Hey YouTube what is happening this is Nav. Today I bring you the review of
my very first 3d printer the Flashforge Finder. Now stay tuned to see what I
printed with this machine as well as the quality and whether I would recommend this
machine to you or not as a first-time buyer. So without further
ado let's get started. A few years ago when I found out about 3d printing it
got me very excited because I loved the idea of printing 3d objects right at
home however there were a few factors that stopped me from getting into 3d
printing. Number one was the cost the cost was for me it was prohibitive
because it was around £2,000 pounds to buy such a printer and the
quality wasn't that great so I couldn't justify spending that much on a
printer that I'll just be printing knickknacks at home.
Secondly, aesthetics these things were not pretty at all this was a printer
that you would probably use in a workshop or a garage, you wouldn't want
to put this printer in your living room on a desk and thirdly the complications
that these early models had with regards to calibration, leveling lots and lots of
tweaking. So that got me, that put me off 3d printing to start off with.
That's history up until a few weeks ago when I decided to buy my very first
printer because the cost was getting cheaper and cheaper with these printers,
aesthetically they were getting nicer and this is when I decided to purchase
the Flashforge Finder because this printer was less than £500 pounds
aesthetically it looks amazing it's gorgeous you'd like to put it on your
desk inside your house and not in a workshop or garage and the price like I
said is amazing too and the quality is fantastic for such a cheap printer.
As you can see the quality is really good, I've been printing all sorts, Groot
fidget spinners, baby toys, baby rattle, a whistle, LED lamps the T800
Terminator prop head and some clamps that actually work as well. Now I also
want to point out how simple it was to set up, the leveling process was
very easy. All you need to do to print an object is download the file onto a USB
stick, click on build, you click on the USB stick icon and just click on the
item that you want to print. The build time varies from obviously product to
product but the outcome is absolutely amazing.
Here's a quick time-lapse video of a fidget spinner that I printed
Now since I've had it I've had one occasion where the extruder was jammed.
All you have to do is just open a couple of screws from the extruder head and
there's a few screws that you just need to open and then from then onwards
there's a little tool that you get a needle tool that you just push onto one
once the extruder is hot and you can just unjam it. It's very simple and there
are a ton of videos on how to do it as well. So that was the only small problem
that I had but otherwise this printer has been fantastic.
Another great feature that this printer has over some others that I
considered to purchase was the ability to turn off the filament sensor. What
that means is that I can use third-party filaments as well, some other
printers that I considering they did not have the option to turn off the
filament sensor so you were stuck to purchase branded filament for that
particular printer which can be costly. So final thoughts and conclusions about
this printer, I absolutely love it and 100% recommend you to get yours as
well if you've not got into 3d printing and you're a little bit reluctant I
would say go for it if you don't mind that little bit of tweaking, it's a lot
less and it's a lot easier than it used to be and the customer service at
Flashforge is absolutely amazing - and the community, online community about
Flashforge is also great. My 9 year old daughter was able to use this printer as
well from start to finish so it must be simple. If you'd like to purchase yours
just follow the links in the description below and you'll be able to acquire this
from Amazon at a discounted price. Right guys that's it for this video if you
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