It is really impressive how great all the LMG hosts are. Every new person has a unique take on things and is always entertaining. Whoever does the hiring is really damn good at their job.
Dan plays a very important role on the staff. He's very clearly the "Guy who knows a bit of everything," which means you can throw him at basically any weird problem and expect a solution. It might not be a pretty solution, but he'll solve it.
Id love if he hosted a video or two about his 3d printer setup and a video about the best beginner 3d printer for people who plan on upgrading parts and stuff down the line.
Dude is like the Bob Ross of tech reviews. I feel my blood pressure dropping, and feeling stupidly happier for no apparent reason than his soothing voice. Even when its a bad review, I feel better after watching it.
6:35, thats usually a PTFE (Teflon) tube. You aren't wrong about wanting a tighter bowden tube but this tube is actually a reverse bowden tube, which should be wider. Reason being that the direct drive hotend pulls the filament and you do not want extra drag from a tight reverse bowden. Unlike an actual bowden setup its purely a loose guide.
Yup. And in a set up like this having a tighter tube can actually cause issues when printing with certain filaments such as Metal Fill or CF Nylon due to the tightness causing too much friction leading to potential under extrusion.
Dan is great, he always looks sad and that makes me laughing even more. I also really like Adams, but dunno why his videos got least views. Both of them are fresh af
When is Dan finally getting his own channel? Man i could watch al types of content from this guy; cooking shows, guided meditation, bob ross style art tutorials, action movies, man i would even watch politcal news when dan would host
8:10 I love that when linus thinks he's being a nuisance, dan is like "Oh you want to play this game? I don't get even, I get crazy." And just tips the entire thing over during the print without missing a beat.
@@Daniel-kf8hf yeah but the delivery was good and most points are still valid, this is clearly geared towards the regular "see it, download it, print it" consumer.
@@leenunya2965 i absolutely agree with you but this just feels more like an ad because there are so much things in this Printer that is just a red flag imo
this makes me want a live stream where sarah does drawing and design work, and at the same table dan does like a soldering project. they both sit there and work on their respective projects and chat with each other and the audience.
Dan is not a reviewer. He is someone who first and foremost REALLY LIKES THESE THINGS , and happens to be fantastic at laying out reviews. I find reviewers on this platform genuinely seem to often want to hate the things they're reviewing lol. Short circuit couldn't be more the opposite. Just the way Dan says "Ohh , Extra nozzles!" , the excitement is palpable.
I'm very experienced in the 3d printing space. In the past, LTT has done had some bad videos explaining 3d printing concepts. It was always a matter of somebody with a little bit of experience explaining a concept or topic they barely understood. This video is not that, Dan knows what he is talking about, clearly he has a ton of printing experience. This is far and away the best 3d printing focused video LTT has had. Keep Dan doing any 3d printing content in the future.
There is still a few things he got wrong. As much as i like him i cannot agree, he seems to know how to print, but i'd leave the reviews to someone more experienced. (Maybe a Nero collab :p)
3d printing shouldn't be like Linux: you shouldn't have to be a borderline engineering doctorate to know how to efficiently print plastic junk or little modifications to bigger machines. I think the prior videos where it sounds like someone doesn't know what they're talking about is because someone hasn't simplified a UI to let grandma 3d print something. Most tech people even aren't interested in spending $800+ then having to research how to use that expensive machine and what nozzle and speed to print at.
I love Dan's calm demeaner. He's so easy to listen too and you know that he knows his stuff. My wife never complains when he's hosting but always gets irritated when she hears Linus' voice and tells me to put my earbuds in. I don't understand what she has against Linus' voice, but if I don't want a perturbed wife, (and I really don't) I just do it.
The LTT entertainment empire needs more Dan. Dude knows what he's doing, especially with 3d prints, and most importantly he's delightfully sarcastic and has dry wit. He's the hero we need.
I really like this guys voice an tone for the video, pretty relax and comforting. It's a welcome difference from the upbeat and fast pace from the regular host on the channels
Now that was an excellent 3d printer review (coming from someone with five of them). I appreciate that Dan clearly knows a lot about 3d printing and didn't talk down to us or leave much out of his review!
