I love my Qidi XMax 3. I’ve basically only needed to change my z offset a handful of times and it just slams out prints. It’s got a slightly larger build volume and runs Klipper out of the box.
Could be an option worth considering if you’re looking for a printer that you can set up and run and don’t need anything particularly fancy that just kinda goes.
My X Max 3 kicks ass. My Ender 3 v3 SE was awful.
Oh that’s a fair shout too! Yeah it’d be easy to cook your spool haha
If you have a plastic tub roughly the size of a spool, you can flip it over on top of a spool and run your bed heater underneath it. Is it perfect? No. But you can get some of that drying capability for very little in terms of money.
I just picked up a Max 3, and yeah, after a quick calibration, it’s been rock solid. I picked mine up for about $650.
Himbo Hooters would also be acceptable
Hoo boy I had it going way too fast. I had it moving at 150mm/s. I very strongly suspect this is about 90% of my problem. Layer quality already seems vastly improved a few layers in at 50mm/s. I very much appreciate the insight!
I haven’t run PLA on this printer. This is actually my second one, I modded my first one to the point of unusability. Maybe starting back with PLA is a good idea.
I’ll try dropping temps and see what I get. Thank you!
I haven’t had issues with curling but the enclosure is pretty new. The room is pretty variable with temps. The windows are old and maybe a little leaky.
Word. I’ll give that a go, thank you.
I built myself a 400x400x500 CoreXY machine from scratch.
Honestly, my prints are dogshit unless I go slow, and then sometimes they’re dogshit anyway. I have found the entire exercise as one of futility and massive frustration… but I low key love fucking with it. I can’t help myself, I keep building upgrades and improvements for it. I keep sinking time and energy I don’t have (and cash that I do) into this fucking heap of shit and I can’t help but love it to pieces. It’s dumb as fuck and it’s pretty fun to work on.
Honestly the vibes are about the same for a project car. Don’t daily it or you will hate yourself, but if you put it together and tune it right, you’ll have a blast.
I have a Qidi XMax 3 and that machine has been extremely dependable. It’s the first one I’ve ever had where I start a print and walk away.