Rocketman wrote:heartless wrote:...As for the cooling of the layers - that kind of depends on what material you are printing with. ABS, you do not want too much cooling time or layer adhesion suffers. PLA and PETG are a bit more forgiving in that respect.
I asked about cooling in here before and was told each layer should be relatively cool before the next is put down, hence why printer speed isn't important. I wanted to upgrade to a machine that can work faster so I can do more complex objects with many parts that converge and separate as I go up. Solidoodle can't seem to work fast enough to keep it hot until each layer is done, plus going into the next.
'relatively cool' is not the same as completely cool... again, a lot depends on the material being used, and the size of the item being printed.
small items, yes, need more time between layers or you end up with an ugly mess. larger items do not necessarily need more time..
And I am in complete agreement with carl_m1968 here in that you seemingly want something that does not exist.
regardless of what printer you buy, YOU will HAVE to put in the time and effort to calibrate it, make adjustments, tune your settings, etc.
there is no way around this.
3D printers are NOT in the same class as paper printers where you just plug it in, load the ink cartridges & paper and hit print. There are far too many other variables involved.
I have shared many pictures of the prints my printers are capable of, but the ONLY reason they are as good as they are is because I spent many hours learning, tweaking, calibrating and adjusting things to make the printer produce what it does. I can guarantee you they did not produce nice things when I first started..
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