@@rodrigogonzalez6791 That is a good question and one that gets asked a lot. 2 years ago if you asked 10 people, 9 of them would have said the Ender 3 or Ender 3 Pro and the 10th would have said Prusa Mini. However a lot has changed for the better for entry level printers. I would recommend an Anycubic Kobra or Ender 3 Neo (or Ender 3 S1). If you are concerned about spending that much money on your first printer, an Ender 2 Pro is an excellent printer, but with a smaller build plate and a few less features than the others I mentioned.
Dan has such a soft and soothing voice its a wonderful change from the energetic and sharp voices of everyone else. Not that I don't love all the other LMG hosts!
Damn that power interruption auto recover is a game changer. My power cut out for a second in the middle of a long print and I didn't want to start from scratch again and had to figure out which specific layer the print stopped at and edit the gcode manually to resume from there. It worked out but if I never had to do it again I sure wouldn't mind
Ive had my Flashforge finder for a few years and it still works great! Very stable due to the printbed only moving in the Z direction. Also has very high print quality
Great 3D Printer to kickstart LMG's 3D Printer reviews! Having worked at a 3D Printing company for 3+ yrs, Flashforge 3D printers were the most reliable & affordable printers out in the market. We usually run them 24/7 most of the times. Requires very little maintenance. Only problem is replacing parts since you get locked to their ecosystem as everything is proprietary (except the filament). Also, from my prev. exp. I'd chuck the filament tube which is actually more for style and sometimes causes clogging. Since, it's direct drive you can insert the filament directly to the extruder head. Also, surprised to see they haven't changed the touchscreen settings or the music in over 6+ years. I'm not sure if this is a bug still but their unload function rarely works. You have to use loading setting for both filament loading & unloading.
That metal plate is made of PEI which gets sticky when it's hot so your print will stick better, then when it cools down it unsticks. I bought one as a replacement for my standard metal bed and it's fantastic to use. I like my Flashforge Adventurer 4, even though it's not super mainstream I like how it prints.
At $1500 compared to creality's ender 3 v2 that on their website cost $279 people are gonna go for the cheaper printer, this is why people go for the printers from creality and prusa, they are affordable. Not to mention all the upgrades that can be done on the cheaper printers where as here you are lucky just to be able to change the nozzle. enders 3 can be completely changed to a core xy printer and may still be under the cost of this flashforge printer. and you say this can be used for education purposes, most printers like ender 3 and prusa printers all are alot easier to work on making them perfect for education enthusiast and even professional use.
The Artemis is Corexy FDM printer while the Prusa and the ender 3 are i3 style printers the difference being the Corexy has better printing speed and quality but is complex in design as opposed to i3 printers which are simple and small and it seems like you can upgrade the printer hotend and change the motherboard so it's easy to do
I'd like to state: Tight bowden tubes (1.8-2mm ID) are important for when you have a bowden extruder, which pushes the filament through the tube. On a direct drive extruder, using a large (2.5-3mm ID bowden) reduces friction as the filament is pulled through the tube.
To this day I still have my flashforge finder. According to the system settings menu it has run over 1300 hours, never had a lot of issues with it. For Christmas I upgraded to an all-metal heartbreak, all-metal extruder arm and a 0.2 mm nozzle. Although it prints very fine details, the added weight gives me an insane amount of ghosting. Nevertheless, it's my first and most reliable printer ever! When I move out, I'm gonna encase the removable printbed in a resin cube I think to keep it was a decorative piece. If this one is anything as reliable as the flashforge finder I'd recommend it to everyone (although it's a bit expensive compared to the insanely cheap ender series these days)
To be honest, you can't say that most printers don't have failure recovery anymore. Even ender 3 pro's have that. This is also not an "affordable" printer. Maybe for a company, who is looking at "industrial' designs, or someone used only to Prusas, but the average printer with specs like these should be much lower. Look at the new Ender 3 Pro V2 or Smart, for example.
