Anycubic Mega Pro 3D Printer Testing and Review
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- After seeing my earlier Mega Zero video Anycubic sent me their Mega Pro 3D printer to do a review of. Join me as I set up the printer and see what it can do!
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Ben, you've learned the lesson that every cat owner must learn eventually.
Cats don't like the toys/beds you buy them. They want old boxes and trash to play with.
Ben Heck just Rick Rolled me....
But it is nice to know that he won't ever.... nah, I can't bring myself to say the rest.
You didn't test out the laser engraving attachment though.
Maybe he'll do that in a separate video?
I would have liked to have seen that. Looks like he forgot all about it.
Was thinking the same thing
kitty clips made up for it... almost
Please test the laser engraver features and let us know. Since you’re a frequent laser user we would love to get your insight on if it’s usable!
This channel got 10% better with the inclusion of Bud
yes, he's after the cat video vote as well! so it's a win, win :-)
more like 90%
BTW printer still running well, using it to make parts for single handed controllers.
my dude is killin it with the content uploads. absolutely no production values besides in camera editing helps ben's process become completely smooth to hit that upload button
When other RUclipsrs do unboxings, they're boring as hell.
When Ben does an unboxing, it's an adventure of nonsensical proportions.
Just to let you know, the build plate they use is called their 'Ultrabase'. You're supposed to let it cool the whole way down before removing the parts. On my Mega X the parts will come off by themselves if I let it cool to room temp - I usually wait until ~35C before I pull my parts. Some sort of micro pores or something blah blah but it works if you have the patience to let the bed cool.
nice, you got a free one and i still have not got the one i paid for.
Ouch. I got my creality cr10 off Amazon 2 day shipping 😢
@@Skulldude69420 yep, i ordered a mega zero the day Ben did that video. was supposed to be my first 3d printer. now i own 2 Ender 3s and could not be happier!
I waited 5 months for my Ender 3- I ordered it from banggood and they send it from China to Germany BY TRAIN...the tracking showed the whole journey- including the 2 months it spend in Poland..
Both came in 5 days. Anycubic is still telling me it's on it's way to me.
@@olik136 That's terrible but I'm afraid it did make me laugh.
Tip for loading and unloading filliment, when going through the precedure, load filliment through the hotend then quickly unload the filliment, it will get over that blob making it so you cant unload with ease
Another trick is play with flow rate and print a 20x20x20 cube too see how accurate each axis is and calibrate where needed
Also mess with x/y jerk to get finner qaulity at higher speeds
Hey Ben, when removing the filament on a Bowden if you extrude a little immediately before pulling it out it will reduce that blobbing issue.
Ah that makes sense. Thanks!
Another one of these? You must be from jersey, because you can't stop keeping up with the cartissians
Picard had a lot of trouble keeping up with them too.
@@BenHeckHacks I've been meaning to invert the arms on my delta printer & mount the assembly in an ikea shelf. Give it a raspberry pi & a 32-bit controller & crank the speed dial to 11. I'll give it a touch screen, & an lcars interface that launches a slicer, thingiverse, etc. Sidelit white glass bed panel. "Federation replicator"
Use alexa commands and you're closer to the "real thing"
As soon as I saw the full size toy printing, I knew it was going to be too big. I think the size of the test toy was fine.
Yep. Cats are really picky.
@@MaxDad7 test toy was "mice size"
Looks like you're underextruding. Did you try raising nozzle temp?
Yeah all of those anycubic test prints look under extruded. increase extrusion multiplier
The e steps are incorrect. Maybe a standard issue with this model. Try E415 instead of programmed E384. It solved my underextrusion problems.
This printer uses the same mechatronics and board as the i3 mega/Mega S. So it suffers from the same problems. Extrusion steps need to be calibrated in some printers out of the box. Part cooling fan needs a better duct. This printer has the most loud fans i've ever heard.
Some tips for you:
*this printer seems to behave better with cura.
*straighten the bowden tube so the filament gets less drag inside the tube.
*for the love of god let the bed cool down before removing the print or you will ruin the ultrabase. Believe me, when it cools down you dont need any tool to renove the print
I don't think anyone should by a printer that's not self-levelling anymore in 2020. Just too much hassle which can be easily solved with a cheap-to-manufacture upgrade. So it looks a bit overpriced, but, considering the laser head and the 1kg roll of filament it ends up kind of ok.
