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On the smaller/cheaper units, I wouldn't overthink this. Any printer will be a good start to help you figure out what you need and one. An a1 mini might be all you ever desire, but if you realize that it isn't the right one for you, you can sell it to recoup nearly all of your investment or keep it as a small, inexpensive second printer to supplement the next.
 
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Old tool guy said:
See … i have no desire to get into that.

At the moment the bambo A1 is my first choice, with their ams lite which holds 4 spools, and a hardened steel nozzle. I’m arguing with myself if it’s worth stepping up to an enclosed model. The print area doesn’t get any larger which would have been a big factor, so it’s down to what i perceive as minor details.
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The desk space needed for an A1+AMS is greater than an enclosed printer with the AMS on top. The dust control is nice and part of why I enclosed my 5M.

BTW, my story about hunting down a slicer setting is a bit of an odd case and was also done before FF released their own version of Orca. I wouldn't presume it's something you would need to mess with. That said, if the difference in price between the A1 (~$300 without AMS) vs 5M ($150-220, around $260 if you want the 5X that has multi color) isn't an issue you aren't going to go wrong with the Bambu. Worst case (ignoring tin foil hat concerns about the company) is you pay more for similar results. Not the end of the world.
 
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mike93lx said:
I have two, a sunlu and an eibos. Both work well but the sunlu is better, so I am swapping out the eibos this weekend.

Both sunlu's were bought open box on Amazon for $90.

My third drier is a sunlu s2, which is really helpful for things I can't run though the AMS (tpu and CF) plus stuff I want to print on a smaller nozzle so I can keep the 0.6's in printers with the ams's
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Thank you for doing my homework! Gonna pick up the Sunlu.

jeepxj said:
indeed.

the green line is printer count * 24 hours. thats the absolute max we could print in a day.
the blue line is how many hours a day used.
orange is the %.


as we add printers the green line moves up.
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there seems to be some lag on the analytics picking up new printers and their usage.
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You win! I feel accomplished if I run my single printer 8 hours a day.
 
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Made some adjustments to the funnel trap. The lid will now stay open without a magnet in the tab.

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The main base now is modular. The raised bushing can be changed out for different sized funnels by unscrewing the 4 M3 screws from the bottom mount underneath and another put in its place. This is a straight 0.915" bore for the the vented funnel I designed to fit my ZTR mower engines dipstick tube. The OG for the Subaru style thread funnel isn't practical for it however, but medium to small commercial tapered funnels can be used with just a bushing change.

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It fits my FH500V Kawasaki very well and my 21hp Briggs vanguard. It doesn't fit a command pro Kohler quite as well but its acceptable.

This was entirely printed via schoolhouse filaments, my first time using them and excellent. I have been using hatchbox for its consistency over several other brands like sunlu and overture but 10 bucks a roll for the schoolhouse vs 25 ish bucks is much better.
 
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My A1 is now getting pretty close to a whopping 1000 hours; and I've done the maintenance based on the prompts.

At this time, what should I check and/or replace? I'm planning on ordering some odds and ends for it in June. My PTFE tubes are looking a little worn, and I replaced the textured PEI plate with a smooth one from Hobby Lobby (still use both, however).
 
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Smart ***. There is a bracket on my pressure washer to hang the wand, problem is they set it too low and the tip of the wand is on the ground. It‘s a little complicated, it secures to the round handle and comes up at an angle, i want to scan it and add 2”. I can’t imagine trying to get it designed by hand.
 
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Since buying reasonable priced filament from schoolhouse my railcore is been running all day for a week so far, I need a second smaller printer.

I thought about building a 250mm railcore but alas many of the aluminum parts are not being made anymore.

It must be enclosed and needs a dryer on top for space. Anyone running a flashforge 5m pro with some kind of printer top dryer?
 
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Old tool guy said:
Smart ***. There is a bracket on my pressure washer to hang the wand, problem is they set it too low and the tip of the wand is on the ground. It‘s a little complicated, it secures to the round handle and comes up at an angle, i want to scan it and add 2”. I can’t imagine trying to get it designed by hand.
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Mine has that same ****** design. I just screwed a couple pieces of PVC pipe to the steel handles to hold the gun and extra wands.
 
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Old tool guy said:
Smart ***. There is a bracket on my pressure washer to hang the wand, problem is they set it too low and the tip of the wand is on the ground. It‘s a little complicated, it secures to the round handle and comes up at an angle, i want to scan it and add 2”. I can’t imagine trying to get it designed by hand.
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Sounds like a fun challenge. Many years ago we had a product that was simple to manufacture but impossible to model using 3D CAD. Today’s software could handle it.

Post a couple photos of the bracket. I’d love to see if I can model it.
 
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Agreed, share pics and I bet you can get some help. I'm no CAD expert but would be up for the challenge.

Ultimately, you need to hold one thing and attach that to another. Shouldn't be very complicated.
 
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