Cheap 3D Printer - Anet A8: Upgrades, Experience & Thoughts

This kit has become a very capable machine with only a handful of modifications costing around £175 inc filament. It completely blows my first gen Prusa i3 printer kit out of the water.

The Instructions were clear and the kit was well made. A build like this would be very daunting for a first-time buyer but the £139.99 price tag makes taking the leap of faith so soooo worth it!

So far I have only used PLA but I will try ABS shortly. I haven’t really talked about the prints that I have done yet so I will probably release a short video about them before I get round to doing the episode on my 3d printer enclosure that I mentioned at the end of this video.

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𝙋𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙:
Edit: These links have been removed due to inconsistencies in the review samples, product page online and quite possibly the product that gets shipped to customers. Please conduct your own research into the product AND the supplier. Some companies are better at providing support than others.

Finally, this video is getting old and there are probably much newer and more cost effective models out there.

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𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨:

Anet A8 Xaxis Cable Chains by drdobsg:
►http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2104821

Anet A8 Y Axis Cable Chain by Papinist:
►http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1915486

X belt tensioner Anet A8 by Vali24
►http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2073975

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𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙯𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:

Using any of the following links to purchase an item should result in Amazon gifting me a finders fee. If you are down for helping my channel out and happen to be in the market for any of the goods discussed today, you can do so for free! Just make sure that you use the link no earlier than 12 hours before making the purchase :)

Buildtak Print Bed (98% Coverage):
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Buildtak Print Removal Tool:
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Pre-Injection Swabs:
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Inductive Proximity Sensor:
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Dark Grey PLA 1KG:
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2N4401 NPN Transistors:
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10K ohm Resistors:
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Zip Ties:
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𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:

Edit: Links removed due to website change - sorry folks.

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𝙈𝙐𝙎𝙄𝘾:

♫ Parasail – Silent Partner ► https://goo.gl/HczhJN
♫ Not For Nothing – Otis McDonald ► https://goo.gl/tebllL
♫ Spring Light – Joakim Karud ► https://goo.gl/ixz88j
♫ Voyage – eXtremeSomething ► https://goo.gl/v7bvS9

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