The graveyard is getting a little full

[u/Shritties-69]

RIP
8 printers (p1s, p2s, x1, h2s) with issues ranging from snapped belts to busted eddy sensors to i don’t even remember.
If you’re in or around atlanta and can fix these i would pay ya, think they are probably all decently easy fixes i just lack the time and patience atm but id love to have them back up and running in my farm, lmk!

[u/ImponteDeluxo]

What the hell, do you buy a whole new printer if you get an issue or something?

[u/Sardonislamir → u/ImponteDeluxo]

All evidence points to... "snapped belts" as a reason... Like wtf.

[u/lumifox → u/Sardonislamir]

I watched a video reciently of a company in china making porotypes for magnet style belts because their like 200+bambulabs print farm were all dying from snapped belts, the tech seemed really interested. Probbly not an issue for regular users but if they're on printing 24/7 its going to be a major wearing part

[u/fumar → u/lumifox]

Do they not sell replacement belts?

[u/lumifox → u/fumar]

i assume so, my guess is that its such a pain in the butt to install and recalibrate that its easier to write them off or consider belt failing basically its end of life, like "the belt failed, the hot end is next" and buy a replace it with a new one

[u/screenslaver5963 → u/lumifox]

Taking a peek at the wiki, it looks annoying but not spend a couple grand on a new printer difficult.

[u/Hasra23 → u/screenslaver5963]

I've done it 3 times it's like 2-3 hours of really annoying work trying to get the belt around corners, takes a bit to get the hang of it but certainly not throw my printer in the bin worthy. Also once the belt are replaced they print like brand new again so you likely get another 10,000 hours out of them.

There's a way to use the old belt to pull the new one through as well but I could never get it to work.

[u/ImShyBeKind → u/Hasra23]

So how much downtime would you say it cost you, total? Like, from when it broke to when you started your next successful print? For a business, that math might work out.

[u/exjackly → u/ImShyBeKind]

A business would probably just have a couple of ready spares, or just enlarge the active farm enough so that a down printer won't impact deadlines.

That would give the time for an employee to fix the printer and get it back online before the next printer goes down. 2-3 employee hours is going to be a cheaper than a brand new printer.

[u/crowdedlight → u/exjackly]

Depends on the company and what you do. We have 3d printers at work but not a printfarm house. But if i have to spend 3-5 of my engineering hours on fixing it, instead of delivering on projects, the cost would be close if not the same as a new p2s etc.

Ofc we dont like waste and our higher end printers also cheaper to fix unless full rebuilds. So we tend to repair as long as we can. But pure economy-wise we probably sometimes spend more on hours fixing than buying a new one. 😅 Especially when our bottleneck mostly is time and not cost.

[u/rabblerabble2000 → u/screenslaver5963]

It’s probably one of those things which is worth doing if it’s your personal printer, but takes enough time and effort that it’s not really worth the time for a print farm which runs the machines into the ground, and for which the printer has probably already paid for itself and then some. Once one thing goes wrong, it also probably means that other things will go wrong soon as well so it’s less of a drain to just replace the thing instead of having to worry about constant maintenance.

[u/the_lamou → u/rabblerabble2000]

A belt snapping is not "something went wrong," it's a standard wear item with a fixed life that takes about an hour to replace once you've done a few. Which is cheaper: a new printer or an hour of technician time?

[u/LowSkyOrbit → u/the_lamou]

I ran a few high speed (2D) printers around 20 years ago. If a machine went down do did half of production, but we had techs who would be there within 4 hours and a new machine within 48 hours if they couldn't easily fix, and these machines came on pallets. Standard maintenance was quarterly and scheduled typically around slower days of the week. Roller and gear replacement happened often and I spent so much time with those machine I knew every tick.

3D printing doesn't have a whole industry of repairmen running around in trucks with spare parts or the ability to overnight parts from central warehouses. It's easier to just pull a machine and replace. These farms might make their money back in a few days or even hours. The broken machine can be sold as-is or held for spare parts.

