Want To Buy A 3d Printer - Which Should I Buy?
If you have one please tell me about it - how long have you had it, how much do you use it? Is it great or awful?
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Roaster said:
Setting the bed height is one of the most tedious chores, and it's a good thing when the hardware makes up for small errors. I had to replace the bed adjustment nuts with nylock type due to loosening. You need to put some lock-tite on other fasteners to stop disasters.
Reality is you'll have to do maintenance and rebuilding, so a kit gets you the assembly knowledge.
Leveling a print bed is like riding a bike, before you know it you can do it no problem. Manual bed leveling is muc better than automatic in my experience. My brother got an up mini and it takes forever for it to do its auto level. I level my Creator Pro manually in 1 minute or less. They're very easy to maintain once you use them for a short time. Everyone should have a lot of extra parts on hand because these things are constantly flexing cables and are prone to clogging if you use a PTFE lined heat tube as opposed to a metal one. PTFE lined heat tubes are very common.