Hello everyone,
First off, please forgive me if this is the wrong location to post this, or if there is already a place to make such requests - I did some searching but didn't find anything.
Brand new here. I stumbled upon the gMax Printer while surfing Instagram. My office (architecture) currently has a Formlabs Form2 printer which we love and hate. Love it due to the ease of use, high success rate, non-fussy settings and software use, etc. we only have two issues with it, 1) size of printed parts (roughly 6"x6"x7") and 2) the cleanup of the resin takes additional time and can be messy. Otherwise it has great resolution and is fairly autonomous, not requiring playing with settings to get a good print.
We are currently looking at the gMax to get the benefit of larger print volume. Our idea is to use the gMax for lower quality but larger prints and use the Formlabs for finer detail smaller prints. As such, we are really hoping to get a sample part printed before we hit the purchase button. Are any of you fine printing people open to print something for us and ship it to us (we will gladly pay you for your time/materials/shipping). We can provide you with a STL file for printing as we'd like to print something we'd typically print in-house to compare it with our printer.
Beyond the sample request, I'm hoping some of you experienced users and beginners alike could chime in on a few questions. In the past I've used a Prusa to various levels of success. I found that if I spent the time to do a lot of test printing and dialed in the settings I could get a few good prints, but I'd say our success rate was around 50%. How does the gMax compare in terms of setup and settings? I've read on the forums of people having issues related to retraction and temperatures, etc - all issues we had with the Prusa. Is the gMax a printer that I can have an intern with little to no experience jump on and get a decent successful print the first time, or does it need more attention and hand holding?
Thanks again for everyone input on this. I've found forums to be the best places to get real reviews and information.
-Geoff
First off, please forgive me if this is the wrong location to post this, or if there is already a place to make such requests - I did some searching but didn't find anything.
Brand new here. I stumbled upon the gMax Printer while surfing Instagram. My office (architecture) currently has a Formlabs Form2 printer which we love and hate. Love it due to the ease of use, high success rate, non-fussy settings and software use, etc. we only have two issues with it, 1) size of printed parts (roughly 6"x6"x7") and 2) the cleanup of the resin takes additional time and can be messy. Otherwise it has great resolution and is fairly autonomous, not requiring playing with settings to get a good print.
We are currently looking at the gMax to get the benefit of larger print volume. Our idea is to use the gMax for lower quality but larger prints and use the Formlabs for finer detail smaller prints. As such, we are really hoping to get a sample part printed before we hit the purchase button. Are any of you fine printing people open to print something for us and ship it to us (we will gladly pay you for your time/materials/shipping). We can provide you with a STL file for printing as we'd like to print something we'd typically print in-house to compare it with our printer.
Beyond the sample request, I'm hoping some of you experienced users and beginners alike could chime in on a few questions. In the past I've used a Prusa to various levels of success. I found that if I spent the time to do a lot of test printing and dialed in the settings I could get a few good prints, but I'd say our success rate was around 50%. How does the gMax compare in terms of setup and settings? I've read on the forums of people having issues related to retraction and temperatures, etc - all issues we had with the Prusa. Is the gMax a printer that I can have an intern with little to no experience jump on and get a decent successful print the first time, or does it need more attention and hand holding?
Thanks again for everyone input on this. I've found forums to be the best places to get real reviews and information.
-Geoff