I needed some high temp filament that would stand up to 3DXtech ezPCCF and that didn't cost $173/kg. I've done quite a bit of testing to find something like this. Some of the other PC blands didn't even beat ABS for heat resistance! But this is it, no need to look anymore!
Be sure to have a hot chamber (55°-65°c)
This filament is great for printer parts that are near a lot of heat (CW2 backplate, TAP, hotend mounds etc) or would be great for car parts as well
I've grabbed a few rolls of this stuff, and I gotta say, it holds up just as nicely as the official bambu filament on my a1 mini. Seems like it's like higher heat on a hardened steel hotend. Prints like a dream on the NG with my older Ender too, but didn't need cranking up the temperature like the bambu. Used the stock Orca slicer profile for the a1 mini, didn't have to tweak a thing, and my regular PLA profile worked like a charm on the Ender. Bonus points for throwing in a reusable bag too.
All of the components in this kit were very high quality, which made building this printer a joy.
The kit includes a few great quality of life mods, most notably the Kirigami bed and the Picobiblical toolhead / frame pcb mod.
The LDO supplementary print and wiring guides were well documented and easy to follow. The print guide in particular includes pre arranged slicer plates that include all the parts needed for the printer and mods. This makes figuring out which parts to print WAY easier.
If you don't use these prearranged plates, make sure to print the no-drop nut mod, which makes aligning the M3 nuts in the extrusions way less fiddly.
The fulfilment side of things from Dremc was great. Very quick delivery and I was pleasantly surprised by like 5 packets of gummy bears when opening the box.
Used this for a charity project and got great results. Printed well at standard temperatures on both Bambu Lab X1C and tricked CR-X (with MicroSwiss NG Extruder).
Quality product, fast dispatch
Great to find a supplier locally, works awesome, printing with PLA to PETG. Can't wait to try something else.
(Note, there are two SKU's of the Octopus Pro 1.1, this is the better one that has a more powerful STM723 MCU, however BTT's Github is lacking documentation for this particular SKU and promo material suggests its the less powerful STM32F - if you don't know what this difference is, consider getting the Kraken or Octopus 2.0 8P)
The Octopus 1.1 Pro is similar to the Manta 8P and Kraken moanboards, but a lot more customizable. Whilst the Manta 8P can use a Pi CM4/BTT CB1/2 and has a dedicated connector for it, like with the Kraken, you will need to use the full Pi-based board on the Octopus. All of the STM732-based models can run Marlin and RepRapFirmware on their own, but ideally you should pair them with a Pi board to run Klipper to really unlock their potential.
The pros of this board over the Manta 8P is that whilst both of them are very modular, allowing you to choose your preferred stepper motors drivers. The Manta is a bit neater and cheaper when paired with a CM4/BTT CB1/2 (recommend the CB2 for the extra RAM and processor power), and the Kraken comes with 8 TMC2160 drivers (which from what I can tell are better than TMC2209, being essentially TMC5160's with some of the features not relevant to most 3D printers stripped out), and has a few other QoL features that you have to buy expansion cards to get to work on the Octopus Pro (making it a bit easier to get up and running for a premium cost)
In contrast, the Octopus Pro is by far the most flexible when it comes to picking the features you want. Like with the Manta, you can choose your own steppers motor drivers based on your needs as well as other add-on boards, when using a Pi + Klipper, its by far the most modular and expandable - you could even add secondary mainboard using a the extra USB ports on a Pi-based board (When paired with a power powerful Pi, you could even use it to run a Box Turtle or similar). Its got enough heater outputs for a multi-nozzle build, though if you're putting it in a Bedslinger build, its a bit of a PITA to get dual ADXL345's working unless you use USB/CAN based accelerometers).
So why only four stars? Like I mentioned, the documentation definitely requires REALLY knowing what you're doing, or be willing to learn in a lot of detail and reading community forums to find the missing info. If you want something relatively all-in-one that can connect to a CM4-based board but with some level of expansion whilst maintaining a budget, then the Manta 8P 2.0 would be more suitable. For a more premium "everything but the kitchen sink that is a bit easier for intermediate users, the Kraken might be worth the price premium.
The loss of a star on this shouldn't detract from how good the board is, but to act a s warning to those who have never built their own printer (or modded an existing one) that this card is a much more advanced DIY mainboard, and is more at risk of user-error damage if you're not REALLY well versed in what you're doing.
Absolutely love this material - it has become my go to for functional parts. Beautiful matte textured surface finish, fantastic rigidity/ general strength, easy to print, and reasonable price. Hard to ask for more.
//Bambu Lab P1S with hardened steel nozzle and extruder.
Thank you for sending the hotend kit it is working really well and fixed my problem.
I’ve used various probes like BLTouch, PCB Klicky, Unklicky, and Klicky, but the Cartographer was my next step and it did not disappoint, Its speed and accuracy are incredible. These kinds of probes are definitely the next big step for 3D printers.
