Vathsade

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[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Looked into this myself, here's a brief summary of my thoughts:

V2 has the flying gantry, Trident has the moving base. Primary difference is that since the base (i.e., print surface) is physically secured and rigid to the frame, bed meshes and other alignments should be more consistent. In other words, run a mesh once (or a few times for each of different bed temperatures) and never need to create the mesh again. All else being equal, the flying gantry is a more idealized option since the base in contact with the print is stationary, so very little force is ever seen by the model itself (short of small x and y forces while printing).

Now the trade off is the significantly added complexity of 4 independent z-motors supporting the gantry. In addition, this requires a gantry alignment macro each time the motors are powered off/on since the gantry sags asymmetrically if the motors aren't locked (requiring power).

I have built a V2.4 and found it great, but I don't know if I personally have found it worth it to have the fixed bed and additional motors. It's nice to say I did, and it works, but if I needed to make another, I would absolutely go Trident. Cheaper and simpler, and it's not an ideal world so many of the supposed benefits don't really make a big difference.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We need to accept a premium for the cleanest and safest baseload generation we have.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago

Must have got root access

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can use modeling software (or even some slicers) to pre-position or stitch the parts in place.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah incest needs to be bigger

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Not if you clamp down on the defragulator, as shown in the picture

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago

.. Every day. Every now and again ain't bad.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

That is sad but nice. I left mine in a spinach field.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Which was sold to a foreign entity by the same government saying it's underused.

The conservative party is such a drain on prosperity for all... and now the leopards are eating the faces of the rurals that voted for them. And they won't learn.

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