New Member Saying Hello

[Prof (Phil Wainwright)]

Hi All,
A new member here from West Yorkshire, UK.

I am hoping I can not only learn here, but also be of use to other members as well. After a couple of years without a printer, I have taken the plunge and probably ordered the wrong one

So I have gone for a TronXY 5SA Pro

I chose this one for three main reasons… First is the build size is perfect for me. Second, a friend of mine has been raving that Core XY is the way to go. Thirdly, I have read good and bad things about each of the printers I looked at, and this one seemed to have just slightly more positives than negatives. So it should be here in a couple of days, and then we shall see if I have chosen wisely

[HalfNormal (0.45 NACL)]

Welcome! We are glad you found our forum and look forward to hearing about your adventures.

[NedMan (Ned Hill)]

Welcome to the Forum!

[mcdanlj (Michael K Johnson)]

Welcome!

Hopefully they have improved that line substantially since my X5A from over five years ago, from which I ended up using the frame and a few spare parts from to build a new printer.

Anyone here have a Tronxy X5S?

Anyone here have a Tronxy X5S? The initial reviews were pretty much unanimous that the corexy kinematics suffered a lot from non-parallel arrangement, but a few folks designed replacement parts to solve that problem, so I bought one. I was pleasantly surprised that they took the review feedback and pretty much fixed the kinematics. They still call the motors “X” and “Y” but I didn’t see that they had swapped the names as early reviewers found. The heated bed is still anemic with 12V. But I mea…

They still use independent Z axis motors instead of linking the with a belt driven by a single motor, and they still use six “leveling” springs. At least they say they are using linear rail now?