Awesome product from Cartographer, and once again, hats off to the DREMC team for the speedy delivery and excellent service.
This bed is unbelievable grips the filament so well and releases light nothing I've ever used before I was lucky enough to be one of the first to try this bed and huge thanks to dremc for sending it out free of charge this bed is a must have for anyone with a voron vzbot any other 3d printer for that matter I've attached photos and a video of how easy the bed releases a print once it has cooled again big thanks to dremc for supplying this bed to me
Great filament ! Prints like a dream on both my X1C and Voron 2.4, and colour selection is awesome, for this price you absolutely can't go wrong straight out of the box prints perfectly fine no drying nothing, plus with the included slicer profiles from DREMC you're off to the races as soon as package arrives very little tuning required if any, highly recommend his stuff !
Makes it a lot easier to remove a print,and is quick and easy to remove and replace
I bought this for an old Geetech AluPro i3 clone I use for experimenting. I replaced the bearings with the Mitsumi LMU8 together with the Mitsumi rods of a custom length from an other supplier. The X axis is now so much smoother.
This filament prints beautifully couldn't be happier with the results highly recommended product will definitely be using alot more of it
The idea to help reduce issue 6 on FDM prints is nicely executed by BMG. The product is well made and fits nicely onto the CW2. After adjusting the filament for grip and extruder motor for backlash, the CW2 was used to test out ABS filament. The results are that issue 6 still exists but it is reduced to a satisfactory level. For harder filaments (i.e. with additives like CF), a tighter grip is necessary. Have not tried with TPU (yet). Overall, a very good product and am happy with it.
I bought two of the KUSBA ADXL345/USB chips from DREMC and two of the FLY ADXL345/USB chips off eBay (for around AUD$14).
I have found after a lot of experimentation that the eBay ones have much higher noise levels (more than 1 magnitude in places) than the KUSBAs.
This creates incorrect input shaper curves and model suggestions as the noise levels significantly change the curves, even though the devices are all mounted exactly the same.
So I'll only be using the KUSBA's from now on, the FLY ebay ones can go in the bin.
My noise data with the four ADXL345 devices (two of each type) all sitting on a cushioned chair with no vibration in the same location same USB cable / printer / etc.
With FLY ADXL345 #1
19:00:14 MEASURE_AXES_NOISE
19:00:16 Axes noise for xy-axis accelerometer: 178.263298 (x), 205.658301 (y), 280.819720 (z)
With FLY ADXL345 #2
19:02:57 MEASURE_AXES_NOISE
19:03:00 Axes noise for xy-axis accelerometer: 241.340118 (x), 213.820784 (y), 304.419315 (z)
With KUSBA ADXL345 #1
19:12:51 MEASURE_AXES_NOISE
19:12:54 Axes noise for xy-axis accelerometer: 13.054761 (x), 14.736463 (y), 20.593442 (z)
With KUSBA ADXL345 #2
19:15:34 MEASURE_AXES_NOISE
19:15:36 Axes noise for xy-axis accelerometer: 16.949330 (x), 19.726780 (y), 29.954188 (z)
Best seller ever.i say it everytime but it's true
Printing on a ender 3 with a copperhead and printed direct drive mount on tool steel 0.4 nozzle seems to like 245 c and 100 on the bed on my klipperised machine
Have pushed as far as 130mm/s at 4K accelerations so far at 0.2 and 0.28 later heights and performed pretty okay, my fan duct on the other hand didn’t perform well in some places so there was a few areas that didn’t turn out well for my test prints
Defiantly great material and a great price point I was printing with some really cheap asa before hand and used my existing profile from that material with great success now I will improve the ducting on this machine and do some more testing soon
Been using Magigoo for a little over a year and it works perfectly on everything I've thrown at it.
I fitted the direct drive as I gave up trying to print flexible filament on my Ender 6.
I followed the instructions which were well written and easy to understand and had it up and running in no time. But what an added surprise I got when printing with various filaments. The prints were were so much better than I had experienced with my old extruder. No stringing and a smoother finish. I even reduced bed temperature which made it easier to remove the print.
Would I recommend the Swiss NG direct drive? You better believe I would, it is the best addition for the Ender 6 and ensures I can print all the filaments I want.
A simply amazing upgrade to the Ender 3 over the stock hotend. Watch the YouTube vids on how to install it properly and you can't go wrong.
Overall great kit worth the money
Pros.
You get everything and more to build
Upgrade kits
Excellent wiring. Check your work
Cons
Mains power could be challenging for U
Bit vague on what is needed for some upgrade kits
Stripped alot of m3 t nuts. But huge spare counts
Lots of printing. Took me two weeks solid printing on an ender 3 over 200 hours
Great kit
used it on 2 prints that have caused me issues and worked really well on both. Very pleased with it.