Dan is the best. You can really tell how knowledgable he is, but the best aspect about Dan is that you can feel his general curiosity about tech. You can immediately tell that he takes all his shit apart at home just to see how it work and I've been that way since i was a wee lil nerd.
A few additions and corrections to the video: 1:30 most printers on the market are the so called bedslingers, where the printing bed moves in the Y direction(prusa mk3, mini, ender 3, etc) and with the upside down T shaped frame. The motion system is a cartesian one. Even though the frame on the Flashforge Artemis is a cube(usually seen in corexy and hbot printers) the motion system is still cartesian(as seen by the X motor being on the end of the X axis) and not corexy or hbot so it does not have all the advantages of those motion systems, but the fact that the bed is not moving on the Y axis is a plus for taller prints. 2:10 the advantage of a direct drive extruder is mostly the fact that you'll have smaller retraction distances, you'll be able to print flexibles easier(but after seeing the filament path at 12:17 I'm not really sure that the filament path is constrained enough for that ) and you don't have to change the bowden tube as often. The black bowden tube at the back at 6:35 is a so called reverse bowden tube and it should NOT be snug on the filament as a on a bowden extruder setup. It's role is to help get the filament to the printhead more constantly, so if let's say you are printing two parts in diferent parts of the bed and the printhead moves quickly to the other side it doesn't pull hard/snag on the role of filament. 2:35 even if the hotend can reach 260 degrees, this printer is not really recommended for ABS or nylon as those filaments really need and enclosure so they don't warp and get of the bed. But for PLA, PETG, and good quality ASA it should be totally fine. 3:27 that is a powdered PEI plate. PEI is a type of plastic that likes to stick to other plastics, like the commonly used PLA, PETG, ASA, ABS, when hot, but releases from those parts when it cools down. This surface is actually a lot better than the borosilicate glass as usually borosilicate beds tend to stick to prints too well when the surface of the print is bigger and quite a few incidents related to 3d printing stem from the fact that people hurts themselves trying to remove the print from the bed. Yeah the choice if nozzles is kinda weird, the standard V6 nozzles would've been better as they are more widely available. They seem to be using Gates belts which are known to be high quality so that's nice to see. The size of the printer compared to the print volume is not that great, a prusa mini+ has a 180x180x180 build volume is a bit smaller. And the user experience with that will be quite a bit better, expecially as prusa comes with their slicer which has tons of filament profiles, which makes them expecially good for beginners. I'm not a prusa printer fan myself for other varying reasons but the prusa mini+ seems like a way better deal than this machine expecially since the prusa printers comunity is huge. Hope this helps someone, have a good one!
Good analysis and observations, I also agree that the prusa mini+ would probably be a better option, but this is a plug and play machine and there are some people\institutions that require exactly that.
I had a Flashforge as my first 3D Printer about 8-9 years ago. I think it was a makerbot clone, but it also had the XY on the print head (not CoreXY, but still). I wonder if that's just a thing with them. Their bed leveling program hasn't changed a bit. Not an autoleveler, but still easy enough to keep it affordable.
My first 3D printer was a FlashForge Replicator Dual clone (MakerBot board and everything), the O.G. wooden one from 2012. With that said, they make quality printers without cheaping out. Personally (im cheap) a bit more that i want to spend when you can find other better printers for less, but! ussually almost always require tinkering or a complex setup.
Can confirm, glass printer beds are often surprisingly not very flat. Usually beats a spring steel sheet for flatness if the bed plate is a thin ish rolled aluminum plate though.
Dan is the college professor who you're constantly trying to earn the approval of while simultaneously waiting for them to go off on a tangent full of big words on why your every life choice is wrong. Also, I really like Dan.
Had the predecessor (flashforge Finder) as my first printer 6 years ago. It's a solid machine, but whenever something breaks it's almost impossible to disassemble. Biggest upside was zero setup needed apart from leveling. No assembly, no tramming, no stepper calibration etc
9:00 when i printed in print shop they showed to each other model of rhino, which was stopped on half. I saw all 3d magic and first gen experience. They also said that half of model was printing for a 3-4 hours.