[u/captain_carrot → u/fumar]

They do. I've done belt replacements a couple times on my P1S printers. It is a super simple procedure, it's just very time consuming because you have to remove all the side panels to access the idlers and route the belts properly.

[u/MzunguMjinga → u/captain_carrot]

It's the same on voron core xy printers, but we built ours down to the last nut so we know how to fix them. The belts are still a pain.

[u/Nervous-History8631 → u/fumar]

They do, but the problem is time not access.

In a print farm when a printer goes down that is however long it takes you to notice and then effect repairs that it isn't printing. The question becomes is it more cost effective to just make your own more durable belt and replace it once than it is to replace it every time

[u/tk-093 → u/lumifox]

You talking about the Lightmake L4? Uses linear motors. Looks potentially pretty sweet.

[u/RobotToaster44 → u/tk-093]

I have a daisy wheel printer from the 80s that uses linear motors, I'm surprised they aren't more common.

[u/lumifox → u/tk-093]

yeah that was the one!, couldnt remember its name

[u/tk-093 → u/lumifox]

It has potential. There are a few YouTubers who have had some demo models, though I think the last ones I saw they were still only allowed to print things that were pre-loaded on the machine, so I don't think the software is there yet, but am looking forward to it eventually coming out.

[u/visual-plastik → u/lumifox]

The four head printer video on strange parts channel I think

[u/Shritties-69 → u/Sardonislamir]

the one with the snapped belt had something like 10,000 hours on it in all fairness, 3 of them (p2s and h2s) are giving a bad eddy sensor error but replacing that hasn’t fixed it so assuming it’s a board issue. it’s not like i just said “ah fuck this i’ll just buy another” i did at least give them a try but to keep up the farm i bought a replacement and then kinda just let em collect dust bc yea idk we busy

[u/Hasra23 → u/Shritties-69]

Oh I know the eddy sensor error, the nozzle was sitting too close on my h2s. Just unscrew the hotend assembly 3 screws behind the nozzle and then tighten the 4 screws on the back and give everything a good clean out with compressed air put it all back together and should work fine

[u/ImponteDeluxo → u/Shritties-69]

I can understand now, downtime is unacceptable and sometimes it's just way cheaper to just buy a whole new shiny machine that troubleshoot an used one for hours.

[u/porkyminch → u/ImponteDeluxo]

Honestly, nothing wrong with that as long as you make an effort to get the busted machines to people who will fix them and use them.

[u/KorayA → u/Shritties-69]

Someone in the comments said you are in Dayton. My son goes to the Dayton STEM school and they have a print lab with really old makerbots. If you aren't up for fixing these and would like to donate them, I'd love to fix them up for the school. They would be incredibly appreciative.

[u/thisremindsmeofbacon → u/Shritties-69]

Honestly very reasonable 

[u/Frandapie → u/ImponteDeluxo]

I mean when my car needs an oil change I just get a new car.

[u/Ceros007 → u/Frandapie]

Joking aside I'm sure some people do this for real. When Vinfast opened here, I suddenly started to see a lot of their SUV around. Then only a few months after, they are mostly all gone. Is it because it's a crappy car and they all broke or people just like to try new cars for a few months then change to something else

[u/say592 → u/Ceros007]

Vinfast had a subscription program where you could lease it with insurance for shorter periods of time.

[u/chargedcapacitor → u/Frandapie]

This is more akin to a company buying a new forklift because the old one had a hydraulic malfunction. Their mechanic is backlogged, and the local repair company said they can see it in a month. Since you need the forklifts to run the company, the obvious solution is to buy another forklift, and fix the old one when you can.

Broken hardware don't make money.

[u/abhorrentbm → u/ImponteDeluxo]

I don't know about you but every time my Bambu does a print that has a small defect, I chuck that b*tch in the pile and crack open a new box.

