Semi-mature technology/"set it and forget it"
I was posting in the lovely Purchase Advice Megathread earlier and it got me thinking: with 2020 just days away, what are your thoughts on 'mature technology' aspects of 3D printing? What are the 'solved problems' in the field? In a practice rife with failed prints and other mishaps, what are some examples of machines which can be expected to simply work most of the time with little operator effort/supervision?
Posted Dec 8, 2019, 11:33 PM UTC
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Lol my dad says you have to be 20% smarter then the machinery you are trying to use. So basically what you said.
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Indeed
Well said. Only times I actually need to sit next to the printer and stare are the first layer to see if I have cleaned the bed well enough, and during parts of a print that are near the limit of the printer's capabilities but I decided to try and print anyway. Apart from that it's just a quick checkup every now and then to see if everything's still okay and nothing unexpected has happened.