I have a 32-bit printer, it's fast, no separate screen controller, but that's not the end of the story. I cannot print too fast since the extruder cannot keep up. Also the uC has to pause the g-code to process touch commands. It's based on Marlin so not sure what's going on there, I thought they would be using interrupts.
I can resonate with keeping the makerbot - I still have my old 8-bit printer and wanted to upgrade it, but, it's probably cheaper to salvage the useful parts and buy a new printer.
Me, laying in bed about to go to sleep: “Let’s hop on RUclips and watch a quick video before going to sleep”
“Hey, new Ben Heck video! Yeah, no, I didn’t want to sleep anytime soon anyways....”
That was me three nights ago watching him go through junk mail lol
A couple more things. The base is an AnyCubic Ultrabase and the part should easily snap off the bed if you let the bed cool first, it’s like magic. Also, the internals look identical to my mega so it should take the custom marlin firmware so long as you adjust the bed dimensions. The LCD controller goes into a splitter with the SD cards so both can drive the printer.
I’m happy to share my Simplify3D profile if you want it. I also modded one of my printers to be direct drive with the extruder mounted on the head. It means you get better quality, more reliability, but you need to slow the print speeds even more or you get ringing on prints due to the heavier head.
i think it was me on twitter that told you about the SKR- Mini MZ for the mega Zero, honestly not sure.
May have been, thanks! Yeah I will make a video when we do the swap.
That lightbulb is in the Livermore, CA Fire Station
21:40 - Never gonna tell a lie*
(yes, i'm being pedantic about a rick astley song)
you have Ben rolled.
The blue silicon sock on the nozzle isn't for your protection (when printing it's at nozzle temperature), it's mean to give the nozzle better heat insulation to save on power, allow higher temperatures for a given heater, and increase temperature stability. Because of its insulating properties, it also remains hot a long time (cools down slower than metal) so it might still be at dangerous temperatures for quite a while if it's been heated.
Ben, do you 3D print parts for every controller you make or are these prototype parts and a factory makes like 100 for you using plastic mould injection perhaps? Might be cheaper and faster to do that. Bud is cute!
sunglasses. I love how you mentions spooky pinball. I'm a total pinhead too. Also love you cat, very cute
Your bean burrito is done.
It's an ultra-base style glass bed. If you wait for it to cool off, the part should just pop right off.
The inconsistent layers may have to do with the crap stepper drivers it has for the z axis and extruder motors. I don’t know why they bothered upgrading the X and Y but kept the other 3 on the older drivers.
Also I extrude just a tiny and pull the blob off then remove the filament and don’t have as much of an issue of the filament getting stuck in the extruder.
I liked your talk on this printer. Very detailed for a girl who knows nothing about these. (They're really just an oversized glue gun to us, but I liked learning about the components). Thanks. (p.s. only crazy people buy kittens cuz you're signing up for years and years of "dog energy" hahaha)
With my Mega Pro I probaply had same problems - at least underextrusion for 6-12 months. That was because the 2 cable ties above extruder(which ties the teflon tube to other cords) arrested the filament movement. After the cuts filament went smoothly to hotend and had no problem since. Just dont cut that tie that holds the pneumatic connector from releasing the teflon tube.
No forces required to remove the parts from the printbed, just let the printbed let cool down and parts pop off by themselfes
The inconsistent layers may have to do with the crap stepper drivers it has for the z axis and extruder motors. I don’t know why they bothered upgrading the X and Y but kept the other 3 on the older drivers.
Will you be testing and reviewing the laser portion?
Had this printer running less than an hour, control panel flaked out, auto level feature totally inop, and now does not want to feed filament at all, though it goes through the motions like it is going to print, but prints nothing. Tech support nothing less than a nightmare, so at the end now, all my hopes pinned on Paypal. Darn shame, I alos have their Kobra Max, which seems like a fine printer, but am getting real worried about tech support now.. may have to sell it and start all over with a new brand.
What printer would you recommend for my 13 year old son?
fun fun narration, subscribed right when the changing began. lol. just running my firts test print now!
I'm glad u didn't go with the "anycubic anygood?" title
My favorite part is the anti climatic response your cat gave after you slaved away to make it something.
I just put my anycubic pro together and I continue to have a problem with the filament not sticking to the bed, something is just not right but I can't figure it out.
It's got LASERS !!!!
