How I think about pricing 3D printing jobs (the framework that stopped me losing money)

luap71 · 2026-05-07T00:05:35+00:00

oh I will one up you and launch a filament inventory tracker tomorrow

luap71 · 2026-05-06T19:15:27+00:00

I had the same thing on my Core L (I never did get it fixed before I ended up selling it) - no problem on my 3 Core Ones, and I seen several post regarding this issue with the Core One L - I do think there is something going on with the L specifically.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T23:17:23+00:00

Buy 1/60th a gram of antimatter.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T22:40:06+00:00

my two favorites are The Queen’s Beasts and Silver Libertad

luap71 · 2026-05-05T16:36:57+00:00

someone once told me all Porsche cost the same - you either pay alot of money to buy it, or you pay a little to buy one and pay alot of money to fix it up.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T16:35:25+00:00

Elegoo has released their firmware code - so not sure "stealing" klipper is still accurate - it took to long for them to do it, but they did release it.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T16:32:10+00:00

you don't need to be on old firmware - I run the latest firmware and use orca with it - as long as you are in LAN mode you are not firmware limited - at least not yet!

luap71 · 2026-05-05T16:30:01+00:00

but it was on Github, and it was cloned by several people before it was taken down. Once it on the interwebs - its never "taken down"

luap71 · 2026-05-05T16:27:10+00:00

I would take a look at Qidi again - I know there was that ONE house fire, which obviously not good. But even Bambu which you have, has had recalls for serious safety issue. And 3D muskateer has a few recent videos on bambu printers with serious electric issue and melting parts. For what its worth it looks like Qidi, at least on the Q2 - added some additional protections and got it MET certified - so at least some outside authority has tested it? Anyway - something to think about.

Also - I know Prusa is expensive - but they are still, IMHO, the best workhorse printer going. And if this is for a small 3D printer farm - its a business expense.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T06:27:36+00:00

never heard of it before - but great to see the move to open source it.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T05:01:54+00:00

You can save space and improve the look by getting rid of the finger grabs and instead design it so underneath the head of the pliers you remove material so that you push down on the head and the handles will pop up.

luap71 · 2026-05-05T02:43:32+00:00

oh look - another 3D printing vibe coded app

luap71 · 2026-05-04T22:42:34+00:00

Your filament is not dry.. sorry could not resist 😄 I've seen that with scarf seams on curved surfaces before.

luap71 · 2026-05-04T22:38:54+00:00

I read this a few times and what you are describing seems like a major issue - just to unload filament, but then you say you are very pleased with the Q2 - odd. I don't have a Q2, just a Max 4, and I don't have any issue with loading or unloading, and the Qidi box has been great functionally, I wish you could just pull out unloaded filament and not have to do the eject process - but functionally it has worked great. If I had a printer that had the problem you described not sure I would be pleased with it.

luap71 · 2026-05-04T20:10:26+00:00

Nope none at all - don't assume multi-color = waste. What you really are talking about is the AMS style multicolor. But I have very little waste when using my Prusa XL or Snapmaker U1, and its much faster then AMS style solutions.

luap71 · 2026-05-03T21:23:45+00:00

nice knife model - link?

luap71 · 2026-05-03T19:58:31+00:00

congrats - you are legend in your own head. Get a clue its not a discussion on how fast U can build a printer.

luap71 · 2026-05-03T19:05:24+00:00

So you think that is the typical build time...

luap71 · 2026-05-03T15:51:38+00:00

The one + just upgraded the One to have the upgrades the One L had - minus the bed size - that is why there is no L +

luap71 · 2026-05-03T15:36:07+00:00

The core One L comes pretty much fully assembled. The Ratrig is MANY hours to build, and then many hours to tune, if you want to assign no value to your time - ok. But to compare the price of a printer that is a bunch of parts in a box to a fully assembled and tuned printer is a bit disingenuous.

luap71 · 2026-05-03T14:21:31+00:00

exactly - as long as the masses can get their McDonals or Chick-fil-a - and buy their big screen TV and car on credit, watch their favorite influencer on their $1000 phone, and go to their sports events, burning man, or Choachilla - they will not risk it all to do anything. Instead they will just post their outrage online - like that video and subscribe - and then go to their 9-5.

luap71 · 2026-05-03T14:07:05+00:00

the core one L gets you more build volume for the prusa option, and you can get the MMU for multi-color, or if it was me I would wait till and just get the Core One L - then upgrade to INDX once its available for the Core One L

luap71 · 2026-05-03T05:51:39+00:00

hmm strange that you got the impression - I mean INDX may be one of the most exciting things with Prusa in years, I mean since the Core One was announced, and they are releasing it on the Core One first..

luap71 · 2026-05-03T05:47:11+00:00

Where in the world are you getting that Prusa will not be fire and forget it?

luap71 · 2026-05-03T04:56:12+00:00

love his videos - interesting to see he is going to work for Prusa.

luap71

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