I plan on making a few 3D printed things to add/ enhance how I work with my Onefinity Elite. I’m new to 3D so I’m learning on the fly. I narrowed it down to the ELEGOO Neptune 4 Plus (or the Bambu P1s).
I’m hoping someone here has one of these machines to make/ replace parts for their Onefinity, and can give me some thoughts or things to be aware of…
I’m 3d printing a new dust boot now as my OF newbie mistakes have been pretty good at destroying the ones I’ve purchased, LOL. I 3D print primarily “parts” and not for high resolution (e.g., figurines). I am not familiar with the two machines you mentioned…
One component of the printer to ponder is the extruder and/or ease in upgrading it. The single biggest enhancement to my hobby-grade 3d printer was installing a [quality] high flow, high temperature extruder (300 degrees +). It better supports the use of a bigger nozzle (I use 0.8 mm) - which for me has produced stronger parts - and a wider selection of filament types/properties. Also the potential advantage of shorter printing times.
A bonus would be an easily swap-able nozzle if you want to more easily switch between nozzle sizes.
I have the Bambu X1C. It has been great. I had an Ender 3d printer before and it took a lot of tinkering with speed and flow rate to get the prints to come out correctly but the Bambu required no tinkering after the calibration tests were done.
I have printed over a thousand things for my Onefinity and for woodworking and the only problems I had were self-induced. The Bambu’s hotend can be changed out quick if there is a clog or you want to print with a different size nozzle.
Thanks for your feedback. I ordered the Neptune 4 Plus. They had a Christmas deal going on so why not? I got an extra head and heater thingy, a few different color filaments, and a set of different size replacement nozzles, etc. I hate not having spare parts when things act up or break.
I’ve destroyed my dust boot a few times… crazy glue and duct tape are a must have around here. It’s going to happen sooner or later to all of us! Once the new Redline spindle arrives from Onefinity, I expect to destroy my current dust boot once and for all… so.
My thought was to mostly make parts for the cnc and around the shop, so I’m not so concerned about things looking “perfect” right away, there’s lots of time to learn and get things right eventually. However, once my wife saw what I was ordering, she started talking about gnomes and figurines… and even offered to learn how to run the printer and the software. I’m thinking I created a monster by getting a printer. She has no interest or intension of learning or running the Onefinity, but got excited about the printer… who knew?
They’ve definitely upped the game in terms of out of the box usability. They have a new one scheduled for Q1 that will include two heads for folks doing multicolor prints and want to save the loading/purging time.
That’s interesting. Two heads will be better for the color change purge reduction.
Over 1000 things, like what? I’m asking because I just ordered Bamboo A1 3d printer. I have several prints I want to make for the woodshop. For example a better fitting for the Dewalt palm sander to my vacuum. The list is endless so I would like if you could share more?
Thanks,
Mick
I print a lot for Etsy and a lot of other random things that I need around the shop or house. You could probably find a STl for the sander on file on Printables or Thingiverse or model one up in Fusion 360 or Tinkercad. I do everything in Fusion unless an existing STL wont convert properly then Ill load it into Tinkercad and edit it there. Look up Gridfinity if you want to do some organization. Etsy
I have a Bambu P1S and could not recommend it more.
I print something on it at least weekly, and Bambu in my opinion has nailed the “download and print” scenario.
Especially if you use their marketplace of content, MakerWorld.
You can even earn points that are redeemable for cash or Bambu products!
Totally agree. Have run 3 rolls of filament through mine in 2 weeks which is more than I used in a year on my old anycubic
I also have Bambu P1S and previously had Ender. Night and day! Bambu all the way!
I print tons of stuff for my CNC and all around workshop needs. I also design dust hose adapters in Sketchup, export to STL and Bambu takes care of them in minutes, not hours with lots of spaghetti, like Ender used to do 
Follow this Sketchup YT
and you’ll be printing all of your adapters yourself !
It’s not as complicated as it looks, although requires some careful calculations and double checking the ID / OD of those adapters. With Bambu slicer implementing size measurements in their latest versions, it’s a breeze! No more needs for Orca!
Shot me a mssg if you have any questions!
That guy is Crazy funny…Clever too
I am not sure of the style of the machines you are considering. Whatever you do, consider buying a machine with an enclosure. I have a creality v3 machine. It prints really well but is an open frame machine. The parts would often come apart under stress.
I read about the importance of temperature control while printing to prevent delamination. Apparently, without an enclosure, tempuraeure changes, cooling to fast for example, can cause the delamination problems that lead to part failure. I bought an enclosure for my machine and reduced delamnation. Not completely resolved due to other parameters but by a lot.