Anycubic looks the same as the more expensive one, why buy expensive when you get just as good of quality as the expensive machine
Is the 100 dollar version of this worth the hassle or should you just go with the pro? Been wanting to play with a 3d printer for a while
I wonder if the fan is connected to the leveler for accessibility? Deaf people can put their hand near the fan to feel it blowing instead of the audible alarm.
Was really considering buying this unit do you know if they have made any upgrades since this video was shot
Just bought this printer. Tried this auto assist, but the extruder just lowers and hit the bed and doesn't stop. Anyone else had this issue
The smaller toy is better for cats. Also you supposed to put treats in the holes for when it moves a treat will come out.
hi sir, can you please check if z axis and extruder has tmc2208 drivers?
Probably should have left the pinball out of the cat toy. Looks like it made it too heavy for Bud to bat around.
Yeah he likes the smaller versions of it better. But he's... Sigh. Still got another six months to grow bigger.
please don't sing. you should save that for the shower, other then that the video is pretty informative.
I've been 'Ben rolled'!
Darkman Cat! I'd watch that movie.
what extruder is this? i got a Mega S and it's horrible to get the damn Fillament in there. this one seems better
So I have been wanting to get a printer and a engraver which this is the first 2 n 1 I have came across were are ya at with it now buy or pass? Thanks
3D printers cannot mill very well because they are not built to resist deflection. People who try to put rotary heads onto 3D printers get poor results due to that. If you want two machines then buy two machines. Because the differences between the two combined will leave you with a machine that cannot perform either task particularly well.
love the cat, make a video just of ur cat playing with things please Xd
It's all fun and games until the ATF thinks you are making oil filters.
Showed up for Ben's jokes, stayed for Bud. :)
knowing how Bud grows up, should of just got him some more packaging
“ I think it’s upside down… or maybe I’m upside down…” lmao
The fire station with the old light bulb is near San Francisco.
How long did it take to get? I've been waiting over 2 weeks with no clear answers from AnyCubic!
:O
@@SangheiliSpecOp It took nearly a month to receive. And over two months to get the spool of pla I ordered at the same time.
@@MrSneakyGunz damn I'm sorry to hear that. Is it working well for you? I'm somewhat new to 3d printing and this printer had a lot of glowing reviews
@@SangheiliSpecOp It does work well. I think you'll be happy with it. And I do NOT recommend getting it direct from AnyCubic, get it on Amazon instead. I had to threaten a chargeback before I got the pla.
I wish that I had purchased an idex printer from the start. I have 2 printers now. The TENLOG TL-D3 Pro has been a very good printer as well, albeit it was about twice the cost.
@@MrSneakyGunz thank you for sharing! I was thinking about getting it from Amazon, thats where I saw all of the reviews. I used to be very knowledgeable about 3d printing despite never having owned one, I did a ton on research but never pulled the trigger. I have since forgotten a lot but its slowly coming back to me haha.
Any plans on doing a video on the laser engraving capabilities?
You do know that that bag was officially in his 'crib', right? I mean- why can't he have an MTV crib?? He has a music video for pity's sake! :D
I wanna 3D printer, but money is non existent right now. Painkillers. Ugh.
My work involves the word gantry. I too dislike it as a word.
Ive tried all the cat toys in the world, and yet the only thing that gets her attention is Zip ties and twisty ties from bread loafs
my cat likes to play fetch
you rickrolled the makerbot..? that's a pro-tier troll
So what I'm seeing is that Anycubic seems to upgrade their printers incrementally. i3 Mega with some improvements becomes Mega S... Mega S with dual gear extruder feeder, better bed leveling knobs, better stepper drivers, and assisted bed leveling becomes Mega Pro. Yet they continue to use the same 8 bit main board, and same V5 J-Head hot end. That signature filament bulb on the unloaded filament tells me that. The print quality suffers from this design, and what happens is under extrusion due to restricted flow.
Bud Box would be a good movie for Netflix.
Cat's prey is mouse sized, that's the size of toy they like.
You say you're printing those controller parts quickly because you don't want to wait for the part while you're making the controller.
Is there a reason why you don't Pre-print a few parts in a finer quality just to have them available when you need them?
Nice video btw, I learned a lot.
On my new Anycubic Chiron I had to print at 35 > 40 mm/s with acceleration 350 and jerk 4 to stop the ringing and get a good benchy. Retraction should be less than the length of the nozzle before the bowden tube. No matter what I couldn't tune out some slight noise in the filament so I am going to replace the cheap clone V6 with a proper E3d V6 lite and Titan Extruder. Down the line I am also thinking of upgrading to the biqtree tech v1.4 turbo like I did on one of my other printers.
