Here are some samples from the Dremel 3d Printer that arrived this week

[G+_Gregg Ordon]

Here are some samples from the Dremel 3d Printer that arrived this week. After reading a ton of articles and horror stories about these type of printers, I was expecting a pile of goo instead of what I designed. This printer seems super simple to setup and get going without much fuss at all, except for missing parts that I have talked about before. Attached are some photos. I printed two prints, in different sizes. Trying to experiment with text go get text to print out more clear. I have a feeling FONT choices are critical. Let me know what everyone thinks. I will be using this printer pretty heavily this week to see how it hold up.

[G+_Eddie Foy]

Have fun!!  All the possibilities you now have.

I typically undersize holes 0.1mm then clean out with a drill bit, if I need a quality hole.

 

Make a dovetail test set.  Best way to tweak your setting to get parts to fit right.

 

 

Just don't fall into the trap of printing stuff that can be easily made quicker, cheaper, easier otherwise (or bought for cheap)  I've seen too many little square boxes/bins and such on Thingiverse that are just pointless.

[G+_Mike Lawrence]

I hope this post is proved wrong about the Dremel being "not a very expandable printer".

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/2vyrpa/i_just_picked_up_a_dremel_idea_builder_it_seems/

 

"I have both the Dremel Idea Builder and a Flashforge Creator Pro. I really think the Idea Builder is a great first printer and is opening the gates to the next generation of people for 3d-printing. It was my first, it's easy, it does PLA just fine if you tune it right.

Also people should be aware that the Dremel Idea Builder is essentially a rebranded and somewhat stripped down version of the FlashForge dreamer. Having seen the differences, I don't mind them removing one of the heads and spool holders. However I wish they'd kept the heated bed option for the Idea Builder.

That said, it's just not as powerful as my Flashforge Creator Pro in the end.

In my experience the Dremel Idea Builder will print most of the specialty filaments (although I think that goes out of warranty or somesuch). Have done bronzefill, copperfill, glowfill, woodfill, bamboofill in it. It won't do Flexi though, something to do with the metal throat to the nozzle instead of the silicon-inserts the FlashForge uses.

It really depends on what you want the printer for though. I have the Dremel set as my "Just print PLA and lots of it" printer now and do the crazy stuff on the FlashForge. Like a Dremel tool is a tool with a certain place in my toolset, so too is the Dremel printer now.

In the end though, I've made a lot of upgrades to the Flashforge (like ducts, spool holder replacements, etc) and very little to the Dremel. It's not a very expandable printer. It just is what it is and don't try to take it much past that."