[u/screenslaver5963 → u/abhorrentbm]

Last time a print detached from the bed, I said fuck it and burned my house down using the A1 as a flame thrower

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/abhorrentbm]

I’m addicted to first prints so I just do one print per new printer and then throw them away.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/ImponteDeluxo]

we have 30 active rn, my business grew really really fast and tbh i’ve just said “ill fix this later” a few (roughly 7) too many times

[u/CeeMX → u/Shritties-69]

Just sell them on eBay for cheap, someone will be happy to make a good deal any you don’t have to worry about them anymore

[u/Federal_Sympathy4667 → u/CeeMX]

Hell.. I'd snap one up cheap from that lol

[u/afraid-of-the-dark → u/Federal_Sympathy4667]

Same!

[u/Sneet1 → u/CeeMX]

they're posting this here to do the even simpler thing (local pickup), ebay for something like this is a hassle if you're already backlogged

[u/JustHereForLaughs71 → u/Shritties-69]

They're cheap and already paid for themselves. Donate them or sell them as is for a significantly reduced price for those willing to fix them. I bet you can make a school or a poor kid with a screwdriver and some time very happy.

[u/writesCommentsHigh → u/Shritties-69]

How did you start? Any tips?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/writesCommentsHigh]

the riches are in the niches, homie!

[u/Delicious-Yak-1095 → u/Shritties-69]

So not flexible dragons then :p

[u/Shritties-69 → u/Delicious-Yak-1095]

hahaha no i 3D model everything myself while also running this farm and the website we do 80% of our sales on, this is not a farmers market slop operation

[u/Delicious-Yak-1095 → u/Shritties-69]

More success to you. A lot of us have the dream but few of us make it. :)

[u/Cryp71c7 → u/Shritties-69]

Can I ask what product(s) you make?

[u/UnimagineDragons → u/Cryp71c7]

3d printed ones

[u/Typical_Concert_5007 → u/UnimagineDragons]

That's a little bit vague, you could at least have specified Fused Deposition Modelling products.

[u/Constant-Hat-3193 → u/Cryp71c7]

Most of us wont tell what our products actually are as it will potentially lead to additional competition in that niche market. While I sale alot of stuff, I have 1 item that sells better than others. It doesnt sell enough to create a print farm and quit my job but its enough to fund the hobby. But that 1 item that does well, is a extremly simple design that anyone can create with 0 modeling experience. As far as I know, im the only person selling this kind of item so me giving information on what it does would be shooting myself in the foot.

[u/Jaykoyote123 → u/Shritties-69]

sloperation if you will

[u/Constant-Hat-3193 → u/Shritties-69]

I agree, got to find a niche item. I have 1 item that is extremly simple and can be easily made to order by customer provided size requirement. Its not anything flashy or necessary and serves a very niche market but when people understand its uses they love it.

[u/background_spider → u/Shritties-69]

Shopnation?

[u/sollord → u/background_spider]

Lol that was my thought but he's in Dayton Ohio not Atlanta

[u/Lito_ → u/ImponteDeluxo]

When print time is money it is more efficient to buy a new printer than have one printer down for a day.

Although at least get it fixed, more print time = more money.

[u/JaceOnRice → u/ImponteDeluxo]

The company I work for sells $100,000-$500,000 3d printers

Sales are hurting right now. I think a lot of people are just buying Bambus and if it breaks they buy a new one. They can buy 1000 Bambus for the price of one of ours.

It sucks, and the $100k printer is significantly better but yeah If you got the kind of money for that level of printer, proper. You can kind of just throw them out when instead of working on them if there's any issues

[u/ImponteDeluxo → u/JaceOnRice]

What the fuck that printer can do for half a million that a very fancy H2D or U1 can't do?