It appears you skipped the part about selecting the correct voltage before turning on the machine. It would be helpful to mention the fuse and selecting the correct voltage so folks don’t damage their machine using this review.
That should be common sense..
Reviews are not how tos.
Ben, ask them for provision... i just checked at their website, double-checked with your previous review and decided the Zero will replace my geeetech i3 acrylic (there's always been some flexing at the Z(ett!!!)-axis, so it can't get worse). Scored it for 96€/114$, also bought loads of filament. I will use the (overpowered,yet simple) electronics of the geeetech for a dual-extrusion core-xy build.
Where is the STL for the cat toy???
Dude. Cats are cats the play on their terms not humans 😂
I ordered a MegaX after i watched your video. They got my money but still no sign of the printer being shipped, so if anybody plans on buying one, don't expect it to arrive quickly.
You sound a bit like Lazy Game Reviews.
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RUclips got drunk again.
You didn't test out the lazier engraver!?
You need to do another video about the engraver.
Hi there,
this is just a simple test. please print 5 squares (30 or 40mm edge length) each one in the corners and one in the middle of the print bed and 0.2mm layer height and describe the result. I look forward to the results.
Who did you contact to get this provided to you?
If fast printing gets you excited, search the following on youtube: Printing at 800 mm/s on a FDM CoreXY - Can the HevORT do it?
it is pretty amazing in my book...
@43:00 ah, the toy is too small. He's supposed to be able to put his paw inside the holes to try to pull the balls out. There are plenty of toys like that about having the cat play with balls in a controlled manner like tracks for example.
The boss does not approve of the larger toy.
What a cute kitten!!!
it's doubtful that the 8-bit MCU is limiting the print speed, unless you're seeing skipping or tearing which it didn't look like. it's more likely the current-handling capacity of the tmc2208 drivers and/or the motors themselves that's the limiting factor.
also the cord for the heater bed is too short, it will commonly wiggle itself loose and cut power (but the printer is smart enough to stop). You'll find you'll be wanting to extend it.
Does this have resume function after power outage
Ben, moggies generally prefer small, light things to bat around because they skitter across the floor better. The mega-toy was a leetle big & heavy...
I have three of the standard Mega-S machines that have been printing daily for two years and they are excellent machines. I’ve done some upgrades to them (like real Titan extruder and nozzle) but otherwise they are stock.
The biggest upgrade you can do is the latest (unofficial) Marlin firmware that adds mesh bed levelling. Otherwise they are very difficult to get the bed fully level: github.com/davidramiro/Marlin-Ai3M-2.0.x
How do you get to do 🤔 I would like to get free stuff
Put some catnip inside while it's printing.
Looks like Bud might want some eye drops. My cats get some fusidic acid if they're looking a little winky.
Ben -- that textured Build Plate (AnyCubic UltraBase) is actually pretty cool stuff. After the Build Plate cools down, your model will actually pop-off by itself. While the UltraBase is hot, it is quite strong hold on the model. I am impatient, I have ruined several models while attempting to remove them. I should have waited a few minutes for the cool-down,.
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but could the "display board" actually be the main board (it has an Anycublic logo on it), and the other board is using the 2560 as essentially an IO expander?
Are you going to neuter bud - apparently that can slow them down a bit, like a reverse restraining bolt
Oh the shelter did that right after he was pulled from the street.
Cruel stuff... leave the poor kitten alone, it has to cope with Ben already...
My experience with cats is they become more aloof as they grow up. Animals are all individuals, so there are exceptions, but that is my experience.
Electrical safety? Will it burn my house down if I leave it running overnight? Is it grounded?
I find if you feed a little filament in before removing it, it doesn't get bulbous and can be fed through the stepper motor...more or less reliably.
I have a i3 Mega with the S upgrade, which is pretty much the same unit except that your screen looks different. My main complaint is the heating, which is weak. Any serious use will probably require a MOSFET upgrade. Other than that, I'm pretty happy with it.
In star trek, the universal translator converts Earth years in English to the appropriate alien time unit in the alien language and vis versa.
do the benheck things like previous video
@41:16 you mention the blob.. once you release the tension on the extruder motor, push the filiment in until some squirts out the tip, then quickly pull back a few inches. This action will mostly eliminate a balled-up end. That's pretty much what the multi-color extruder setups like @3dchameleon use in their color change code in the slicers.