I recently got a Centauri Carbon and didn’t see a dedicated community on the Fediverse so I figured I would make one for anyone who is interested. https://lemmy.world/c/elegoo_centauri_carbon
I recently got a Centauri Carbon and didn’t see a dedicated community on the Fediverse so I figured I would make one for anyone who is interested. https://lemmy.world/c/elegoo_centauri_carbon
Why? What about enclosure is so important for you? I have three printers and none of them with enclosure, what am I missing?
Enclosures help maintain consistent temps for ABS/ASA prints and reduce warping, plus they contain fumes and lower the power draw since your printer isn’t constantly fighting ambient temps - check out gearscouts.com if you need backup power for long prints, some 3D printers can draw 300-400W.
I’ve printed ABS just last week, yeah it required ‘enclosure’, and wall insulation panels and tape worked without any problem. It’s just abs and other materials are extremely hard to 3d print well in general and unheated enclosure gives you little more then my solution made in 15 minutes, while making printer itself harder to maintain. They aren’t in any way must have in 2025, same with corexy (it’s just another scheme among half a dozen of others), enclosed corexy printer doesn’t make your print quality better automatically.
Most people print nothing but PLA anyway.
Thank you for recommendation, I’ll look at them.
Enclosure makes printing some plastics much easier/safer, and it’s become common/inexpensive enough to be a “default” option, especially with options like the Carbon being so affordable.
But the tool has to fit its purpose. If you only print PLA/PETG, then it’s not really necessary. I mostly leave the door off my printer, and only attach it when I need to print ASA or ABS.
If you know what you are doing it isn’t a huge issue.
But enclosures generally provide the following benefits either by design or as knock ons:
I am not saying people should throw out their printers and get a new one (although I did late last year but that is more becuase I hate anycubic with a passion. Qidi Q1 Pro is shockingly nice). But if you are buying a new printer and looking at like a 200 dollar difference between a rebranded ender 3 and an enclosed core xy? I would very much say to think that through. ESPECIALLY if you aren’t planning to heavily mod your printer (also if said mods are to basically provide the same functionality).
And for a newbie who doesn’t really have the built up skills and Opinions? There is a lot to say about being all but guaranteed a solid benchie and califlower right out of the box.