I’ve had an interest in 3d printing for a while and had a few models on my wishlist, but long story short a mutual friend wanted an upgrade, and I was the first one to accept their model that they no longer needed. I cannot ask them for help. I’ll probably try to ask them what specifically they changed about the printer, but I can’t know that they’ll take the time to respond to me.
I’d like to know where to start with this. I got what seems like an entire 3d printer in addition to a box with a bunch of parts and stuff in it. I’m wondering if I should disassemble the printer and put it back together to get an idea of what I’m dealing with? Or if I should just be grateful it’s together and try and use it. It’d also be helpful if someone could help me identify which parts are not stock and what I should expect while using those parts.
Thank you,
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There’s a lot of manual calibration on ender 3’s I would not suggest taking it apart until you are more comfortable with the machine and then only if you really needed to do that.
Start printing things first.
Check for issues and address those issues.
If you start disassembling, you won’t know what needs the most attention, and you might just get bored and give up, without knowing what printing can do for you.
It looks pretty stock to me. With an added auto bed leveler. Don’t over think it or disassemble, just print. Use Cura software. Use PLA filament because it’s easy and only change if you need to. Don’t try TPU you are in for a bad time with no direct drive nor cover. It’s a great first printer. I’d speed it up to 80mm/s and 200c end, 50-60c bed. The defaults are a bit safe/slow.
