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    Hello fellow gamers!

    Hello everyone.

    I'm from the Chicago area and have been gaming since the NES days in the 80's. I work in IT and I love to 3d print stuff in my spare time. I look forward to this site and the ideals that inspired it's creation!
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    Ooh, another man of a good taste when it comes to aliases, i see..
    Greetings, Mr Matt, it's a pleasure to have you here with us.
    First Generation 1:1 "And they did make the console, and said "Let there be games" and it was good"

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    • #3
      Welcome man
      Forum about Collector Editions, Limited Editions, Game Collectibles, Statues, OST's

      In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very unhappy and has widely been seen as a bad move.

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      • #4
        It's always great to see other fossils! Welcome!
        The Enrichment Center is committed to the well being of all participants. Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test.
        -Glados

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        • #5
          Welcome Matt! What kind of printer do you have? I'm currently running an Idea builder
          give me a fish and I eat for a day, teach me to fish and I'll probably destroy an ecosystem. Be wary of unintended outcomes.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by LiamC View Post
            Welcome Matt! What kind of printer do you have? I'm currently running an Idea builder
            I actually have three. In order:
            Tevo Tornado
            Creality Ender 3
            AnyCubic Chiron

            I got the Chiron last month and I'm loving it. The build area is HUGE!

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            • #7
              Damn!... kinda jealous. were these build ups or boxed?
              give me a fish and I eat for a day, teach me to fish and I'll probably destroy an ecosystem. Be wary of unintended outcomes.

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              • #8
                Title reminds me of this....
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by LiamC View Post
                  Damn!... kinda jealous. were these build ups or boxed?
                  They were all technically builds. The Tornado was the easiest to build out of the box because it was 4 screws to screw in the Z and X axis gantry down to the Y axis with the build plate. Since it was my first printer, it still took me about 30-45 minutes though to get unboxed and built.

                  The Ender 3 was a pure kit and was partially assembled, but you still have to do MOST of the work yourself. I had watched a bunch of setup videos though and I was ready. The intructions weren't actually that bad and the Ender 3 took me about an hour, maybe an hour and a half at most to build.

                  The Chiron was very similar to the Tornado in terms of building it, but I feel it was the hardest as it is so damn big! I mean the thing must weigh around 40 pounds and it's about 2 feet long, about 18 inches wide and at least two feet tall. It's just really difficult to maneuver it around while you put it together. Once you do get it together though, oh man -- it gives me so much more flexibility when printing now.
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                  • LiamC
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                    LiamC commented
                    12-13-2018, 11:32 PM
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                    Awesome ! the thing sounds huge, are you prototyping or modeling? Mine is mostly for prototypes
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                  Welcome aboard mate

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                  • #11
                    Originally posted by LiamC
                    Awesome ! the thing sounds huge, are you prototyping or modeling? Mine is mostly for prototypes
                    I've mostly been printing gifts for people. Technically though, I do both. I printed 300 keychains for the company I work at and I had to create several prototypes before we settled on the final model. Honestly, I don't know what I'd be prototyping other than parts for things that break around my house. I do have a background (about 20 years ago) in architecture and therefore CAD as well. This has helped me with Fusion360 and I've created a few basic designs and remixes of my own so far. If I could make more time to get back into 3d modeling and/or prototyping, I'd love to use my printers for that purpose. They're a really versatile tool that I think is really underrated and easily dismissed by most people.

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                    • LiamC
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                      LiamC commented
                      12-14-2018, 02:44 PM
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                      I think they're awesome. Have been working with mine since 2015, Sadly at the moment it's broke, but repairable. Though I do want to get a bigger machine when I can budget it. I love to build a prototype, Currently working on a vacuum.mold system, and a small scale injection molding machine. Haven't worked CAD in decades, but can find my way around SketchUp! I have already seen where another member has built figures with their system
                  • #12
                    Originally posted by Matt View Post
                    Hello fellow gamers!
                    Jeez, you know you didn't get enough sleep when you read that as "Hello fat gingers"
                    Anywho, welcome to the community brother.

                    Have you ever thought about registering as a sex offender just so your friends won't bring their kids over to your house?

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