Is anyone here still using old 3d printers? For exanple i still use my old cr-10 v1

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    1 year ago

    I guess it depends on a “ship of Theseus” type of a thing. Sure, I’m technically using a 2018 first gen Ender 3, but it also has linear rails, a Phaetus Dragonfly with a Bondtech CHT nozzle and BMG extruder, a BLtouch and it’s running Klipper with input shaping, and as a result it can spit out an almost flawless not-a-speedbenchy (because I have a 0.6mm nozzle running 0.3mm layers so it doesn’t qualify) in 22 minutes. Only thing missing is that I still haven’t upgraded the main board or stepper drivers as I’m not bothered by the noise.

    So it’s both 5 years old, and also better and more moderd than quite a few of the models provided by Creality today.

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    I have an old prusa i3 mk1 that I’ve converted to a laser engraver, it no longer 3d prints but is still useful in a new way

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    I am officially retiring my Wanhao i3 Duplicator v2 on Friday when my BambuLabs p1p arrives.

    Well… sort of. I am stripping the i3 of parts and I am going to use them to start building a Voron 0.2. Most of the parts are junk, but I should be able to re-use the motors, the SKR Mini e3, and a few other items/upgrades from the i3.

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      I’ve got one of these sitting on the shelf since i got my CR10S PRO V2. Nothing at all wrong with it either, it’s just noisy. I keep it around mostly because it’s direct drive.

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        My frame was pretty well warped. Made it an absolute nightmare to get everything squared and level. Finally gave up on it.

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      1 year ago

      Ist around 5+ years old now so yeah. But i would say you could argue about the defintion of old

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    I’m still using my Ender 3 that I got in 2018, but I’ve been slowly upgrading it. Right now it’s got BTT SKR 3+raspi+klipper, a magnetic PEI build surface, direct drive extruder, a lack enclosure, and dual Z - but I’m going to switch to the belted z mod by kevinakasam with a single Z stepper, partly so I can use the endstop phase feature of klipper to increase Z accuracy.

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    I am still using my modified Anet A8 for printing, but not sure if it counts as old already :)

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      Isn’t it older than the cr-10? so would say it counts for me definitely as old :)

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        Have now checked and my Anet is from August 2017, so six years in human-years. In two months it has birthday and becomes 42 3d-printer-years ;)

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    Our CR-10 Mini is still running reliably with mods we’ve made over time. It got us into the hobby and we have since added a Prusa and a Voron.

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    I still daily drive my Ender 3 from back around launch, but at this point calling it an Ender 3 feels a bit dishonest. It’s got a new hotend, extruder, bed, board, and wiring. Basically I’ve got a stock frame, psu, and screen and everything else is newer.

    And my CR-10 V3 is also pretty modified as well, but that one’s a fairly newer printer.

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    We have four Ender 3s in my makerspace, but replaced them with Prusa i3 mk3+s a few months ago. It’s such a difference in quality and time management since I don’t have to troubleshoot nearly as much. Usually with the Prusas, issues are with the models or the filament instead of yhe printer itself. I’m not sure I can go back now that I’m spoiled.

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    My stock Prusa i3 MK2s from 2017 is still in regular use & still works great. Not sure if this counts as ‘old’.

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    I have a running Printrbot Simple Metal, but i’m not really using it anymore. Last print was around Christmas. My main machine is an Elegoo Neptune 2.