[u/JaceOnRice → u/ImponteDeluxo]

Run nonstop for 1-2 years with almost zero maintenance, and the dimensional stability is within 0.005" no matter where you put the part on the build plate

Also, size

It's for companies that are making production end-use parts and need reliability over anything else

Parts are also significantly stronger due to the thermal control

Stratasys did it first, everybody is trying to copy Stratasys.

Source - I run these printers every day

Sure, I have my gripes, but a bambu can't fully replace it. The parts are that much better. But hey, not everyone can afford that, and bambu gets you pretty close for a lot of use cases

[u/by_ALXNDR → u/ImponteDeluxo]

If my employer told me to get a 3D printer functioning again I'd probably just tell them to buy a new one. These are under $1000 printers. This depends entirely on how much your time is worth.

[u/JCDU → u/ImponteDeluxo]

In business it can be cheaper to buy a new one than pay someone's hourly rate to mess about trying to fix them.

Let the old ones be someone else's cheap easy fix or parts donor.

[u/Ridlion → u/ImponteDeluxo]

My car needs an oil change ...... Better go buy a new vehicle.

[u/putthememesimthebag]

lol can’t wait to see this on the circlejerk sub

[u/GunkInChargingPort → u/putthememesimthebag]

There's a circlejerk sub? What is it?

[u/WestSenkovec → u/GunkInChargingPort]

r/BambuLab

[u/Chimorin_ → u/WestSenkovec]

[u/Anonymous134565 → u/Chimorin_]

[u/GavinThe_Person → u/WestSenkovec]

[u/diligentboredom → u/WestSenkovec]

LMAO

[u/cilo456 → u/WestSenkovec]

That seriously made me spit out my coffee.

[u/Fantastic-Ad6263 → u/cilo456]

It almost got me, but I just finished mine

[u/Perfect_Run1520 → u/WestSenkovec]

Funny man.

[u/meme_dyl → u/GunkInChargingPort]

r/3dprintingcirclejerk

[u/Frenchie1001 → u/meme_dyl]

I haven't seen that sub before, indistinguishable del. The main Bambu sub lolll

[u/Enzols1 → u/GunkInChargingPort]

Ask the guy beside you

[u/JCDU → u/Enzols1]

He can't, he's got his hands full.

[u/Notwerk → u/JCDU]

He can still speak, right? I mean, I suppose he might have his mouth full.

[u/JCDU → u/Notwerk]

And they say men can't multi-task!

[u/Optimal-Level4237 → u/JCDU]

I can't get that picture out of my head now. Is that allowed where you work?

[u/ChicoZombye → u/putthememesimthebag]

I don't know the circlejerk sub, but this sub would be noticing this:

https://i.imgur.com/v7SKqZi.png

That's crazy, I don't know what OP does to the machines, but in almost 15 years with 3D printers I've never seen one bleeding in pain.

[u/pedanpric → u/putthememesimthebag]

It's up on there. 

[u/Tarks-A → u/pedanpric]

Yeah, because they couldn't wait and posted it themselves

[u/Redstra → u/putthememesimthebag]

r/Consoom is also a circle jerk sub

[u/TraditionalSeat]

This is the 3D printing equivalent of rich people not wearing the same socks twice and just buying new pairs instead

[u/Amish_Rabbi → u/TraditionalSeat]

If it was a person, for a business there is a whole different equation to it

[u/13thmurder → u/TraditionalSeat]

Little do they know socks actually have a break in period and become softer after the first few wears.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/TraditionalSeat]

if i threw them away yea but like i held on to them to be repaired so not really

[u/TraditionalSeat → u/Shritties-69]

I'm just teasing. I run a 50-printer farm myself and can totally see myself doing the same thing, replacing snapped belts is no fun on those. That's actually a big reason my farm is only bed slingers, better repairability. But it's not without its tradeoffs of course.

[u/GenJohnnyRico → u/TraditionalSeat]

I'm new to the hobby, what do print farmers do with all those machines?

