Ek-Hou-Van-BraaiFeb 27

3D Printer Reviewers: Being honest in this industry will put you out of a job.

This is the emails between the YouTuber YGK3D and Anycubic, it seems like they won’t send 3D printers to reviewers who mention their GPL3 license violations.

tl;dr Anycubic uses open-source software for their firmware, but doesn’t make it public as per license agreement, and they don’t seem to be friendly to anyone who calls this out.

More info: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxIMpZTkXqFo0H6pDwhZpdYqMYvLhPvWA5?lc=UgxA-4LYvwrnonXuXsZ4AaABAg

Show threadSaveTheTuaHawkFeb 27
Bambu labs entire business plan was YouTube marketing. YouTube is infomercials.
Show threadj5906Feb 27
To be fair their printers (P1S and H2D) are reliable workhorses, I cant remember if I ever had a failed print and they are basically in 24/7 operation since a year. Never had to do any maintenance.
Show threadOwlFeb 27

Never had to do any maintenance.

You should maybe do

At least grease the z axis and clean the dust of the x and y axes

Show threadj5906Feb 28
Yes I do this of course, with maintenance I meant deep cleaning stuff, unscrewing panels, tightening belts, replacing gears etc.
Show threadOwl

Oh yeah,

You should maybe tighten the belts every 3-6 months or so (depending on your usage) and the extruder gears will wear out at some point

Feb 28 at 1:02pmWeb