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  • I’ve never seen support material visually improve overhangs apart from the specialized support filament that doesn’t bond with the print material. Traditional support always leaves a gap between the support material and the print material, otherwise they’d fuse together and become one with the print, meaning even with support, the print material sags anyway.

    OP would probably be better served with adaptive layers and using a much finer layer height in the overhang region.



  • There’s also the possibility they’re referring to the current draw through the mobo connector itself frying things. A couple of HDDs at 12V, 10W will be pulling almost 2A which can be a lot for some circuit board traces, but there’s no great way know what the board can handle without documentation from the manufacturer or someone with relevantt engineering experience well above what a typical computer repair shop would have.

    If I were OP I would just roll the dice and try it out. Its not as if old Dell office PCs are high dollar items.









  • However they are in the long run likely to be expensive since they require their supplies (which are reportedly good, but expensive)

    They’re literally not expensive at all. You can get good quality PLA for as little as $13/KG if you buy in bulk (4 rolls or more) and all their replacement parts are dirt cheap. Bambu didnt take over because of great marketing, they took over because they build a great product at a great price as well as thinking about every little creature comfort one might want and including those too. I do think they’re going down the same road as Apple, but so will every other successful company, so you might as well enjoy it while it lasts.

    If you want something to tinker and expirament with, you should build something like a Voron and not a premade commercial product.