of CoreXY you choose. The only difference would be COST, how polish the firmware/optimize the slider for filament. So, Bambu got the upper hand on this part and the rest of the build should be the same.
I own both Bambu and Creality. It all comes down to how you set up the 3d print model slide gcode. Both will need to be maintained (lube those fast-moving metal parts). The parts you spend the most would be the filament, nozzle (stick with hardened steel), and build plate.
Based on so many good pre-reviews (Youtube) for Elegoo Centauri I don't think it will be a paperweight machine. I would get the $300 version because upgrading from the basic skeleton to the fully enclosed costs/time a lot more. The only thing you will be missing would be the multicolor printing. But it is only $300+30s/h which is a bargain comparing Creality and Bambu for the same build design.
I have to object to the impression you give that Qidi and Flashforge weren't in the Core XY space before Bambu launched. FF was founded a number of years before BL and had a consumer CoreXY printer in early 2020
https://all3dp.com/1/flashforge-f...d-printer/
QIDI had a dual extruder printer priced under $700 in 2018.
https://all3dp.com/deal-qidi-tech...d-printer/
I will grant the QIDI and FF Creator Pro (vs the Finder above) were more for serious technical users. The Finder clearly was trying to capture some of the consumer market Bambu eventually got. Bambu was a game changer but most of their contribution was refining and integrating what others had already shown in various parts. Not that a refined integration isn't it's own form of innovation but BL generally isn't the one to introduce Core XY or even bring it to an affordable price point.
I otherwise generally agree with your post.