[u/Confident_Cheetah_30 → u/GenJohnnyRico]

Someone's gotta print all those dragons for America's farmer's markets and craft shows.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/GenJohnnyRico]

everyone does something different! for us, we sell to an extremely niche DIY community online, mostly generate revenue through instagram, and have over 250 different SKUs available to the general public as well as a pretty busy customs side to the business.

[u/sharkbait-oo-haha → u/Shritties-69]

Where do you sell to do that kinda volume? I've been selling on eBay myself but even hitting 200pcs per sku per year is a hell of a feat on eBay.

Also, how many printers are you running to trash this many? If your farm is 10 printers, 8 is concerning, if it's 100, 8 is a rounding error.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/sharkbait-oo-haha]

we only have 30 printers we are def still a baby farm, but this time last year we had 8, some of them now sitting in this room, so this expansion all happened crazy fast. sales are mostly from our website, traffic driven from social mostly but a good chunk is search, and that’s growing as we expand our options.

[u/sharkbait-oo-haha → u/Shritties-69]

What's your customer acquisition costs like on social?

You say you have 250skus, is that mostly from colour variations? Do you find customers care about colour options? Personally 80% of my sales are black, which I find to be exceptionally boring, but despite offering a dozen colours, people still go for black. Once my current colours run out I'm just sticking to black.

[u/captain_carrot → u/sharkbait-oo-haha]

Not OP but I have my own shop as well - I usually stick to a specific color palette of a few basic colors I always keep on hand and maybe a few special variations for specific products, but black is always king. It's much easier tracking and ordering inventory by sticking with specific colors then just offering 20+ options for everything. I also make listing photos for each specific color and not just showing swatches, so that simplifies things a bit as well.

[u/jooes → u/Shritties-69]

Yeah but you didn't repair them.

So you're that same rich person except you have a hoard of dirty socks that are waiting to be cleaned. 

[u/pizzagangster1 → u/TraditionalSeat]

This is like buying a new car bc of a flat tire

[u/__BIOHAZARD___ → u/TraditionalSeat]

Unironically the first wear of a sock is so nice if I was filthy rich I would 100% wear socks 1 time and then donate them

I’ve been wearing mine for years and nothing makes me feel richer than new socks

[u/The_milkMACHINE]

Have you considered feeding them to one of your working printers so it can grow big and strong?

[u/Vader_Bomb → u/The_milkMACHINE]

"Why does the X1 Carbon, the largest printer, not simply eat the other seven?"

[u/tdawg2k7 → u/Vader_Bomb]

Because 7 ate 9 or something

[u/Notmeoverthere → u/Vader_Bomb]

I am Lrrr, ruler of the Planet Omicron Persei 8!

[u/Shritties-69 → u/The_milkMACHINE]

username checks out or w/e

[u/DuePotential6602]

Did you buy a new one every time you run out of the filament which comes with the printer?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/DuePotential6602]

yea lol

[u/LetsLearnSomeScience → u/Shritties-69]

That's like buying a new car every time you need to change the oil

[u/Jerminator617 → u/LetsLearnSomeScience]

Wait you aren't supposed to do that?

[u/TheBlacktom → u/Shritties-69]

Why not put all the issues into one printer and sell it for scrap, so all the other ones could have working parts?

[u/GamerTheao]

Wouldn't it work to find what is broken on each one and merge the similar ones together? To one working one?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/GamerTheao]

the printer of theseus

[u/bignatenz → u/Shritties-69]

More like frankenprinter. Printer of theseus would be gradually replacing parts till no original parts remain....like my ender v3 se

[u/Shritties-69 → u/GamerTheao]

but to your point, yes i’ve ripped some parts out of some to hot fix our active fleet

[u/PartTimePokerPro]

[u/mr_joda]

I understand the business side - it's cheaper to replace whole priter than have it offline for one day + spend your hour rate on fixing it. This is massive loss for busy print farm. However, as a hobbyist I wouldn't mind to get them and fix it :D

[u/Cultural_Pace4454 → u/mr_joda]

That's only true if they can somehow source a new printer in under an hour, including unboxing and setting up, vs having some spare parts on hand and making repairs.