I feel equal parts unnerved and heartwarmed when Dan smiles about the idea of printing the frog.
Hahaha, right? I think of Dan's cynicism and hating on stuff, it's delightful yet unexpected to see him get excited about printing a frog.
@@MickySarge Froggie :D
@@buhdan just unknowingly read it out loud with a Big the Cat voice
It is really impressive how great all the LMG hosts are. Every new person has a unique take on things and is always entertaining. Whoever does the hiring is really damn good at their job.
Most*
Thinking,
"The one behind the hiring is also the most fired employee of the company"
While also reading your comments was just pure satisfaction.
Except for Jake. Some how he slipped through. He has to be blackmailing Linus.
@@mortmann Yea, and Plouffe as well.
@@mortmann I mean he's basically living with Linus lol
Dan plays a very important role on the staff. He's very clearly the "Guy who knows a bit of everything," which means you can throw him at basically any weird problem and expect a solution. It might not be a pretty solution, but he'll solve it.
I just need to find a job that's hiring for this role
@@clanginator The trick is to get hired for a standard role and then fall into that role.
I'm definitely a fan after watching his contributions to the team the last few months
I see myself in Dan.
Which is really weird, cause I am a Dan.
I'm also the "all-rounder" at the startup I work at lol.
@@clanginator look into elevator union. great job for smart hands on "jack of all trades master of none" types very good pay for blue collar work.
We need more Dan he has such a cool and calm personality his voice is so calming to keep up the good work
Id love if he hosted a video or two about his 3d printer setup and a video about the best beginner 3d printer for people who plan on upgrading parts and stuff down the line.
I too would enjoy more Dan ASMR
Liking the dude
Wow wasn't expecting to get so many thumbs up made my day
I love Dial Tone Dan! There's something about his calm demeanor that gives me a stiffy. I mean, in a totally heterosexual kind of way
Dude is like the Bob Ross of tech reviews. I feel my blood pressure dropping, and feeling stupidly happier for no apparent reason than his soothing voice. Even when its a bad review, I feel better after watching it.
The guy from the DIY Perks channel is the *_definitive_* Bob Ross of tech. But Dial Tone Dan is certainly a very close 2nd. Love that guy
When Linus and Jake turn up this turns into a Short Circus.
that is so on the nose. like content made for children
Dan is legit my favorite reviewer next to Sarah. he has this ASMR-ish tone and just super melow.
actually, more Bob Ross vibe. i freak'n love it.
Sarcastic ASMR is something I didn't know I needed
Dan is by far my new favorite LTT employee who does Short Circuit.
@@CervejaDoBrazil Exactly what I was thinking. Imho Bob Ross is the OG ASMR guy. He was doing it way before everyone :D .
Agreed! So relaxing to listen to!
Dan’s confidence infront of camera has improved massively from when he first started. More Dan please!
6:35, thats usually a PTFE (Teflon) tube. You aren't wrong about wanting a tighter bowden tube but this tube is actually a reverse bowden tube, which should be wider. Reason being that the direct drive hotend pulls the filament and you do not want extra drag from a tight reverse bowden.
Unlike an actual bowden setup its purely a loose guide.
Yup. And in a set up like this having a tighter tube can actually cause issues when printing with certain filaments such as Metal Fill or CF Nylon due to the tightness causing too much friction leading to potential under extrusion.
Yayy I think I can speak for everyone we love Dan content
No
Well yeah I guess not everyone likes Dan, but he seems like such a chill guy that seems to have a lot of knowledge.
Dan is the second coming of Anthony
Dan the MAN!
Dan is great, he always looks sad and that makes me laughing even more.
I also really like Adams, but dunno why his videos got least views.
Both of them are fresh af
My heart almost drop at 1:18 when Dan let go of both of his hand. Thought the printer will topple over.
