Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 21-Jan-2020, 11:08 PM (This post was last modified: 13-Feb-2020, 07:45 AM by bffigjam.) Hey Guys! EDIT: This printer is now for sale at the link below for $279 using offer code "BGGenius" get it while you can!! First things first, here's a link to the Artillery Genius 3d Printer: Artillery Genius DIY 3D Printer So I am trying a different process here with this 3D printer review compared to the previous 2 reviews I did. Instead of waiting until I complete the review to post I am going to update the thread as I work through the review and learn about the printer. Please let me know if you'd prefer I do it the previous way, otherwise I will be still writing a review like before but posting it onto my blog instead of as a forum post here. I chose the Artillery Genius for a few reasons, mainly because it's something different. I wanted to keep the same size and price class as the Ender 3 XS Pro and Anet A8 Plus that I previously reviewed, but look into a few different main features. The main eye catching feature of this printer for me is that it has an AC heated bed which is unheard of at this price point. It also looks like a generally higher quality printer than the Anet or Creality counterparts but time will tell here. Now, the printer has only just showed up in the last 10 minutes, and here is the picture of it that my wife sent me (I'm at work): Tonight I will update with an unboxing and maybe some assembly depending on how complex assembly appears to be (I dont have time this week to do something like how the Anet was....) Let me know what your opinions are on this printer and the features it has. Cheers Posts: 21,038 Threads: 576 Likes Received: 8,839 in 6,537 posts Likes Given: 1,423 Joined: Jun 2018 Reputation: 777 Good idea on the new review format. I'm intrigued to know where you're managing to actually fit all these printers You must now be well on your way to having a nice little 3D printer farm setup • Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 (22-Jan-2020, 12:07 AM)SnowLeopardFPV Wrote: Good idea on the new review format. I'm intrigued to know where you're managing to actually fit all these printers You must now be well on your way to having a nice little 3D printer farm setup Good to know, thanks. Maybe I'll have to show some pics of our house... It's a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom unit that was brand new when we moved in, building finished in December 2018. Our computer desks are now in the living room with one of the bedrooms having mt quad workbench and my 3 current printers but it's real tight. I'm working on selling my spare bed and getting rid of the stuff I have stored in the spare room so that I can make that the dedicated printing room. I'm actually setting up a proper print business, we have a market stall in a week and a half for some advertising and market research and I have a filament stock list and print queue setup... Busy times ahead. When I review about every printer in the market I'll probably select what I feel is the best one for my needs and buy 10 of them so that everything is the same..... This will be printer number 4! • Posts: 863 Threads: 43 Likes Received: 286 in 202 posts Likes Given: 12 Joined: Nov 2018 Reputation: 5 I like this format. I was going to ask the same thing Snow asked, hehe. Deal Here's the Deal
10" 6S FR10-G Long Range, 5" 6S Rooster, 5" 6S Badger, 5" 6S QAV-S, 5" 4S Badger, 5" 4S Phreakstyle Slam, 5" 6S Yema, 5" 4S Stark, 3" 4S Gecko, and a 3S 2.5" Tadpole, all of which are Crossfire. Tinyhawk, Tinyhawk S, and a DJI Spark. And projects on the bench.... • Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 This will form the unboxing and initial setup portion of my review. Upon opening the box i found the printer was mostly assembled and there were a lot less pieces than any printer I have received so far. Here are some pictures of the unboxing process: So my initial thoughts: - Everything seems more polished than traditional printers
- It still has the basic V slot design, with the bottom being the same as a standard V slot printer but with cover sheeting (I assume this is the same as the CR10 Pro models)
- The blue injection moulded parts appear nice
- The printer has ribbon cables to run everything on the gantry, I like how they look and move but time will tell their reliability
- There is a PCIE x 1 slot utilised to link between the gantry and base, making assembly very simple.