[u/mr_joda → u/Cultural_Pace4454]

if you have a farm you can afford to have multiple spare one ready to deploy

[u/obiji → u/Cultural_Pace4454]

Bestbuy carries them. You could pick one up in less than an hour probably.

[u/SnacknPack → u/mr_joda]

Fellow hobbyist here who is gladly willing to accept a broken 3D printer from anyone.. Especially rich people.

[u/UpsetOutside336]

Sure Dahmer, is that grown version of "I have kittens in basement"?

[u/ice086]

Damn I would fix those in a heartbeat. In St Louis though. If you wanna ship em that's you call lol.

[u/Dazzling_Floor_4262 → u/ice086]

I second this idea, ship em to St Louis

[u/Olena_Magiscan]

Pretty wild 😀
you need a repair department

[u/FenixVale]

Do you also buy new cars when they run out of gas? Like wtf

[u/sage-longhorn → u/FenixVale]

Don't be ridiculous just when the oil change light turns on

[u/Connect_Job_5316]

Who just buys a new printer when a belt snaps? Bambu literally gives you guides.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/Connect_Job_5316]

me, i posted this

[u/Signiference → u/Shritties-69]

[u/Tightmopedman9]

I entered this conversation to hate, but then I read. You crack me up, keep at it 'aye.

[u/Shritties-69 → u/Tightmopedman9]

aye thanks man

[u/gremlinclr]

with issues ranging from snapped belts

You can't even be bothered to replace a belt? ...some people got more money than sense.

[u/Csspecs]

If you want to run a factory you're going to need to either hire a technician or become one. The machines are cheap so it's not risky to learn on, and they have a lot of technical videos.. I found 3D printers are not super hard to repair. having fewer models is helpful, then you can stock more repair parts and it's easier to troubleshoot failures. Good screwdrivers especially a torque value screwdriver is super helpful. A good multimeter is also handy and a variable dc power supply.

I suspect independent phone repair shops might start servicing 3D printers with phone manufacturers doing more repairs/replacements themselves.

[u/Ravrie]

My last job was literally just repairing 3D printers all day, if I lived anywhere near you I so would

[u/IceManYurt]

If you aren't Zlabs, I know a guy.

If you are Zlabs, I think you made a whoopsy and it's catching up to you

[u/MagisD]

Ping the local colleges, especially anyone with a robotic program and ask where you can post odd jobs ...

[u/Shritties-69 → u/MagisD]

GREAT IDEA thank you so much

[u/Needle_Bearings]

OP posted belt snapped at 10k hours.  Wild.

[u/pizzagangster1]

So do you just buy a new car when you get a flat tire?

[u/Lkings1821]

Sensors I can understand if it's fucked up the whole printer and you'd need to replace too much But bruh a snapped belt does not justify getting a new printer that's ridiculous and insane even if you've already made your money back from them

[u/Conman1700]

“This Redditor told me mechanical issues keep breaking his Bambu Printers so I asked how many Bambu Printers he has and he said he just goes to Best Buy and gets a new Bambu Printer afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding Bambu Printers to his printer graveyard and then his wallet started crying.”

[u/No-Logic-Barrier]

The definition of time is money

[u/zstone → u/No-Logic-Barrier]

The older I get, the more the balance shifts. On the bright side, you can always make more money; you can never make more time.

[u/SSDragon19]

Be nice to have that type of throwaway money. Something goes slightly wrong and just get a whole new printer.

The companies who hate right to repair laws loves this person.

[u/CombatDork]

I can fix them but I'm in Texas.

