My first 3D print, after assembly, with Anet A6

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My first 3d printer Anycubic is dead.

Long live my new 3d printer Anycubic.
I just hope that the new one lives a little longer.
 

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What was the cause of death?
Was it not worth repairing?
 
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Cableguy said:
What was the cause of death?
Was it not worth repairing?
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I think that the board is broken.
After selecting a file, the printer will always reboot.
I have already installed a new firmware, it did not help.
 

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A new board would be cheaper than a new printer, no?
 
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Cableguy said:
A new board would be cheaper than a new printer, no?
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it may be, but i need it fast and i will get a new one in 4 days.
When I have time again, I am looking for a replacement board.
 
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I contacted the Shop Gearbest and they give me, out of goodwill, $ 30 back (that's how much a new board costs).
 

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Filippo said:
My first 3d printer Anycubic is dead.

Long live my new 3d printer Anycubic.
I just hope that the new one lives a little longer.
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where have you bought it? hwo much does it cost? what do i need to get started with it?
can you give more info, i am interested in buying one for personal use.

thanx, ilan
 
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ilan said:
where have you bought it? hwo much does it cost? what do i need to get started with it?
can you give more info, i am interested in buying one for personal use.

thanx, ilan
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Hi ilan,

I bought the printer on AliExpress, here the link.
All you need is a CAD program to generate your data and convert it to STL format for the printer.
Here is a forum link that helped me a lot.
 

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I hope to get an Anet A8 someehSom this summer. I love the fact that you get a raw machine and then "evolve" it to your liking
 
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Cableguy said:
I hope to get an Anet A8 someehSom this summer. I love the fact that you get a raw machine and then "evolve" it to your liking
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I never want to buy an Anet A6 or Anet A8 again, one is only tinkering around.
Today get a good part and tomorrow a worse again.

With Anycubic i3 Mega I produce since the purchase always the same quality, so always good parts.
Yes, Anycubic costs a little more than the Anet series, but the costs have long been amortized.
 

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Still have my tevo tarantula and Tronxy x1. The x1 is gathering dust and I only print with the tevo now. The biggest thing for me was switching to printing on glass. WOW. I will only print on glass now.

Glad I did get the experience on building and learning because at this point I can repair - fix any printer but at times I wanted to toss it out the window!!!!

Will be getting a 3rd printer this year but only because I want to print larger parts.

Amazing though that there are so many semi built printers now you can buy. When I bought my first one there where none in the sub $400 category.
 
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The biggest thing for me was switching to printing on glass. WOW. I will only print on glass now.
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I also printed on glass without problems with my anet A6, but for my parts the surface was too shiny.
 

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I also printed on glass without problems with my anet A6, but for my parts the surface was too shiny.
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Had that same issue with the glass being to shiny. I used a glue stick - hair spray for awhile but kept reading how some people would print without it. Finally figured it out. It was making sure I had leveled the printer correctly and I had to play with the temperature of the bed. In the end it was 65c for the bed. 60c would not work and 190c for PLA. Now I print on glass without any help of hair spray or a glue stick and it sticks perfect every time.

Took me about a year but I get great prints all the time now.
 

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Oh I see what you are saying about the shiny surface. Yeah, glass does that.
 
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Now I print on glass without any help of hair spray or a glue stick and it sticks perfect every time.

Took me about a year but I get great prints all the time now.
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Once you try the Ultrabase from Anycubic, you do not want to try another surface.
Ultrabase is the best for me.
 
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