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Hey from VA
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:24 pm
by jrkortze
Just purchased an Artemis 300 RTP for work, I'm completely new to 3D printing but trying to learn fast.
I did a clean install of Cura per SeeMeCNC's directions, and have printed one Benchy that had a lot of stringing, so now I'm running through some retraction test prints I got from All3DP, trying to clean things up a bit.
I'm looking forward to getting this thing dialed in and start cranking stuff out!
I'm also on the FB page. Helpful group there, so far.
-Jim
Re: Hey from VA
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:36 pm
by geneb
Jim, the stringing could be that you're printing the filament too hot - what material are you using? Are you slicing with one of SeeMeCNC's Cura profiles?
g.
Re: Hey from VA
Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:27 pm
by CreatorGirl13
Did you figure it out?
Re: Hey from VA
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 4:54 pm
by jrkortze
Hey guys,
Sorry for not responding sooner. Forgot my password and just got back into the board today.
No, I never really did figure it out. I was using SeeMeCNC's Artemis profile they provide, and just not getting great results. I ended up getting rid of it and using a stock Cura profile and tweaking stuff to make it a bit better, and the results are acceptable for what I'm doing right now, but there's a lot of room for improvement. In general, I think the quality of the printer has underperformed a bit for the price, and being billed as a "ready to print" printer.
Re: Hey from VA
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:11 am
by Mac The Knife
" In general, I think the quality of the printer has underperformed a bit for the price, and being billed as a "ready to print" printer."
Like anything else, you are expected to have some experience. Most of us here built our printers from a kit, so yeah, the Artemis is "Ready to Print". If you truly wanted to have foolproof prints (if there is such a thing), you would have buy a printer from a company that used proprietary software, and filament.
Re: Hey from VA
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:29 am
by jrkortze
Mac The Knife wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:11 am
" In general, I think the quality of the printer has underperformed a bit for the price, and being billed as a "ready to print" printer."
Like anything else, you are expected to have some experience. Most of us here built our printers from a kit, so yeah, the Artemis is "Ready to Print". If you truly wanted to have foolproof prints (if there is such a thing), you would have buy a printer from a company that used proprietary software, and filament.
While I completely understand that, and I am a novice so I am taking my lumps as I go, if I could do it over again, I would have still bought a SeeMeCNC printer, I don't regret that, but I would have purchased a kit and built it myself. Not only would I have saved money, but I'd know the printer inside and out, rather than it being an unknown black box, and I would be in a much better position to troubleshoot things. The main value (so I thought) in spending the extra cash on the RTP was to not tinker with it.
That said, I am combing this forum, the facebook page, and am looking forward to sorting it all out. And if I find useful stuff that I can post for future novices like myself, then I will do so.