[u/Loveschocolate1978]

This seems like a perfect job for a student. Have you tried reaching out to local high schools, community colleges, and universities in the Atlanta area? I bet there are some students around, maybe even ones that work in campus 3D print labs, that would love to do some moon lighting to help you and get paid to do it too. I would have definitely jumped at the chance back in the day.

[u/No_Distance_3320]

Is this why all the 3d printers at microcenter Atlanta are always gone? 😔

[u/lewisbv]

I’m a student at Georgia tech, if you’re interested in selling broken for cheaper ish lmk

[u/kahnindustries]

So I have had my Prusa MK3s+ since it was a Prusa MK3

Maybe vary up your brand loyalty? they dont seem very loyal to you

[u/Shritties-69 → u/kahnindustries]

i’ve been thinking about it for sure!

[u/Syyx33 → u/Shritties-69]

Something to be said about Prusa reliability and repairability. There is a reason that there are still print farms running MK3s. They long-term test their machines in their own farm.

Their machines come with quite a price tag though.

[u/dlaz199]

For a business I would just sell them as for repair at a fair price. Time is money and time spent fixing these of it's not a simple fix is probably not worth it.

Bambu machines just are not designed to be quick and easy to service and repair for anything beyond simple things like blobs of doom.

It's not just them, it's pretty much every mass market machine except maybe Prusa and a few sovol models (sv08/max and sv zero, but that's because they are based on voron designs which are meant to be worked on not recommending the sovols either they have some issues that aren't worth the time unless you need something that the printer offers).

I also probably would not use bambus in my business but that's because I don't like how the company operates and treats the community, not because they make a bad machine. I also don't like how chatty their machines are and I don't trust them to not lock out features for farm management unless you use their software in a future update.

[u/Silly-Victory8233]

How wasteful

[u/toomuchpamplemousse]

Hey u/Shritties-69 I’m in ATL and could probably fix these for you, but I just tried to send you a DM and it didn’t work. Do you have an email I could send my contact info to?

[u/Big-Contribution3970]

As someone who hates to see tech go to waste... this make me sad.
As someone who owns 4 resin printers and 2 fdm printers and has only had 2 working printers the last 4 months. I understand completely.

[u/Crazypete3]

I just bought a P2S, making me nervous seeing all this

[u/Cautious_Slide]

Im a little north of nashville and have a small company doing machine work out of my garage and repair work B to B. I could absolutely diagnose and repair all of these but I dont know if it would be economical given the distance. Feel free to PM me if you want an actual budget. I have an LLC and im happy to share more information privately.

[u/ClutchDude]

I believe it. 

Something like a motor or some belt replacements on these can be a few hours of work. 

[u/BolunZ6 → u/ClutchDude]

But a few hours of work to fix a $1000 machine . It's not like $5 toys or anything. It's A FREAKING $1000 MACHINE

[u/Reverse_Psycho_1509]

Bro buys a new printer every time they run out of filament

[u/Quajeraz123]

Do you also buy a new phone every time the battery runs out?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/Quajeraz123]

yea and i shoot the old phone with a gun for good measure too to make sure no one can ever charge it ever

[u/ThatOnePerson → u/Shritties-69]

You're taking away valuable food from the ocean.

[u/RARE_ARMS_REVIVED]

You buy a new printer because of a $20 problem?!?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/RARE_ARMS_REVIVED]

sometime i buy a new printer just because

[u/morpheus9009]

Well thats why I got a prusa after my first four Chinese-printers...

[u/Shritties-69 → u/morpheus9009]

get me one

[u/Karmafication → u/morpheus9009]

Do you have any recommendations for budget end printers? I've tinkered with my Ender 3 Pro for nearly a decade now, but I have to adjust it constantly and it makes me dread throwing prints at it.

[u/neekthefreak]

i fully believe 3d printing world should learn from automotive industry regarding belts. also 3d printer users should do the same and replace them before they snap. it would be useful to have a reminder just like printer already reminds you to oil and clean

[u/Bkgrouch]

T-Pain that you?

