Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
As the picture below / attached shows, I've just crossed 120 days / 4 months (over 2,885 total hours of printing) and have gone through 3km 494m of filament (just over 11 1KG rolls), and I have to say, I'm loving my Prusa i3 MK3. I'm sure someone out there has more print time on their MK3, what are your statistics? Anyone got me beat?
Some quick facts:
- It's my first 3D printer
- This is a completed printer (not the kit)
- It was a preorder in Oct 2017, got it in Jan 2018
- I use it to prototype a new device I'm developing for my small business
- I'm still using the original flexible sheet, the same side even
- 100% of my prints have been PLA
- I use Hatchbox PLA and have had great results so far (used over 11KG)
I've had a few issues with the printer, but they have all been easily resolved / fixed quickly by Prusa:
- Had the wire fail on the bed heater (I believe new versions are not soldered?) link to that fix here: https://shop.prusa3d.com/forum/hardware-firmware-and-software-help-f64/how-i-fixed-a-bed-thermal-runaway--t18437.html#p85854
- Had some axis skipping but was easily repaired by simply tightening bolts on the frame (Standard maintenance, I told you this was my first printer! 😆 )
- Had some poor adhesion on the PEI sheet, but that was easily repaired by cleaning occasionally with Acetone (again, I know this is standard maintenance, I'm still learning)
- Had a Print Fan Error due to a failed print fan. Prusa was quick to diagnose the issue and they express DHL'd a replacement that got me back up and running in less than a week.
- I do have the occasional jammed filament tube when switching filament (a small piece of the old filament breaks off when removed), which requires a nearly entire e-axis disassembly to fix. I've found that if I preheat the extruder for 5+ minutes or so this doesn't happen as the filament is soft enough / properly shaped to come out cleanly.
All in all I've been super impressed with this printer. I've recommended it many times and have at least 5 other friends that have purchased one based on my experience. I have plans to buy more of these from Prusa as my business grows.
Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
Mine is showing 75d and 2.7Km, but I think it's confused. I only got it in April and haven't been printing that much.
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Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
Congrats. That is a lot of printing.
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Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
wait until PJR Gets here...
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Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
I'm guessing that is not all from printing 2cm high cylinders of 1 cm diameter... 😉
Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
I didn't know it was a contest. SPOILER ALERT: I lose.
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Re: Just crossed 120D / 3.49km and loving it! Anyone beat me?
My stats are a lot lower, but I'm not sure how accurate it is... I'm assuming that the stats only are kept for prints from the SD card and not via OctoPi. I usually don't print from the card and prefer to use my RBP3/OctoPi setup.
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