Creality 3DPrintMill belt 3D printer: What to know before you buy

Something new in 3D printing: the Creality CR-30 3DPrintMill offers infinite Z belt 3D printing at a lower price than ever before. So should spend your hard earned cash? In this video, we take a deep dive to see what it's actually like to use.

3DPrintMill on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3dprintmill/creality-infinite-z-axis-build-volume-printer-3dprintmill

A huge thank you to Karl of NAK3D Designs. Please check out his channel using the links below.

This printer provide free of charge by Naomi Wu/Creality for the purposes of making this video. All opinions expressed are my own.

0:00 Introduction

1:13 Not a new idea, but attributed properly
Makerbot automated build platform from 2010: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4056
Article on Bill Steele’s infinite Z printer from MRRF2017: https://hackaday.com/2017/03/25/mrrf-17-the-infinite-build-volume-printer/
Printrbelt article: https://all3dp.com/printrbelt-from-printrbot-and-polar3d-is-going-to-blow-your-mind/
Blackbelt3D: https://blackbelt-3d.com/
Karl’s NAK3D Design YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCai5w5hngu5sUbCGnCuKQYA
White Knight open source belt printer by Karl: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3324280
3D printing Nerd’s interview with Karl regarding the White Knight open source belt printer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6SrN2qW1Hw
Naomi Wu’s explanation of bringing the 3DPrintMill to market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UwaWLnGmXk

3:27 Much the same, yet completely different

5:52 Capable but not a replacement
Maker’s Muse CR-30 review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSbcUowlNU

8:24 Your knowledge of slicing is partially useless
Blackbelt Cura download: https://blackbelt-3d.com/download-area/

12:00 This printers is improved my mods
Octoprint: https://octoprint.org
Octoprint guide: https://youtu.be/h--RLbvQKYc
Continuous print Octoprint plugin: https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/continuousprint/
Raspberry Pi case: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3295008

15:26 The belt is a strength and a weakness

18:15 Not for beginners

19:02 Conclusion
NAK3D Designs printing a 6m long beam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQm0_TvMXjw
NAK3D printing a supportless dinosaur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0vBrmNKTg

Models featured in this video:
Rubber band boat: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:641115
Helice tripale repliable - folding propeller: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:173994
Low poly fox: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:937740

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