What are your favorite resources to recommend for beginners?

I’m wanting to get interested for doing a cyberdeck case, and/or custom cluster racks for Raspberry Pi’s but any and all newbie resources would be appropriate for this question.

  • Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Teaching tech is good
    I’d also add troubleshooting guides from all3dp

    I would suggest, however, at least checking calibration even if you’re not changing anything- and inspecting it out of the box. (Are the axis square to each other? Is the bed loose? Is the frame? Belts tight but not too tight?) if it’s a lower end… yeah? There’s probably something that needs tightening.

    If it’s a higher end printer, well it’ll give you an idea of how it’s supposed to be.

    Other resources…

    As well as Prusa, (this guide in particular,)[https://help.prusa3d.com/article/first-layer-issues\_1804] but the community is very helpful.

    Also, I’d suggest staying away from thingiverse. A lot of the models are ripped from non-free sourced (like cults3d or my mini factory.); and many of the stls there suck anyhow. Printables my go to.

    For more esoteric content… I’d recommend (CNC Kitchen)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YaJ0wSKKHA] there’s always good stuff in their videos, even if it might not be “basic”

    Finally… don’t freak out. There’s going to be a learning curve. It’s okay. Take it one print at a time, accept that spaghetti monsters will happen. (Just tell people it’s abstract art,)