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Wow! It's stuff like this that makes me have more faith in humanity. Such smart creativity out there. (would be fun to go to one of those events someday)

While tempting, a few things held me back: I'd wait for the 2nd iteration / version (maybe a bit after the kickstarter has completed / shipped) for the software to be fully fleshed-out and bugs squished. While it does a lot of cool automated stuff... there are some things I like to do manually...

W Wow, nice work!!! :thumbsup

Oh wait... maybe these are side-blowers for cooling:

I've been following this guy's AMAZING build, and it finally came together in the video below. I don't see any cooling... and I'm curious how this works with such HUGE thick lines of hot plastic that probably take forever to solidify.

Ugh, I'm just not patient enough to watch any live-streams. I'm a fan of the shorter curated (script, editing, etc.) videos. One of my FAV 3D youtube peeps did this great review. He has a VERY strict policy on stuff that is sent to him for reviews, and does a good job:

Same.Same. :) Vast majority of my prints I do are 3 hours or less (most are only an hour or less), and anything 10 hours or under, I'll just print during the day since I can keep an eye on it in my office. If the situation arises where I have a print that is 10+ hours, I might do an overnight...

Deeper-dive if anybody is interested:

Incredible!!!! I think my longest print was 8 hours, and that felt like FOREVER to me.

Are you sure they are bumble bees and not carpenter bees? From what I understand, bumble bees nest in the ground, and carpenter bees nest in holes (usually in wood). We have problems with carpenter bees, and actually try to remove (kill) them from in and around our house.

Keep us posted! BTW, what is the species of bee you're trying to attract? Chance you have a wikipedia link to more info about them?

While I appreciate and respect what works for others, this isn't one that I need to try (no related problems to fix) or would be one of the first to go to if I had problems. ... mostly because one of the problems I have had a few times is under-extrusion, and I'd worry this would exacerbate...

Prints look great! Good job fixing your clog issue! I think having my 0.6 has been helpful in not only making my prints faster, but also reducing clogs.

Ya, stuff like this is incredible! Imagine 5 years from now when more competitors are doing similar stuff, bigger improvements, lower prices. We may be getting closer to a time where more non-tinkerers will be able to run a 3D printer without much hassle:

The way it uses Lidar / scanning to do a test print and evaluate extrusion, etc. is really incredible! Ya, I'm very tempted, but two big things holding me back: 1) I do enjoy tinkering with my printer, and having a $250 unit that I'm not scared to break... makes that easier to do. 2) The Ender...

Valid points / questions! I like that it "just works" (out of the box), and works fast. Seems like it has all the "cool stuff" all built in, basically: a form of Klipper and octoprint like features + huge touch-screen + direct drive + easy bed-leveling, etc.) Yup! That's the kind of stuff I...

The 3D space is buzzing right now over this new 3D printer: Bambu Lab X1 It's a kickstarter, so kinda risky... but seems a bit more legit than a lot of stuff on the platform. I'm a big fan of this channel and have a lot of confidence in her review of the printer. I'm terribly frugal, but this...

I have some SUPER old (like 5 years) ABS sitting in the original box / sealed bag. I haven't really found any reason to try it, and am a little scared to. ... but now that I have my Ender 3 V2 dialed-in with a capricorn bowden, I may give it a try someday if I need a really strong /...

Nothing yet. I'm tempted to try a custom phone case, but may be upgrading my phone and would rather wait until I decide which one to get and then print. :) Oh, and related, I did an update here...

An update to the gasket I printed! Seems like it's been working fine in my GF's sodastream. Well, I found the original gasket and decided to replace the one I printed. Here's what it looks like (now) for comparison: As you can see, the TPU one did compress and lost it's ability to...