When is Dan finally getting his own channel? Man i could watch al types of content from this guy; cooking shows, guided meditation, bob ross style art tutorials, action movies, man i would even watch politcal news when dan would host
8:10 I love that when linus thinks he's being a nuisance, dan is like "Oh you want to play this game? I don't get even, I get crazy." And just tips the entire thing over during the print without missing a beat.
Dan is by far my favorite review presenter. He’s calm and collected, yet incredibly knowledgeable
Yee haw, little froggy! I'm really enjoying the content featuring Dan. His understated sense of humor is enjoyable to watch.
Dan has such a great way of including his expertise without seeming to condescend or brag. Just confident, concise and informative. I love it.
I'm just glad Linus still allows 3d printer content hopefully it starts doing better one of these days.
Dan has quickly became one of LMG best hosts for sure!
I love dan. Best humor and knowledge!!
Knowledge not so much about 3D Printer :(
@@Daniel-kf8hf yeah but the delivery was good and most points are still valid, this is clearly geared towards the regular "see it, download it, print it" consumer.
@@leenunya2965 i absolutely agree with you but this just feels more like an ad because there are so much things in this Printer that is just a red flag imo
@@Daniel-kf8hf Like what?
this makes me want a live stream where sarah does drawing and design work, and at the same table dan does like a soldering project. they both sit there and work on their respective projects and chat with each other and the audience.
Dan is not a reviewer. He is someone who first and foremost REALLY LIKES THESE THINGS , and happens to be fantastic at laying out reviews. I find reviewers on this platform genuinely seem to often want to hate the things they're reviewing lol.
Short circuit couldn't be more the opposite. Just the way Dan says "Ohh , Extra nozzles!" , the excitement is palpable.
I hope Dan got a promotion. His personality is so refreshing to LTT.
I'm very experienced in the 3d printing space. In the past, LTT has done had some bad videos explaining 3d printing concepts. It was always a matter of somebody with a little bit of experience explaining a concept or topic they barely understood. This video is not that, Dan knows what he is talking about, clearly he has a ton of printing experience. This is far and away the best 3d printing focused video LTT has had. Keep Dan doing any 3d printing content in the future.
There is still a few things he got wrong. As much as i like him i cannot agree, he seems to know how to print, but i'd leave the reviews to someone more experienced. (Maybe a Nero collab :p)
3d printing shouldn't be like Linux: you shouldn't have to be a borderline engineering doctorate to know how to efficiently print plastic junk or little modifications to bigger machines. I think the prior videos where it sounds like someone doesn't know what they're talking about is because someone hasn't simplified a UI to let grandma 3d print something. Most tech people even aren't interested in spending $800+ then having to research how to use that expensive machine and what nozzle and speed to print at.
@@IDiveI11 also I dont think that the printer is completive for that price.
this
@@Sizukun1 this comment shows how bad the information is around 3d printing lol
I like Dan, he's down to earth and I love his calm mellow voice
We stan for Dan.
considering the extreme overhangs on that print, it did a fantastic job without using supports. really solid print
I'm really surprised and happy you looked at repairability! Hope to keep seeing it on every video
Dan knows how to appeal to the 3D printer crowd 👍
YEEHAW!! I just wish the 3 sides were covered or at least have the option to
How long before this ends up at Alex’s apartment?
I love Dan's calm demeaner. He's so easy to listen too and you know that he knows his stuff. My wife never complains when he's hosting but always gets irritated when she hears Linus' voice and tells me to put my earbuds in. I don't understand what she has against Linus' voice, but if I don't want a perturbed wife, (and I really don't) I just do it.
I thumbs up this while listening on my ear buds as I don’t want to disturb my wife. It’s just simpler and I don’t mind.
Happy Wife, Happy Life
But also Happy Spouse, Happy House (it works both ways)
This reminds me, I want a T-shirt that says "Be Dan about it!"
For future 3d printer videos, please use a filament color other than white. White makes it kinda tricky to see the details.
He's so calm, so relaxing
Dan is my favorite addition to the LTT team.
