$499 Klipper Firmware Conveyor Belt 3D Printer: IdeaFormer IR3 V2 on KickStarter, 250mm x 250mm x ∞

[@andyspoo2]

It's not true to say that ideaMaker only allows you to upload to their printers. You can also send files to Octoprint and Repetier. Go to printer settings and look for 'Gcode Export'. Change 'Default Action' to 'Upload to other Server'. Repetier is apparently klipper server software? Does this printer have Repetier built in (I'm a Marlin user so have no idea).

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, you’re right! I selected 'Send files to OctoPrint,' and it worked! Thanks for the tip :) I hadn’t realized that, as I don’t use IdeaMaker slicer at all except when printing with this IR3 V2 and previous generations.

[@andyspoo2]

@@AuroraTech I have been using it for years and really liked it but have changed recently because it still does not do tree supports. I'm glad I could help.

[@jonwoodworker]

This channel is the GOLD standard for bench top machinery.

[@riodave4954]

I always wait to see what she says on most if not all printers :D

[@TheJacklwilliams]

Her and her brother are the future of engineering. The scripting/video quality is always top notch, the builds and tuning of the printers, the detailed reviews, on and on and on. They are both incredibly knowledgeable, professional, capable. They’ve got very bright futures. I as well come here for anything I’m considering purchasing.

[@justinchamberlin4195]

Although I don't really have a use case for them, I am happy to see someone keeping the dream of belt printers alive in 2024. I'm not thrilled about any Kickstarter project and I had hoped to see any slicer other than Ideamaker, but hey...they can't all be winners. Except for the review videos on this channel, those are winners every single time.

[@BennyTygohome]

Very interesting seeing differences when using 45° infinit conveyor printers. Super cool. The titanic print is awesome

[@avejst]

Great video as always. Love the sturdy design and implementation. Thanks for sharing your expirence with all of us 👍 😀

[@PhoKingRadical]

Very interesting printer. That was a huge boat and didn't take very long. Thanks for such awesome videos!

[@Liberty4Ever]

Another great review video! Thanks. I don't want to print cosplay swords but I can see using a 45 degree belt printer for continuous manufacturing. Hang a 3 kg spool and place a bin at the end of the belt to print hundreds of parts without any labor. Also good for long prints such as custom signs.

[@thenextlayer]

Phenomenal review as always, Aurora. I have only one correction, which is that you can use the export to others feature in idea maker and it can export to any octal print or clipper printer but you can’t monitor the printer at least I haven’t figured out how hope this helps.

[@cheekyoscar1353]

wow , your videos are absolutely fantastic ... so much effort is put into them just first class .. 🏆🥇🥇🥇 Regarding this printer what a game changer . if they can get the quality as good as a " Bambu Lab x1c " and with multicolour option then it's going to be a winner .... but right now I don't think it's there yet ...

[@seekertosecrets]

5:11 You got that right! That is fast! 10:47 That's over 51 percent faster! Nice! I will have to add that printer to my mental listing! Looks like a great investment.

[@printing3d722]

I just pledged my first Kickstarter for this, as I have the IR3V1. Note that you can speed up the print on the IR3V1 using the interface. I typically crank it up to 200% and haven't had an issue with PLA or PETG. And, as usual, great video except I miss the bloopers!

[@Doogleraia]

Oh FINALLY more progress on the CB3DP, so nice to finally see a klipper based one that you don't have to build on your own. Might get this one, but I'm still hoping someone makes a Conveyor Belt 3D Printer with a MMU system or at least IDEX

[@KanielD]

Just rewatched the review on the original ideaformer as I was debating on backing this.

[@Finchyboi14470]

Really angry that this got me wanting to buy another 3D printer after telling all my friends that I was done buying new printers and would just upgrade the ones I have already.

[@paulr4279]

Yup. More of I don’t need, but want. 🎉

[@jrdsm]

why do you need to tell your friends? just hide this new one in your garage

[@paulr4279]

@@jrdsm yeah. It’ll be our little secret. 🤣

[@krollmond7544]

Yeah I still want the Prusa XL, Elegoo Orange Storm Giga and NOW this lol. Rest in peace my poor wallet....

[@Youngrich87]

@@krollmond7544I have the giga and it’s been nearly flawless for me so far. Backed this printer as well. Can’t bring myself to buy the Prusa XL as the price tag is more than it’s worth, IMO. Instead I’m converting a voron 2.4 to a 6 TH for about 1/3 of the price of a 5 TH Prusa XL (including the cost of the original voron kit)

[@terryclair2914]

Another excellent review! Thank you!

[@TWODNA1BEEF]

They really should have sold this as the first pre built IDEX belt 3D Printer or at least offer a upgrade. PETG supports would solve all the issues with overhangs that you see.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Can this print petg?

