Anyone tried the Creality CR-10 3D printer?

[NeverDie]

@neverdie said in Anyone tried the Creality CR-10 3D printer?:

Are any of the available printer filaments odor free? The free roll of Prusa PLA that came with my kit doesn't smell very good when printing with it.

I just now ordered: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MB3CV6K/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
which claims to be "odor free." Well, here's hoping it is. ;)

I tried it, and indeed it seems to have no odor. Hopefully (?) it's also not giving off any emissions that I can't smell either.

[NeverDie]

I upgraded my Prusa I3 MK3 to use a Volcano with a 0.8mm nozzle. Now I can print a Benchie in 16 minutes!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:763622
For enclosures, the relative speed improvement should be even more noticeable.

[dbemowsk]

@neverdie Are you using an E3D J-Head with your Volcano hot end? I am in the process of working on an E3D clone J-Head setup with a Bowden extruder, but I went with the standard heat block and not the Volcano.

[NeverDie]

@dbemowsk All I did was swap the E3D V6 hot-end for the volcano hot end.

What is a J-Head?

[NeverDie]

I also printed a Benchie in translucent PLA at 0.1mm layer height using the volcano, and it came out very smooth:

So, overall, it has pretty good dynamic range.

[dbemowsk]

@neverdie If you have an E3D V6, then you are running a J-Head.
Not sure exactly why they call it a J-Head as it looks nothing like a J shape...

I assume you just swapped out the heat block? The Volcanos are like a standard heat block only stood on end.

https://www.amazon.com/J-head-Hotend-Filament-Extruder-Printer/dp/B010MSTVZO

[dbemowsk]

@neverdie That has got to be one of the smoothest benchies I've seen.

[NeverDie]

@dbemowsk said in Anyone tried the Creality CR-10 3D printer?:

I assume you just swapped out the heat block?

Yes, that and using the longer nozzle that matches it.

[gohan]

@dbemowsk it has to be with a 0.1mm layer height 😁

[NeverDie]

Thought I'd share a couple cool things I've learned recently.

One is that meshmixer offers treelike supports, which is pretty cool, and it's free:

You can import your model and just add the supports without using the rest of meshmixer, if that's all you want. That's how I plan to use it.

The other is that if you want to print faster, but with good print quality, you should definitely look into linear advance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5jjwBqARpo&t=255s

Anyone else learned anything cool lately?