I really enjoy watching anything with Dan.
The LTT entertainment empire needs more Dan. Dude knows what he's doing, especially with 3d prints, and most importantly he's delightfully sarcastic and has dry wit. He's the hero we need.
Dan is definitely one of my favorite LMG hosts. the guy is just great. Keep up the Dan content!!
I really like this guys voice an tone for the video, pretty relax and comforting. It's a welcome difference from the upbeat and fast pace from the regular host on the channels
Dan!!!! Don’t even need to go the thumbnail…already best video today
Now that was an excellent 3d printer review (coming from someone with five of them). I appreciate that Dan clearly knows a lot about 3d printing and didn't talk down to us or leave much out of his review!
What do recommend for beginners
@@rodrigogonzalez6791 That is a good question and one that gets asked a lot. 2 years ago if you asked 10 people, 9 of them would have said the Ender 3 or Ender 3 Pro and the 10th would have said Prusa Mini.
However a lot has changed for the better for entry level printers. I would recommend an Anycubic Kobra or Ender 3 Neo (or Ender 3 S1). If you are concerned about spending that much money on your first printer, an Ender 2 Pro is an excellent printer, but with a smaller build plate and a few less features than the others I mentioned.
@@stewiex thank you I'll look into those!
3:50 you can tell he's in love by how his leg flies up upon closer contact 🥰
Not sure what the point of it being in a box form factor if it can't be enclosed for TPU or ABS. Would be nice to have ABL for the price as well.
Dan is my favorite host of the LMG staff. I appreciate the increase of the Dan videos but I need more!
Dan has such a soft and soothing voice its a wonderful change from the energetic and sharp voices of everyone else. Not that I don't love all the other LMG hosts!
Damn that power interruption auto recover is a game changer. My power cut out for a second in the middle of a long print and I didn't want to start from scratch again and had to figure out which specific layer the print stopped at and edit the gcode manually to resume from there. It worked out but if I never had to do it again I sure wouldn't mind
Somehow his voice is just so chill and soothing I am convinced he'd be amazing doing voiceovers for nature docs
Ive had my Flashforge finder for a few years and it still works great! Very stable due to the printbed only moving in the Z direction. Also has very high print quality
Print time at almost 1000h
Great 3D Printer to kickstart LMG's 3D Printer reviews! Having worked at a 3D Printing company for 3+ yrs, Flashforge 3D printers were the most reliable & affordable printers out in the market. We usually run them 24/7 most of the times. Requires very little maintenance. Only problem is replacing parts since you get locked to their ecosystem as everything is proprietary (except the filament). Also, from my prev. exp. I'd chuck the filament tube which is actually more for style and sometimes causes clogging. Since, it's direct drive you can insert the filament directly to the extruder head. Also, surprised to see they haven't changed the touchscreen settings or the music in over 6+ years. I'm not sure if this is a bug still but their unload function rarely works. You have to use loading setting for both filament loading & unloading.
Yay more Dan! Just the thing to make my Thursday exceptional.
yeehaw, Dan is always a good time
What on earth was Dan doing before LMG? He is perfect for this medium. Absolutely amazing!
I am really surprised, that there was not a short circuit about the bamboo lab x1
I clicked on this video JUST because I saw Dan was hosting it. This guy is extremely knowledgeable, and it shows.
That metal plate is made of PEI which gets sticky when it's hot so your print will stick better, then when it cools down it unsticks.
I bought one as a replacement for my standard metal bed and it's fantastic to use.
I like my Flashforge Adventurer 4, even though it's not super mainstream I like how it prints.
At $1500 compared to creality's ender 3 v2 that on their website cost $279 people are gonna go for the cheaper printer, this is why people go for the printers from creality and prusa, they are affordable. Not to mention all the upgrades that can be done on the cheaper printers where as here you are lucky just to be able to change the nozzle. enders 3 can be completely changed to a core xy printer and may still be under the cost of this flashforge printer. and you say this can be used for education purposes, most printers like ender 3 and prusa printers all are alot easier to work on making them perfect for education enthusiast and even professional use.
