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yeah, that angle test showed a pretty nasty surface underneath on 70 degrees. 45 and even 60 was still pretty decent. Meanwhile i tried testing vertical printing some more without supports, this time with a thicker model (2mm) ...it came out almost perfectly without a scratch!

I did just that @danilius I tried a thin vertical print with some angles in it and it survived the whole ride, barely but it did

Yeah, that was exactly what I was thinking. My modeling skills were purely orientated on the visual aspect in the past, with now many problems into trying to convert it into stl and a printable object. I really need to rethink almost everything to get a good stl out of it now.

Thanks @Labern for the tip, I put the angle test up to the test and it came out pretty neat! At 70 degrees the buttom side of the piece is not that great, but it's good to know. (positioning in the center of the plate/easy settings/medium quality)

Any lightwave 3D users around here by any chance? 8) https://www.lightwave3d.com/

will do, I made a little study with 45 degrees and it looks pretty good, way better then using supports. thanks for the help!

Hi all, day two with this amazing machine (so far so good), and I start to notice the difference between 3D visualisation, and 3D printing already. I notice a lot of stl problems while modeling, and start to see the difference between a setting up a nice render and setting it up for 3D printing. At the moment I spend most of my time on the statistic view instead of just having a nice look to things Things aren't just the same, I start to realize that now. But old habits die hard and I'm almost all the time stuck with a model with mistakes when trying to print it. Anyone else with similar adaptation problems (past or present)? 8)

fascinating. I already made this post yesterday about recycled filaments: https://ultimaker.com/en/community/view/17247-recycled-abs-dimension-polymers I think dimension polymers even revised the packaging design for filaments itself to make it recyclable. Maybe they should team up?

thanks for the info @Labern. 45 it is then, I'll try to experiment with it.

Hi all, I was wandering what angle can be used in 3D printing so you don't need support at all? Thanks a lot for the feedback.

same issue here (my first after a few prints). I thought it was a nozzle prob so I tried changing filament, but it didn't move. Then I noticed the filament was jammed in the feeder. ps it's 22C here right now so that can't be the issue I guess.

the ring came out A ok. my own design, as a shape study also (minor some anticipated flaws), but I'll post that in the print section when it's finished. thanks again @SandervG for the advice.

the printer has arrived already (many thanks to the local distributor), together with a first successful test print. And I have to say I'm impressed so far. I received some errors in the beginning (a z axis error + an error when loading the filament --both solved by resetting the machine). I got to admit rolling my eyes at both occasions saying to myself: "here we go..." But I'm deeply impressed by it's user friendlyness so far. I expected it to be much worse to be honest. first experiment went well (I printed the ring), and as we speak I'm trying out one of my designs. so far so good, it exceeded my expectations!

Hi all, Some time ago I came across this firm that produces recycled ABS for 3D printing. http://dimensionpolymers.com/ Does anyone have experience with this filament?

Thanks all for the feedback, much appreciated! This info and a call with a local distributor made me conclude to buy one. Can't wait to try it out :-)

Hi all, I'm considering getting me a 3D printer (for the first time;) ) and my eye fell on the m2. But I'm not really sure yet. I have been following the progress of this field from a distance for around 15 years now and in a way I can't wait to really dig into it personally to get my hands dirty ;-) It would be used for some prototyping, shape/ergonomic/concept studies, more art related objects and experiments, etc. I have made my first concept design recently, and I caught the 3D printing bug in a way :-) But, first of all the diy part. Soon after digging into the subject for a bit I realized that it isn't what you call super user friendly yet. It's not (yet?) like using a senseo sorta speak. I don't know if it's a bad or a good thing really, I'm in a way intrigued and fascinated by this factor and a bit scared off at the same time (if you know what I mean). For instance yesterday I concluded to buy it, but this morning I noticed for instance a very complicated video on how to remove a nozzle + other technical issues and this scared me in a way. community wise I noticed a post about the drop of input (since the forum has changed?). Is this true? This concerns me in a way that I will probably need some assistance and a huge part why I would choose this printer is the community behind it. price wise, it's still not what you can call cheap either. There is the initial printer costs, and I'm looking at filament prices, energy costs, maintanance, ... Is it possible to receive some input on these, and possibly other matters to give me more insight towards making up my mind? Thanks a lot in advance.