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Assembled my first 3D printer (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by idunnololz@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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Spent all weekend assembling this Core One. It probably took 14 hours in total. 12 hours to build and 2 hours to troubleshoot issues. Broke some parts made some mistakes but I finished the build.

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[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A hardened nozzle for sure.

You got this repair, you built this thing remember? You are the master of your printer.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I think I'm just going to buy the part from Prusa.

They appear to be out of stock for PC - CF
PC releases harmful fumes and needs to be ventilated. I'm going to find a venting solution eventually but not now.
The part is way cheaper than a spool of the filament, I can get a few in case they break. I know I can print a lot of parts with that same filament but I don't really have an interest in printing with PC - CF.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Actually ended up printing the part with PETG. It worked and the issue is fixed (for now). Removing the broken part was a huge pain. I ended up using a drill and just drilling around where the nut is until I could fit tweezers onto the nut then I used the tweezers to keep the nut from moving and a screwdriver to loosen the nut until the part came out. All-in-all it was pretty time consuming and annoying. Hope I won't have to do that again for a while.