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My first 3D Printer should arrive in ~10 days, anything else I need to buy or get before it arrives? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/3dprinting@lemmy.ml

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I'm pretty excited, I ordered the Kobra X, along with 9kg of various colour filaments.

I'm wondering if I'm missing some stuff like bed glue, a scraping tool or things I haven't even thought of. What do I need in preparation?

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Large glue sticks, they will fix 90% of problems.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Do I need special glue sticks, or just any from like a school supply store?

This?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Yep..boring pva glue

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Do I need special glue sticks, or just any from like a school supply store?

No, you don’t. Just make sure your print bed is clean everytime you want to print.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Did a teeny bit of googling and it I've seen a few people saying PVP washes a little bit easier but it sounds like pretty much any composition is fine, for PLA at least

[–] bunkyprewster@startrek.website 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What do you do with the Glue Sticks?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Coat the bed to increase bed adhesion for the first layer.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't that decrease bed adheasion?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Over doing it can be a problem but a thin layer keeps things glued down. Many newer heated build plates are better at keeping the print adhered, so it's not usually necessary on newer printers