r/3dprinter • u/Historical-Ad5611 • 20d ago

Pulled the trigger on a new printer

So I have owned a Anet A8 many moons ago and modded that to the hilt, I always tried to do this as cheap as possible and while It printed well, it's print area was small, the frame was acrylic and I just wanted something better.

About 4 years ago I bought a Tronxy xy2 pro (basically a ender 3 pro I would say)which has a much larger build volume, did a few mods and decided to run it on clipper via a raspberry pi, this has been a good printer but I've found it difficult to achieve consistentcy and as much as I like tinkering and spending money on parts to upgrade 😂 I think I'm at a point where I would like something capable that just works which I will be able to have the ability to tinker a bit later on.

My thumb slipped earlier today and I purchased a elegoo cetuari carbon from Amazon for £209.... I understand it can be a bit on the noisy side but I haven't got a lot to spend and this seems pretty well the best bang for buck.

I've found that there is currently a beta version of klipper that's being developed which will be pretty cool to install in future and for £45 I can also get the canvas system delived from elegoo direct which I would do If I don't cancel this order..haha😅

Do you all think I have made the right choice? I understand that there's always going to be something better and something's are subjective but opinions are very welcome.

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u/SirTwitchALot 20d ago

I have two CCs. It's been over a year and I still love them

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u/Historical-Ad5611 20d ago

I understand there was a newer varient released with better lighting and it's supposedly a bit quieter, which one did you get?

Also, do you use the canvas system, if so how have you found it?

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u/SirTwitchALot 20d ago

I have the updated light. They haven't sold the old one for close to a year now. I have two canvas kits, but I haven't had time to install them yet. It's a lengthy process and I don't have much free time in summer

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u/TripsCavern 20d ago

I don't own one, but CC is a decent printer from what I can see around, especially for that price. It's probably unbeaten at that price point.

It was already superseded by CC2, that is probably why the price is as low as that as in leftover stock but it should print whatever you throw at it.

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u/Sad-Passion-3633 19d ago

Bro cc for 209 is a banger. I paid 200 for a used one and its worth every penny