The extruder jammed and I had to take everything apart to get it unjammed. I had multiple cartridges that the machine would not recognize. If it disappears again I'll assume that Cubify is moderating this board and I'll start my own CubeX group with detailed accounts of my experiences. I'm not sure where my last reply went but its gone now. It is my experience that the only companies that do not stand behind their products with a money back guarantee, pretty much don't believe in the quality of their own products. I wish I had known about the no refund policy before buying. Quality assurance is definitely not 3D System's strong point. No way that happened with mine.īeen reporting the plethora of problems for 2 days and the only response has been from their email server complaining that it can't deliver the email their web page is generating. The user guide says the factory levels the print pad and the print jets before shipping.
#Cubify cube x trio install#
I haven't even gotten to the point of trying to install a print cartridge. The white plastic front is too close to the back to let it sit down where the aluminum "nub" and magnetic "nub" will fit in the holes in the print base. The print pad won't "recede" on the print base.
Won't raise up or down, just makes a grinding sound when trying to move it. Problems I have are the print base "stuck" on the bottom. I've been trying for 2 days to get this new CubeX Duo past the halfway mark of the setup procedure.
#Cubify cube x trio software#
Setup and software are the biggest part of the equation once you have a decent hardware platform. The CubeX has better hardware than the TAZ but I've found that prints aren't as sensitive to hardware as I thought. The quality of the TAZ and M2 prints at 100 mm/s (4x the speed of the CubeX) are as good or better than the best CubeX prints I made. CubeX printers lock you in with no control and outrageous prices. That's $21 for the same weight of filament you get from Cubify! RIP-OFF! Also, I can print flexible materials (Bendlay and EcoFlex PLA) and even nylon and Polycarbonate with an aftermarket hot end. You can get the same filament for around $35/kg for all other printers. If they didn't rip you off with $100 for 0.6kg of filament I would have considered keeping mine and I would have just used the Simplify 3D software to create the G-code. Simplify 3D also lets me define custom supports and apply different settings to different parts within the same print. However, it means the CubeX prints at 25mm/s max when it could print quality prints at over 100 mm/s with the right software. They do this to try to keep people from screwing up the settings, which is easy to do. Very little control over your print settings. Also, the leveling process is very cumbersome.
If you don't start with the right z axis offset or if the bed isn't really level then your chances of success are near zero. It requires constant re-leveling and Z axis offset resets. It doesn't take that long to go through enough plastic on a CubeX to pay for another printer.Ģ. Filament costs are 5x as much as printers that don't use the proprietary cartridge system. The main problems with the CubeX printers are:ġ. If it will work with the CubeX then you will be able to have a LOT more control over your print settings which will allow you to control the quality a little better. You'll have to contact the mfgr to be sure. I see that it has the option for the CubeX printer on the menu so I assume it would run a CubeX. There's a new software out now called Simplify 3D that I use with my TAZ and M2. The MakerGear is the best of the three in terms of print quality and it requires the least amount of tinkering to print well and to keep it going. The TAZ had lots of issues too but its working okay now. Since then I've bought a Lulzbot TAZ and a MakerGear M2. I was able to send it back due to some special circumstances. I had a CubeX Duo and had a bunch of issues. It's cheaper to buy another brand with a single color Idea but I had so many problems getting one color to work I never used Bay 2 & 3 "cartridges not found" message.įilament jams inside cartridge and finally, replaced cartridge reading It burned out after electrical spark during installation of printĬartridge in bay 2. Issues encountered: replaced motherboard after It to work I wanted to return it but customer support told me no I ordered the CubeX trio and after a month of frustration trying to get Here are are some of the issues I encountered. If you want to buy it from me it's yours. I'm not expecting to get what I paid for it but I'll take whatever best offer I can get just to get rid of this thing. I just want to get rid of this thing because it is totally useless for my requirements. Considering the $4000 price I paid for my Trio I am very unsatisfied with the print quality.