Dan is amazing he does everything I want to do in the future, audio, tech , designing and more :)
The Artemis is Corexy FDM printer while the Prusa and the ender 3 are i3 style printers the difference being the Corexy has better printing speed and quality but is complex in design as opposed to i3 printers which are simple and small
and it seems like you can upgrade the printer hotend and change the motherboard so it's easy to do
I just love Dan's brand of chaos in all the videos he's hosted or been in. I almost choked on my food when he slammed the spool into the spool holder
I'd like to state: Tight bowden tubes (1.8-2mm ID) are important for when you have a bowden extruder, which pushes the filament through the tube. On a direct drive extruder, using a large (2.5-3mm ID bowden) reduces friction as the filament is pulled through the tube.
Dan is very quickly becoming a favorite among the hosts. Absolutely love his humor style!
Awwww yeah Dan time!!!
More we need more Dan!
I'll give you two "yeehaw" - one for Froggy and another one for Dan! 🤣
To this day I still have my flashforge finder. According to the system settings menu it has run over 1300 hours, never had a lot of issues with it. For Christmas I upgraded to an all-metal heartbreak, all-metal extruder arm and a 0.2 mm nozzle. Although it prints very fine details, the added weight gives me an insane amount of ghosting. Nevertheless, it's my first and most reliable printer ever! When I move out, I'm gonna encase the removable printbed in a resin cube I think to keep it was a decorative piece. If this one is anything as reliable as the flashforge finder I'd recommend it to everyone (although it's a bit expensive compared to the insanely cheap ender series these days)
Dan is a pro but also much more than that… Him tipping the 3D printer whilst Linus was trying to mess with him with a little wobble was savage
I like how Dan is nice and calm and then Linus and Jake come in and are like "sUp nErD" and fuck with him for a bit and then dip. LMG is chaotic
To be honest, you can't say that most printers don't have failure recovery anymore. Even ender 3 pro's have that.
This is also not an "affordable" printer. Maybe for a company, who is looking at "industrial' designs, or someone used only to Prusas, but the average printer with specs like these should be much lower. Look at the new Ender 3 Pro V2 or Smart, for example.
How many other printers (price range) have the easy bed leveling?
@@luz_reyes_676 kp3s is one that has a very similar method. Any cubic has ABL on printers that are 3-400$
I hope we can have Dan host more videos in the future, he does an amazing job.
Dan is my new favorite presenter.
I really want to see the LTT squad review the Bambu Lab X1C
Rip the queen
Goddamnit Dan 1:17 my heart skipped like 3 beats.
Dan is the best. You can really tell how knowledgable he is, but the best aspect about Dan is that you can feel his general curiosity about tech. You can immediately tell that he takes all his shit apart at home just to see how it work and I've been that way since i was a wee lil nerd.
Dan's deadpan dry humor solidified him as my favorite.
