Ender 5 Pro - Looking for help for a friend

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93 Corrado

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I am looking for the right forum for a neighbor's high school son who is interested in getting started in 3D printing. His grand parents bought him an Ender 5 Pro, however neither they nor the student's parents have the skills to help him get started. Because I showed some interest in what he is doing, his parents have reached out to me in hope I might know something about the topic. I do not. However as a software defined radio enthusiast, I know the value of topic related forums and the help they have provided to me in the pursuit of my hobby. He has been able to print a few starter objects, however he has run into a problem that appears to be hardware related to me, but I don't know. Is this an appropriate forum for a high schooler who is in the early-stage, primary pursuit of this interest? If not, can someone recommend a forum that might be better suited for this young man. I will appreciate any direction that can be offered. Thanks, in advance. Martin P
 
93 Corrado said:
I am looking for the right forum for a neighbor's high school son who is interested in getting started in 3D printing. His grand parents bought him an Ender 5 Pro, however neither they nor the student's parents have the skills to help him get started. Because I showed some interest in what he is doing, his parents have reached out to me in hope I might know something about the topic. I do not. However as a software defined radio enthusiast, I know the value of topic related forums and the help they have provided to me in the pursuit of my hobby. He has been able to print a few starter objects, however he has run into a problem that appears to be hardware related to me, but I don't know. Is this an appropriate forum for a high schooler who is in the early-stage, primary pursuit of this interest? If not, can someone recommend a forum that might be better suited for this young man. I will appreciate any direction that can be offered. Thanks, in advance. Martin P
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There is a STEEP learning curve of about 2 weeks.
Then its like riding a bike. First is set up and bed alignment : Youtube is your friend.
Then software on a PC or laptop. In this case https://www.creality.com/download.
Thats a slicer. Go to thiniverse to find files, AND follow the creators instructions! This saves time and filament $.

https://all3dp.com/ has a lot to read, he can get a lot of good knowledge
Try baby Groot ot baby Yoda.
Once he creates one he'll be hooked
 
griff30 said:
There is a STEEP learning curve of about 2 weeks.
Then its like riding a bike. First is set up and bed alignment : Youtube is your friend.
Then software on a PC or laptop. In this case https://www.creality.com/download.
Thats a slicer. Go to thiniverse to find files, AND follow the creators instructions! This saves time and filament $.

https://all3dp.com/ has a lot to read, he can get a lot of good knowledge
Try baby Groot ot baby Yoda.
Once he creates one he'll be hooked
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Thank you, M
 
The ender's Facebook community is active and also really helpful, LOTS of schools with ender 3's and 5's and most of the shop teachers live in that group.
 
Forgot to mention something about bed leveling.
3d printers are not a set up and go forever. He might have set it up and printed a few things fine but suddenly not level.
If he moves the printer at all it needs re-leveled. Cat jumps on it, relevel, bump it mildly? Re-level.
Releveling can be a pain at first but he'll get used to it. Even over time of sitting for a month untouched, don't expect it to print properly unless they check bed level periodically.
Its literally no cost to relevel, but 5-10 minutes time, tops.
 
modi123 said:
The student should be checking in on the following subreddits. Most likely he can search up on the problems and there will be a good number of responses and options. A large collective of 'help'.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ender5/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ender3/
https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/
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Good advice, but I'll add
https://www.reddit.com/r/FixMyPrint/

If they need something less interactive, I found this ebook useful

https://smile.amazon.com/3D-Printin...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1626460523&sr=8-3

Youtube also has a bunch of good stuff. I highly recommend just searching on <insert your printer make and model here> Mods.
 
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