@Erpel it’s worse. e.g. prusa mini uses an underspec’d PSU. it gets too hot as it is, and then they also tell you to put the whole printer in an enclosure if you want to print e.g. ABS. it’ll just cook itself by design
@mia@jeder@Erpel Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit here. Stop straight up lying to people...
it’s worse. e.g. prusa mini uses an underspec’d PSU. it gets too hot as it is, and then they also tell you to put the whole printer in an enclosure if you want to print e.g. ABS. it’ll just cook itself by design
The Prusa Mini PSU is on a cable, like an laptop PSU. It is not underspec - 150W should be plenty for a printer with an 18x18 cm bed. Their official instructions (help.prusa3d.com/guide/2-assembling-the-enclosure_688527) explicitly show to mount it outside of the enclosure (step 63 of the above manual). Also, it is either a Delta or a Meanwell PSU, so it 100% has overtemperature sensors built in.
only way you’ll get a good printer is DIY
There are a lot of good printers on the market. Of course, you cannot find one that is open-source, fast, well-made AND cheap. But you can easily find quality printers. Prusa is one example of them - and if you are into closed-source walled-gardens, then Bambulab is another.
ironically the more popular DIY printer options have much better assembly manuals than e.g. prusa
The Prusa manuals are extremely well-made, and the support is willing to help 24/7 if you have any problems. I don't know of a DIY 3D printer with better instructions, but if you do so, please share them with us 😄 I'm sure @jeder would be more comfortable building it then
@jeder@mia@Erpel Well, they are expensive, especially taking into account the fact that the tech is "outdated". But they are assembled in the EU and have really good support from Prusa. Depends on what you are after - I'm happy with the (as always, heavily modified) Ender 3 I bought in 2019. Wouldn't buy one now, as I'm sure there are better printers on the market - don't know which ones, never had the need to check
@maciej@mia@Erpel > they are assembled in the EU as if that means anything to me, it's all still chinesium and if i have to get chinesium, i'd rather get it from the source
@jeder@maciej@Erpel and it’s not even the good kind of chinesium… there are some REALLY good mainboards and toolhead PCBs for the DIY printer market that you don’t really get with any of the commercial units
@mia@Erpel@maciej but is it DIY if i have to give it to a person that has already done it (and i have no knowledge of anyone like that) and is also very expensive
@mia@Erpel@maciej like, all this sounds great on premise that you are already neck deep in doing this kind of shit, as is the case with a lot of foss stuff
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