Just Ordered an R1 Plus

Hello,
I'm new to the forums and new to this printer. So new, I don't even have it yet. I ordered one today. I do have another 3D printer (mp select mini), so this isn't my first one. I'm still very new to 3D printing. Hopefully I'll be able to learn and contribute with these forums.

I have some questions I'd like to ask in advance of getting the printer.
1. I've used cura 15.2.whatever the latest is and I'm also using cura 2.5 beta. I've had success with both of these. I've tried slic3er, kisslicer, and craftware but had bad luck and weird prints come out. What free slicer seems to work the best with this printer? I plan to get simplify 3D at some point in the future. Probably around summer time.

2. I looked into youtube and saw good things about this, thus why I pulled the trigger on a refurb. Does the R1 Plus still need the z access supports to be printed?

3. What other easy mods are suggest? I'm not a tech wiz on the mechanical side. Just looking for basic must haves.

4. Are there any other issues/tips I should know about before jumping in?

I'm still doing research on my own, but I like to just ask directly as well, in the case that I'll probably miss something.

Thanks
Curtis

 

Thanks for the replies. I'm excited to get this thing and print some of the bigger things that my mini can't do. Hopefully faster and better as well.

 

I am incredibly interested in seeing how the R1+ stacks up against the Mini, since my personal experience is that the Maker Select V2.1 runs circles around the R1 in every way that matters and the Mini is essentially a smaller V2.1 with built-in Wifi access if you update the firmware.

On the other side of it, I hope @Gripp got one of the R1 refurbs that actually had someone paying attention during the QC process and not one of the lemons like what I got.

 

I still say that if there is any sort of issue at all it needs to be fixed by Robo, not by us.

 

There's always a chance to lemons. When i was looking on the amazon reviews, I saw someone who got a new one that had a broken bed upon arrival. My mini has been fine minus some clogging issue that I worked through this week. This one has the space for some bigger projects that I wanted to make. I'm hoping the quality is the same but I'm hoping this one can print a bit faster. Right now I'm printing mostly at 40mm/s.

 

Don't think I posted an amazon review but one of my Robos came with a broken bed as well. Robo sent me a new bed right away. I could have got a new printer, but I was comfortable with just replacing the bed myself.

I have the Mini select too, its really good for the price and size. Mines a bit noisy/rattly. And I have really only printed PLA with it.

 

I posted a review, but the particular version of the R1 listed on Amazon.com was "discontinued" so people will not see my review on listings for the R1 now (at least, not as a "verified purchase").

My first R1 was one of those that suffered from the thin glass beds that cracked and shattered when the heater cooled down, and was not covered by Warranty.

The second one was a contest "prize", the less said about that particular printer the better (though you may be able to find the thread about it if you look around enough).

That said, I really hope the OP intends to immediately escalate to a return/swap for any issues out of the box. They should not be expected to do any work on the printer when Robo is promising out of the box, no calibration printing.

People need to start holding Robo to that promise so that they will either stop making that promise or learn to perform actual QC on their printers.

 

I see on the description that this thing can print most exotics. Does that mean that it can out of the box or would I need a nozzle upgrade to print the metals? Wood is the only exotic I have at the moment. I can't get it through my mini without jamming after the first 10 layers or so.

I'm mostly using cura 2.5 at the moment. What support settings do you guys use for your prints? I can't seem to get them to print without leaving really bad marks on the print. If there is a flat, long overhang, you can count on there being lots of little artifacts stuck to the print after removing the supports. I'm hoping to get some cleaner, high quality prints on both this and my mini if at all possible.

 

It theoretically "can" the same way the Mini "can". It's 99% slicer settings and the assumption that you're aware you'll have to replace nozzles every other spool for the highly abrasive ones.

Wood filament is kind of a different beast because it has a habit of polymerizing in the hotend if the wood filler manages to build up on the inside of the hotend long enough to dry out and start cooking, giving you the mother of all clogs (depending on the filler percentage a given manufacturer uses).

 

Cool. I was thinking it mean nozzle swapping but wanted to make sure. I don't have immediate plans for anything at the moment. I mostly use pla but want to try some petg and abs at some point.

 

Well, let me warn you, once you get PETG figured out you won't want to print in anything else.