Now, assembly is fully shown in 2 pages on the book that is included, basically screw on the gantry, install the spool rollers and plug a few cables in. Here's the PCI express interface I talk about: For main assembly, I slotted in the gantry and tipped the printer to its side to insert the bolts from below: Then I had to plug in a few cables at the bottom for the stepper motors and end stop like this one: The filament spool holder setup is a bit different, which I like as new ideas are good for hobbies: The instructions said to adjust the V slot eccentric nuts if anything was loose, and I found that everything on the gantry was nice and tight but the bed had a little bit of movement in the Y direction (Up and Down). I moved the eccentric nuts with the included (and very nice) spanner while wobbling the bed until it stopped wobbling but not so far that it was tight to slide. In this picture you can see the eccentric nuts under the bed frame: Now, Here is the assembled printer: I followed the instructions for bed levelling, it reccommended the paper method, but oh I love how easy it is to bed level with the touch screen. I took photos of each step of the menus here: It recommended heating nozzle and bed for 1min before levelling, so I did: And now here is the Levelling menu, just press on each corner and adjust the bed, no auto level>disable steppers and manual movement stuff... Here's some pics from levelling Levelling went smoothly, I did it with paper all around and then quickly double checked and touched up by eye, which was suuuuper easy with the button presses. I have noticed by this point but the steppers are nice and quiet, even at high speeds! Lastly after I added an old almost empty roll of white filament for a test, I put the test print on, here's a pic of the first layer: Now I didn't take any pics past this, I got carried away playing some DayZ, and unfortunately the print had some underextrusion, I'm not sure if this is an issue with the included model or if it is to do with the filament drive which felt a little too flimsy. This afternoon i will be setting the printer up in CURA and doing some proper test prints with good filament. Let me know your thoughts on this printer so far! Posts: 438 Threads: 53 Likes Received: 378 in 189 posts Likes Given: 223 Joined: Jul 2018 Reputation: 18 Very nice review with detailed pictures. I like this style of review. I'm curious how will you like the printer in a longer run. Man, can't wait for my own printer, but I'm waiting for the Prusa MINI and according to my preorder date (one week after the preorders started) and the shipping table Prusa posted recently, it will be ready for me maybe sometime around the end of February. • Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 I am completely gobsmacked by the quality of this printer..... Read on.. So I decided after the underwhelming test print I would set this up in CURA so I have a known start place and go from there. Technically there is no CURA profile for this printer, but since It is basically an Ender 3 I created an Ender 3 profile and then renamed it and changed the start and end G code to what i prefer on my Ender 3. Really nothing else was required for changes which is good. I will probably export and upload the profile to my blog when I complete this review if anyone wants it. Now for print settings I didn't change that much from the basic ender 3 settings, the main one was that I changed retraction from 5mm to 1mm as this printer has a direct drive extruder. I wanted to print a baby yoda, so I scaled the model down 50% and put it on the USB stick included with the printer. For changes on the printer itself, I tightened the preload on the spring for the extruder drive, which was quite easy with the small knob on the back. I did this because the last print was under-extruding and I noticed the drive gear was slipping on the filament and it even made a bit of a mess of chunks of filament. Now, THIS is the result (First pic showing the tree supports): After this success, i scaled the model back up to 100% and went again. And one in green, because Yoda.. So I've gotta say, the quality of these prints is impeccable, I did use a 0.12 layer height because I know that this is an intricate and curvy model, but WOW I am impressed. No visible layer lines, no layer shift, no nothing just a perfect print, on the SECOND print, with my guessed CURA settings..... No benchmarks, no nothing lol. Let me know your thoughts Posts: 863 Threads: 43 Likes Received: 286 in 202 posts Likes Given: 12 Joined: Nov 2018 Reputation: 5 Well done for sure. Your settings must be sufficient, hehe. Deal Here's the Deal
10" 6S FR10-G Long Range, 5" 6S Rooster, 5" 6S Badger, 5" 6S QAV-S, 5" 4S Badger, 5" 4S Phreakstyle Slam, 5" 6S Yema, 5" 4S Stark, 3" 4S Gecko, and a 3S 2.5" Tadpole, all of which are Crossfire. Tinyhawk, Tinyhawk S, and a DJI Spark. And projects on the bench.... • Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 30-Jan-2020, 01:24 AM (This post was last modified: 30-Jan-2020, 01:25 AM by bffigjam.) (28-Jan-2020, 02:47 PM)Deal-E-O Wrote: Well done for sure. Your settings must be sufficient, hehe. Deal Thanks mate!! So the printing journey continues, I am going to an event called Rockathon in a neighbouring town on saturday and will have printers on display along with my friend who is building a positive community. The event is to raise money for fire affected communities from the recent devastation here in Australia. I will be raffling off a large 3D printed fire engine for everyone who signs up to the community and will be giving out small keyrings to those who donate. So to prepare for this in only 72 hours the farm is in ACTION! Here's the 3 printers I've moved to my new print room, working out some sort of shelving so I can bring the ender over too. And here's the poor ender, all by itself in it's little box haha. I have 55 parts to print, 4 printers, 72hrs available and I expect the total active printer time to be in the neighbourhood of 250 hours.... lets see how we go! haha. • Posts: 863 Threads: 43 Likes Received: 286 in 202 posts Likes Given: 12 Joined: Nov 2018 Reputation: 5 Better be at it now, hehe. Good luck. Deal Here's the Deal
10" 6S FR10-G Long Range, 5" 6S Rooster, 5" 6S Badger, 5" 6S QAV-S, 5" 4S Badger, 5" 4S Phreakstyle Slam, 5" 6S Yema, 5" 4S Stark, 3" 4S Gecko, and a 3S 2.5" Tadpole, all of which are Crossfire. Tinyhawk, Tinyhawk S, and a DJI Spark. And projects on the bench.... • Posts: 1 Threads: 0 Likes Received: 0 in 0 posts Likes Given: 0 Joined: May 2020 Reputation: 0 Good stuff!. Just got mine up and running and was interested in your "changed the start and end G code to what i prefer on my Ender 3". Can i ask you upload your settings? Cheers Andy • Posts: 1,197 Threads: 59 Likes Received: 592 in 395 posts Likes Given: 210 Joined: Mar 2019 Reputation: 42 (22-May-2020, 07:06 PM)andyburn1 Wrote: Good stuff!. Just got mine up and running and was interested in your "changed the start and end G code to what i prefer on my Ender 3". Can i ask you upload your settings? Cheers Andy Hi Andy, I use the settings defined in this tutorial. http://www.emcu.eu/configure-ultimaker-c...l-ender-3/ If you ever need detailed help ask us over at https://into3dp.com/index.php • |