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  1. Wayne Baker

    Wayne Baker New Member

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    Hello, I
    just recently purchased an R1 from Amazon and have been playing with it for about a week now, this is my first 3d printer, it seems pretty good right now but I am looking forward to making it better with the great mods I have seen on this forum.
    Wayne
     
    #1 Wayne Baker, Jun 4, 2015
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    Welcome.
    It can be a great printer for the price, it just sometimes needs TLC to get it where you want it to be :)
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Jun 5, 2015
  3. Wayne Baker

    Wayne Baker New Member

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    Thanks, the Robo3D seemed like the best bang for the buck so I am willing to work with it.
     
    #3 Wayne Baker, Jun 5, 2015
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    You will be very very happy with it once you get it tuned in. Took me about 2 months. Just be patient with it and you will be glad you were.
     
    #4 jbigler1986, Jun 5, 2015
  5. Wayne Baker

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    I noticed I get better prints with the PLA filament I purchased than I do with the Blue PLA sample that came with the printer, I printed a few of the mods and they came out pretty nice. So far I printed a spool holder, oiler and feet for my R1, next I will do a dual fan mount for the extruder.
     
    #5 Wayne Baker, Jun 8, 2015
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  6. Mike Kelly

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    Yeah the starter filament they give is not nearly as high of quality as what they sell. Don't know why they went with such a bad example but they should be using something different soon.
     
    #6 Mike Kelly, Jun 8, 2015

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