Starships SN-8, S24 & S25 Printed on Ender 3 v2

[ashen merlin]

Middle one (S25) doesnt have heatshield attached yet

And left one needs painting

[acoustic pendant]

very nice.. i tried to print zeppelins on my ender 3 v2 and cant seem to manage it. did you use any kind of adhesion?

[ashen merlin]

did you print them in multiple parts?

all of these are separated into multiple sections

[acoustic pendant]

oh nice

i hadnt tried to. it couldnt even manage the first layer. that was my old ender thats currently sitting in the corner waiting for its fate though

it wasnt doing too good

[ashen merlin]

anything break on it?

[acoustic pendant]

yeah

part cooling fan solders broke

it got really bad, so i opened the motherboard to replace it entirely

creality sent me the wrong fans

[ashen merlin]

oof

[acoustic pendant]

i bought tthe new fans, got the part 2d later, resoldered it, put it back together, and in the process the motherboard fan solders broke

i got mad and now its just in the corner with its guts hanging out

[ashen merlin]

those are the fans in the hotend area right?

same thing happened to me

one of the fans solders broke

the smaller one

but it broke at the fan and not mainboard

so i spent like $15 for a new set of fans and replaced the small one

[acoustic pendant]

yep

hotend fans broke and it just cooked the capricorn tubing

creality is nice and all, but their solders actually terrible

they snap off from the force of their own machines

are actually terrible*

[ashen merlin]

yeah

the heating block is garbage

or the cylinder that slides in

its connected only by two solders and some tape

so i had to basically replace it right outta the box

[acoustic pendant]

dude. my best printer from creality cant manage petg temperatures

i dont know man

see, i got this bambu and its much much better

but im thankful i had my experiences with enders because i learned how printers work

[ashen merlin]

same

[acoustic pendant]

theyre good machines dont get me wrong but i just couldnt handle the stress so i had a $1k mental breakdown and bought a bambu p1s

[ashen merlin]

idk what printer ill get next

tryna double my printing capability yk

think ima get a flsun delta printer but who knows

[acoustic pendant]

what kinda stuff do you like to do on your printers?

ive seen a few of those in action at a few stalls and stuff

they look like good machines but they look confusing to repair in my opinion

[ashen merlin]

well so far ive just made a bunch of rockets, a helmet and some trinkets

[acoustic pendant]

just looked at the pic and saw your kitty

looks like my cat in my pfp

a full scale helmet?

those flsun deltas would be cool for rockets like that

but also a resin printer would also probably be cool for them

[ashen merlin]

yeah

it was a pain

e3v2 has such a small bed in relation to it

[acoustic pendant]

ive been wanting to try that

[ashen merlin]

had to slice it into 6 peices

[acoustic pendant]

making a helmet

did it bond together well?

[ashen merlin]

uhhh

kinda

[acoustic pendant]

got any pics?

[ashen merlin]

it wasnt done very well because of this

yeah lemme find some

[acoustic pendant]

ok

[ashen merlin]

old pic before it was completely painted and finished

[acoustic pendant]

i like it

you cant tell it was 6 pieces

[ashen merlin]

yeah it was a long process

basically i glued it and then used epoxy putty type stuff and covered the whole helmet in it

[acoustic pendant]

might actually try a helmet sometime

[ashen merlin]

a very thin layer

[acoustic pendant]

my brother is real into that mandalorian stuff

[ashen merlin]

then did a base coat of gray primer, white spray paint for a couple layers, and then the details

[ashen merlin]

ye

those ought to be easier to make

simpler shape

[acoustic pendant]

bet this part was hard

[ashen merlin]

yeah

you see that black bar? everything above that was a diff peice

[acoustic pendant]

cant even tell thats crazy

[ashen merlin]

old pic

idk why its sideways lmao

[acoustic pendant]

what color filament did you use?

[ashen merlin]

white pla

from Hatchbox

[acoustic pendant]

freakin nice

[ashen merlin]

yeah bit of a rough job, not gonna make another one till i have a big printer

learned my lesson

[stable sierra]

That’s sick where’d you find that file?

[ashen merlin]

3 Different files

2 are free on thingiverse & the middle one is $50 on Morethan3d site

[stable sierra]

Ooh okay thx

[ashen merlin]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5211717

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5541664

printed this at 220% ^