A Cheap and Cheerful printer(?)… Well maybe just cheap
There is a cosmetic beauty salon at my local shopping center where they offer teeth whitening, laser wrinkle removal and botox injections. The staff there dress in professional looking medical scrubs, they could almost pass for nurses. I have to keep reminding myself though “just because you dress like a nurse doesn’t make you a nurse”. WTF does this have to do with a cheap 3D printer? Simply put, just because you call yourself a Prusa doesn’t make you a Prusa.
So this ain’t an original Prusa, but it certainly isn’t priced like one either. This Geeeeeeeeeeeetech Prusa i3 is cheap, really cheap – infact for under 200 dollarydoos you could have bought a full DIY kit and have yourself a entry level 3D printer ready to go.
Standard Specs:
| Printer technology: | 3 Axis Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF)/FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling) |
| Packing (shipment) type: | DIY kit, full assembly required |
| Construction: | 8mm Black Acrylic |
| Build volume: | 200mm x 200mm x 180mm |
| Build surface: | Glass |
| Build plate heat-bed: | MK2A 12vdc, max temp. 110°C |
| Build plate leveling: | Manual |
| Layer resolution: | 0.1mm to 0.3mm |
| Filament diameter: | 1.75mm, 3.0mm |
| Hot end | MK8 |
| Nozzle diameter: | 0.3mm, 0.35mm, 0.4mm, 0.5mm |
| Nozzle temperature: | 240°C max |
| Extruder: | single MK8 direct |
| Connectivity: | USB, micro SD card |
| Display: | LCD2004 (99mm x 60mm display) |
| Power supply: | input voltage – 110vac/220vac, 60hz/50hz Secondary voltage – 12vdc |
| Control: | Geeetech developed GT2560; ——- drivers |
Mods and Upgrades:
i3 posts:
Made: spray paint handle trigger
Spray paint can after spray paint can and my finger cried out NO MORE! This was the answer to my pain in the finger, a specialty tool for cans of spray paint with an ergonomic grip and trigger operation. Printed in PETG, turned out great!… Continue reading Made: spray paint handle trigger
Made: Cricket Bat Wall Display
Needed a couple of Cricket Bat Wall Display mounts, it was the perfect time to try out simplify3d on the Tevo Tarantula. … Continue reading Made: Cricket Bat Wall Display
Made: Anet A8 Filament Guide Arm
I made a new filament guide for the Geeetech i3 Pro B, printing in ABS for the first time ever.… Continue reading Made: Anet A8 Filament Guide Arm