RaFab

Creality's Ender 3D printer series is among the strong and popular 3D printers. The Ender 3 is highly appreciated among makers around the world receiving good reviews on specialized websites. The Ender 3 Pro, which can even be found for less than €200, is impressive that anyone can use a 3D printer for so little money. The sensations in the use of the machine are very good and similar to the others.

Shooting piece

Base with suspension bridge

In order to carry out the group work, we downloaded the images from the weekly assignments and launched them to print. The first print job is to make some gauges. This work aims to find the best solution to print knots in one go. It is very interesting to look for the tolerances between the different measures.

Ender printing parts without support

Finished parts

In the print job with support, the ender pro shows limits of verticality of the walls and some problem of compaction of the walls although the files come out quite well. In the measurement of bearing diameters, a good bearing is obtained from 0.6 mm, if I had to use this machine to make a single impression knot, I would probably leave 0.6 mm of distance between wheels.

Finished part

Finished hollow cube

In the photos above you can see a good quality in general of the impressions. The size of the objects has also been measured to see the deviation between the printed part and the actual measurement. There is very little difference, imperceptible.

Printing of suspended bridges

Printing of suspended bridges

In the bridge tests, the quality is good although the more pronounced, the more the faults are appreciated.

Dice with number

Walls and gaps

The walls and the gaps although the printing is finished, not all the printing is of optimal quality. The walls from 0.1 to 0.4 do not exist while the walls 0.5 and 0.6 have misprints.

Wall to l

Tilt bridge

Bridges 8, 9 and 10. They are not of good quality.

Sphere

Bridges

In the concave and convex impression signs of poor quality are seen when the circles get closer. It is more a software bug, it is seen that the circle is looking like segmented lines. The bridges have no printing problem.

Shooting piece

Base with suspension bridge

Well, just as the parts for the Ender have been printed, we are going to print a parts with and without support with the Artillery. The results seem better than with the Ender. The pieces have more definition.

Artillery printing parts without support

Finished parts

In the unsupported print job, the Artillery shows better wall verticality results than the ender and very few wall compaction issues though the files come out quite well. In measuring bearing diameters you get a good bearing from 0.5mm, if I were to use this machine to make a single impression knot I would probably leave 0.5mm wheelbase.

Finished hollow cube

Sphere

In the photos above you can see a good quality in general of the impressions. The size of the objects has also been measured to see the deviation between the printed part and the actual measurement. There is very little difference, imperceptible. The dial has no flaws.

Dice with number

Walls and gaps

The number and the walls are of excellent quality. Perfect.

Bridges

Tilt bridge

The bridge supported on both sides is not of poor quality. The suspended bridge loses quality from the third.

Printing of suspended bridge

Printing of suspended bridge

The bridge supported on both sides is not of poor quality. The suspension bridge loses quality after forty.

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