[u/Daidalos117]

Bambu users are really something

[u/Ferro_Giconi]

This is wild. Deciding to not fix a printer just because of a snapped belt is like deciding a car is destined for the junkyard because one or more of the tires got a puncture.

[u/AppalachianViking]

Would to sell one?

[u/Shritties-69 → u/AppalachianViking]

i mean yea but like you should know they are all broken

[u/costadeltmar → u/Shritties-69]

I’ll take one of your least broken please!

[u/superswaggerize]

Can you tell us more about your business or a website? If that's not allowed, possibly dm? Interested to see what parts you're making. Sorry if that's an improper request. Nice graveyard

[u/EasyTumbleweed4120]

I might be able to help but my schedule is booked through October 😢

[u/NucklheadMcspazatron]

I’m local and no repairman, but will take one with a snapped belt off your hands if it’s just going to sit!

[u/Silent25r]

You might want to stick with microcenter with their warranty plans. Or Best Buy tech package. For you they make sense. 

[u/jayH4103]

Woukd you be interested in selling them as a lot ? Im about 2 hours away and would buy them all

[u/Shritties-69 → u/jayH4103]

yea, dm me

[u/kidhyped]

Salvage them and sell the parts ir give them to me😃

[u/Rawlus]

peak consumerism on display.

[u/Chase_Fitness]

I could fix them but I live in Southeast Missouri

[u/FreshPrinceOnline]

https://giphy.com/gifs/movie-godfather-the-l4FGGafcOHmrlQxG0

[u/zushiba]

No hope of warranty repair?

[u/RainingTacos8]

Bros stacking printers like I have filament spools

[u/Confident_Celery_237]

I live in macon south of you. I currently repair all series of: Bambu labs, Creality, Egloo etc. I can come by to take a look. Service fee to look and assess is $150 flat if on the other side of atlanta. That includes a $25 dollar atlanta fee.

Let me know i can get you my price book and previous invoices if you want to take a look. It is inclusive of parts costs/labor with receipts of purchased OEM items.

[u/zealeus]

If you’re serious - Atlanta has a few maker spaces in town. They all do 3d printing. I imagine you could reach out to them.

[u/MeMTDude]

Nowhere close, and don’t really know how to fix them, but my poor autistic brain saw the post and photo and went. “Ooh… I kinda wanna take one apart 👉👈”

[u/notquitesanity]

I’m in North Atlanta and use a couple of X1Cs to make parts for robotics prototypes. I've been repairing mine for years. I have a bunch of time on my hand right now and I’d be interested in helping you get them triaged and bring the viable ones back online.

I’m comfortable with the common mechanical and sensor issues—belts, motion-system faults, and the eddy-sensor side of things. I could come by, inventory them, separate the quick fixes from the parts-donor candidates, and repair the worthwhile ones on an agreed hourly basis.

If you’re interested, send me a DM with your general area and a few more photos/model details.

[u/superdad3016]

Try HAILaGEEK: Offers on-site maintenance, calibration, and repair coordination across the Atlanta metropolitan area. You can contact them at 844-432-4335.

[u/Rickety__Cricket]

I’m in Roswell and I may be able to help, shoot me a message and I’ll share my phone number.

[u/tedioustreadmill]

What have you done with these lol

[u/BMEdesign]

I can put you in touch with students who know how to fix these, we use them all over campus at Tech

[u/robertwigley]

You must have more money than sense to let them all sit there without even trying to fix them.

[u/kentone]

"I can fix her"

[u/tstitchr626]

send you my address pay for shippin ill fix em

[u/RuSsYjO]

Here I am still using my OG ender 3 I bought new in 2018

[u/Mywifefoundmymain]

Jesus most of them are a $10 fix

[u/Ready_Jury6144]

DM’d you. I’m near ATL and I’m interested in buying the H2S depending on the failure