@tundra-mountain yes I agree with you completely on both 3DP and Creality. I have been emailing with Creality for almost 2 months about their Creality 2.0 Box that runs their camera and allows you to run and monitor a printer from their cloud app. I found an issue that if you send a gcode with the G29 bed levelling it repeats the bed levelling 3 times before it starts to print. It took a long while for them to accept that it was their issue and not on my end. They are now in the process of creating a firmware upgrade for the Box 2.0 and said they would release it by the end of March. So here’s hoping they cleared that issue. So for now I don’t put a G29 in the code and just manually do an auto levelling before I print if required.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply.
I don’t dislike Creality as a company, I’ve never really heard anybody complain about their products (with the exception of the Sonic Pad) and when I look at what you get for your dollar compared to other printers and parts, they are reasonably good values.
As for your “Klipper parts” concept - that’s starts with a Raspberry Pi 4B with power supply and two SD Cards (one for the rPi and one for the user’s printer controller) if you want more, there are a lot of displays you can add to the Raspberry Pi that work well with KlipperScreen as well as case designs you can 3D print. Personally, I’ve taken off the user interfaces on my printers and just use the local web page as it provides a much better interface for the printer and I can access it either at a PC or my phone.
The unfortunate aspect of the “Klipper parts” scheme is that, while the Raspberry Pi 4B situation is still somewhat dire, it costs as much as the Sonic Pad and maybe $100 more if you want to add a large touch screen display. It will be interesting to see what happens towards the end of this year when the rPi supply catches up and we will see the “Klipper parts” scheme starting at $100 CAD.
Again, I don’t know your business I apologize if I’m very out of line on the subject.
Hey Myke
Believe me, wholeheartedly I appreciate the responses. I enjoy a little banter like anyone. On a personal note, I really like the creality equipment, but, sometimes I just scratch my head and go “why would you do that”.
I also do not run a multi-million dollar company so…there is that. I don’t have all the answers I also like the different points of view as presented.
Please don’t apologize, you were not out of line. I really do like the feedback, it does give me a chance to explain. If you don’t mind though I would like to make a small request If you don’t mind. Within the forum, we are starting to get some good solid Google hits on posted answers and issues. I just don’t want our ranking to be affected when We mix topics. If a different issue comes up within a thread I would like to just ask that we can pull it to a different thread and try to keep the thread to the current topic. Believe me, I really don’t care if we start 100 threads a day I just want to keep the content pertinent to the topic as presented. As well as that just so you all are away, I appreciate every one of you.
I like the change in topics sometimes it keeps me on my toes.
I do agree with the Raspberry Pi issue, it does not seem to be getting any easier to find at this point and it’s kinda driving me nuts. I have a bunch of stuff I want to do and the Pis are such an easy platform to work off of. I think in a way it affected the production of the sonic pad because, in someone’s mind, I eliminated the need for the Pi altogether.
No problem moving the discussion to another thread - go ahead.
Pi alternative: BTT CB1 w/ PI4B adapter - $51.57. I currently have CB1 w/ Manta M8P running Klipper. I am very pleased though, I don’t believe you can power the CB1 separately from the Mainboard in my current setup, so I use the RPi from another printer to remotely power on the M8P w/ CB1 through a TP-link plug.
Located in the interior of BC. Found this forum when shopping on the 3dprinting Canada website - glad to have Canadian made filament.
A repository of slicer settings would be helpful for some people.
I would be very interested in a detailed description on the types of filament sold in the store.
For example the Matter3d performance pla is best for x type of projects, has a higher heat resistance than average pla of 85c can be annealed etc.
Hello … I’m located jst a short distance in Burlington, Ontario … I found the site when Googling for Printing Supplies and found the Forum on the Webpage.
I would appreciate any info for Diagnostics and Tips Etc.
Take Care
Hey Mike My name is Mike and I live north of Barrie. What are the odds. LOL
Hello Jason. I’m at Bass lake south west of Orillia. When I first got into this addiction (one of the first cr-10s) I was buying filement on line from everywhere.
Got a nice role of experimental pc from France. I finally decided to stick to one source and that was you guys. Very satisfied with the quality and service.
The forum has been helpful many times such as better settings, great tips, and advice from very knowledgeable people.
Now I’ve been away for a while and trying to catch up on the latest and greatest.
Being an old fart it’s tough. Most of the suggestions by the members are good .
The forum is great as is but I see your point on growing it in new directions.
Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
thanks, everyone, I do enjoy the comments on this thread, and glad to see that we are adding value to the community with some ideas I want to start implementing.
You will start to see the Cheatsheets rolling out slowly in a short while. After that, I will work on the Filament recommendations. If you have any other ref material you feel would be a value feel free to let me know and I will put it on my to-do list as well.
I know this is a few years out of date. But did you ever get a BBQ rolling? Looks to be at least a few of us semi local.
Waterloo Region
How did you find us? I don’t remember. I think it was through the 3DPC website (I found out about the forum after I bought a printer and filament).
Is there anything additional you all would like to see here? I don’t think so. There are parts of the forum I do not use now. I like the introductions and I like to read the posts on problems and solutions.
Just continue to be an awesome Canadian company. I’m down for buying Chinese, but really resent the US for what’s going on.
Hi everyone,
I was thinking about the forum on my rather long drive to Ottawa and was wondering a couple of things, hope you would not mind answering for me.
Where does our community base come from? Are most of you local or located elsewhere in Canada or the globe?
Another question was how did you find us? Google search? Suggestion from the staff here and 3DPC? Or another way?
Last one I promise; is there anything additional you all would like to see here? Specific topics? Cheat sheets? Would you like to see more of an information repository? I am thinking per printer and per filament. I am going to start to put out Slicer profiles or at least specs on printing some of the material we have in store.
I’m also curious about what keeps people coming back to an online community or platform in general. Even with something completely different like https://tropical-casino.com/ Tropical Casino, I tend to notice whether the slots, other games, and different sections are easy to find rather than buried behind too many menus. Good organization makes a big difference, and I think the same principle applies here if we want the forum to keep growing.
Any and all information and suggestions are welcome. I want to keep growing the forum larger and I want to make sure I am driving it down the right path.
Glad to have you here from Waterloo Region! The problem/solution threads are exactly the kind of thing we want to keep building up, since they tend to help people long after the original post is made.
And thanks for the kind words. We’ll keep doing our best to support the Canadian 3D printing community and keep the forum useful, friendly, and practical. If you ever run into an issue or have a fix that worked for you, definitely post it — those real-world notes are often the most helpful.