A few additions and corrections to the video: 1:30 most printers on the market are the so called bedslingers, where the printing bed moves in the Y direction(prusa mk3, mini, ender 3, etc) and with the upside down T shaped frame. The motion system is a cartesian one. Even though the frame on the Flashforge Artemis is a cube(usually seen in corexy and hbot printers) the motion system is still cartesian(as seen by the X motor being on the end of the X axis) and not corexy or hbot so it does not have all the advantages of those motion systems, but the fact that the bed is not moving on the Y axis is a plus for taller prints. 2:10 the advantage of a direct drive extruder is mostly the fact that you'll have smaller retraction distances, you'll be able to print flexibles easier(but after seeing the filament path at 12:17 I'm not really sure that the filament path is constrained enough for that ) and you don't have to change the bowden tube as often. The black bowden tube at the back at 6:35 is a so called reverse bowden tube and it should NOT be snug on the filament as a on a bowden extruder setup. It's role is to help get the filament to the printhead more constantly, so if let's say you are printing two parts in diferent parts of the bed and the printhead moves quickly to the other side it doesn't pull hard/snag on the role of filament. 2:35 even if the hotend can reach 260 degrees, this printer is not really recommended for ABS or nylon as those filaments really need and enclosure so they don't warp and get of the bed. But for PLA, PETG, and good quality ASA it should be totally fine. 3:27 that is a powdered PEI plate. PEI is a type of plastic that likes to stick to other plastics, like the commonly used PLA, PETG, ASA, ABS, when hot, but releases from those parts when it cools down. This surface is actually a lot better than the borosilicate glass as usually borosilicate beds tend to stick to prints too well when the surface of the print is bigger and quite a few incidents related to 3d printing stem from the fact that people hurts themselves trying to remove the print from the bed. Yeah the choice if nozzles is kinda weird, the standard V6 nozzles would've been better as they are more widely available. They seem to be using Gates belts which are known to be high quality so that's nice to see. The size of the printer compared to the print volume is not that great, a prusa mini+ has a 180x180x180 build volume is a bit smaller. And the user experience with that will be quite a bit better, expecially as prusa comes with their slicer which has tons of filament profiles, which makes them expecially good for beginners. I'm not a prusa printer fan myself for other varying reasons but the prusa mini+ seems like a way better deal than this machine expecially since the prusa printers comunity is huge. Hope this helps someone, have a good one!
Good analysis and observations, I also agree that the prusa mini+ would probably be a better option, but this is a plug and play machine and there are some people\institutions that require exactly that.
@@josuelservin fair point, and everyone should vote with his dollar, just wanted to point out some things that I thought might help some people
Good video, RIP the Queen 😭
Dan plus 3D printing? what is this, Christmas?
Watching videos with Dan is a legitimate delight. Ole delightful dan
I had a Flashforge as my first 3D Printer about 8-9 years ago. I think it was a makerbot clone, but it also had the XY on the print head (not CoreXY, but still). I wonder if that's just a thing with them.
Their bed leveling program hasn't changed a bit. Not an autoleveler, but still easy enough to keep it affordable.
4:02 - I wouldn't believe the 260°C claim, it looks like spare PTFE tubes for the heartbreak, which limits temperature to about 240°C
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The moment the printer started to make a noise I expected Dan doing a sine sweep to follow.
Happy you guys hired Dan, one of my favorite LTT staff
Dan You have a calm voice, i enjoy it
LMAO someone tell flashforge that there's already a popular 3D printer called the Artemis from SeeMeCNC
My first 3D printer was a FlashForge Replicator Dual clone (MakerBot board and everything), the O.G. wooden one from 2012. With that said, they make quality printers without cheaping out. Personally (im cheap) a bit more that i want to spend when you can find other better printers for less, but! ussually almost always require tinkering or a complex setup.
Never seen Dan this excited about anything on LTT. Love it.
More Dan
Had no idea what the product was in the thumbnail, but saw Dan so made it a must watch anyway
Wow! Dan keeps surprising me day by day. Yee ha!
Seriously the 199 ender has resume options
Can confirm, glass printer beds are often surprisingly not very flat. Usually beats a spring steel sheet for flatness if the bed plate is a thin ish rolled aluminum plate though.
Like always, Dan is the best!
You guys need to review the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon next
Been really into 3d printing lately. Nice to see some printing content.
Dan is the college professor who you're constantly trying to earn the approval of while simultaneously waiting for them to go off on a tangent full of big words on why your every life choice is wrong.
Also, I really like Dan.
Had the predecessor (flashforge Finder) as my first printer 6 years ago. It's a solid machine, but whenever something breaks it's almost impossible to disassemble.
Biggest upside was zero setup needed apart from leveling. No assembly, no tramming, no stepper calibration etc
9:00 when i printed in print shop they showed to each other model of rhino, which was stopped on half. I saw all 3d magic and first gen experience. They also said that half of model was printing for a 3-4 hours.
Dan is easily becoming one of my favorites at LMG. I love his technical content!
Anthony, Dan, Linus are my favorite
I come quickly for new Dan video...