![]() ![]() Taking a 180 to the right hand side of the printer we have the MicroUSb Type B port, and the MicroSD slot. Taking a look at the left hand side of the machine is… the spool holder, and that is it, seriously that is all there is on the left hand side, and it’s not even all that great of a Spool holder, as it lacks any way to secure it to the printer, it just slots in and doesn’t have any sort of retention mechanism, so more than once I’ve come running back to the office because i’ve heard metal clanging, only to find out the short 10m filament spools I was using have lifted the spool holder out of the little ledge it nestles into, causing me more gray hairs than the ones I dye. This build surface is heated, to a maximum temp of 80 degrees celsius, though, out in the open as this machine is, i had a really hard time hitting and staying about 58 degrees Celsius, so materials that require a heated build plate, you might have some trouble printing without modifications, A sheet of Aluminium with 4 allen bolts for adjusting the bed. Up next is the vertical support with the Prima Creator logo. Taking a quick look around the machine, on the front we have the colour LCD, which isn’t a touchscreen, and the encoder knob next to it on a raised surface which looks like metal but feels like plastic. Now this does not use linear rails like the Cetus 3D, but the P120 is remarkable solid and even fully extended I can’t say I’ve noticed much if any Z wobble, wherein on the far side of the system where the X axis is fully extended away from the left side arm and the vibrations make it into the print, I haven’t noticed any of that, and I’ve very impressed. What this means is that instead of being supported on either side of the frame, the P120 is an L shape, there is a wide base, and a large vertical extrusion from the left hand side and nothing on the top or the right hand side, everything is handled that way. I knew how small the build area was, and I knew it was meant as a pure desktop 3D printer, meant as it was actually meant to be able to sit on your desk, and not a separate table you put up somewhere just for this machine, but even though I knew all of that, the P120 still struck me as being unbelievably tiny, and this is helped by the cantilever design of the system. What strikes me as odd when I first took the P120 out of it’s box was how small it was. Whilst the P120 is my first 3D printer, the fact that pretty much every part you touch (aside from the encoder dial) is metal, it really helps to give the machine a sense of quality, and keeps it far away from the flimsy, plastic machines that bear the name printer too. ![]() Looking at the P120, it’s hard not to be impressed. 0.1-0.4mm layer height (100 Microns-400 Microns)įor more details head on over to the PrimaCreator P120 page on 3D Prima, Her e.I (Dom) have been using the P120 since it arrived at my office on the 10th of July. The did however provide the Printer, the PEI print surface and the initial 750g of grey PLA for me to use. 3D Prima and PrimaCreator however have no bearing on the outcome of this review. One of the many problems with home 3D printing is the sheer size of the machines though, something PrimaCreator seems to have overcome by just making a smaller machine.ĭisclaimer: 3D Prima and PrimaCreator sent me (Dom) the P120 for the purposes of this review. ![]() This is bolstered by the fact that more people that get into 3D printing, the cheaper the machines can be, the more developed the slicers can be, and the more materials there are. 3D printers are one of those things that seems to constantly be on the verge of both futuristic and the cusp of what “normal” people can go out and buy. ![]()
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