[@proaudiorestore8926]

@@Gorilla_Jonesyes, she print PETG in the video. In some instances it appears to print PETG better

[@TomFYouTube]

Love your channel. Patiently waiting for you to review the Creality K2 Plus. Thought you'd be the first to get one... 🥺

[@jim5148]

Great review as usual, thanks!

[@KatrinaLeFaye]

Now this is a printer I want to get my hands on!

[@ricopadco]

the is any internal diferetn on this printer compare with the IR3 v1? like mother board, stepper motors or belt dimesion ? I like to know if the belt will fit on the old version.

[@CautiousCrow]

Wow what a unique printer.

[@andyspoo2]

Does this printer work well wall mounted (to save space)?

[@RandomDudeWorkshop]

If I had a use case for this printer I would be buying one right now!

[@Cecina-]

What we need is a belt printer with a normal 90 degree angle for batch production I wish this could have the option either 45 or 90 degree just changing the gantry installation. PS: Is the K2 Plus review coming next week?

[@AuroraTech]

The K2 Plus video will be released around Nov 10.

[@studywithme8055]

Do you know if it will have a sale on BF?

[@berlinberlin4246]

Is it possible to use it with Orca slycer?

[@joescalon541]

Is ideaformer support any good? From reading their kickstarter campaign and the lack of an editor, there might be a big language barrier, so would support be better or worse than creality?

[@quietbiker]

I wonder if overhangs will be improved with better part cooling. For me, this looks to be a blocker and most printers can handle a 45 degree overhang without any issues. I think your conclusion is correct, better filament profiles will help. It would have been great to see if you did any temperature towers or other tuning tweaks. Possibly printing the PLA a bit cooler may have helped with overhangs too. Good videos though - new subscriber!

[@jksjrgfpsjgr]

great review! have you tried printing with lower layer heights? because even 0,2mm is already 0.2*1,41 on a 45° belt printer. i think that might be the solution to the perfect cityscape print you showed from the manufaturer. there isnt really much you can do with profiles im afraid.

[@bluerider0988]

Curious on the tolerance test. I imagine due to printing at a 45° angle it would not be good.

[@awilliams1701]

This is such a good deal that I almost feel bad that I have no need for a belt printer. lol I wish them well.

[@Jbobonline]

Wonderful product, and a great review ❤

[@FedericoAlbano83]

Thank you very much for the as usual excellent video. Would this printer be able/good at printing PC, PA or ABS/ASA? would have loved to see a test for these materials on your side to be sure.

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, but you need the enclosure and apply glue on the textured PEI belt for ABS/ASA. For PC and PA you just need glue.

[@Piccyman1]

Good for parts that need strength in both directions.

[@raymond79yanyan]

professional review👍

[@bertzerker]

Can you share the slicer profile for this machine please? Profiles are available for the older Ideaformer belt printers only. I'm sure I am not the only one who would want to compare print times using this method that doesnt have the included usb

[@AuroraTech]

Sure, here you go: auroratechchannel.com/download/IR3_V2_Config.zip

[@CountOfMontyCrypto]

Greast printer but for very niche print jobs. Would be an epic printer for Hueforge given the length and ultra low print heights.

[@nlkatz]

I wonder how this will do with warp-prone materials like ABS and ASA.

[@joescalon541]

It will warp just like any other open air printer. Sometimes you can get away with ASA-CF.

[@nlkatz]

@@joescalon541 Not open air, I'd use their enclosure. Good suggestion on using fiber reinforced though.

[@tweekFPV]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@bioinfor]

I just backed the project, as I never had a belt printer. I wonder how long of a print you can feasibly do with this.

[@AuroraTech]

It doesn’t have a hard limit, but the printer.cfg sets the bed length to 99999 mm, or about 100 meters. As this is just a soft limit, and you can change it to any length you want.

[@proaudiorestore8926]

How long is your room?

[@DangaRanga]

I just want that belt for my IR3 that i put klipper on myself. RUns like a banshee, but dealing with the belt adhesions a pain

[@Scriven42]

Getting this tech right would be cool for small batch stuff, damn! You gonna run roboalpacas for days?

[@joeking433]

What happens if the belt moves at all? How do they keep it so perfect???

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, their belts have always been perfectly aligned since the original IR3. Unlike other DIY kits, I don’t have to spend time aligning them, nor do I need to realign them occasionally.

[@kaimelis]

What happens if we orientate a belt printer up or down? Im trying to imagine this, maybe someones tried? 45 degrees down maybe could make sense, or maybe this is a use case for an adjustable gravity vector?

[@stephan.scharf]

I do expect a (let's say) 5 year lifetime for my printer. Is such a company capable to do support for all specific spare parts, eg. printing belt for a reasonable printer lifetime? Great review as always Aurora!

[@CamuLufia]

That's an Interesting one!

[@Armor3dprinting]

What material is the bed?

[@AuroraTech]

Textured PEI

[@merrillalbury8214]

What about multi color printing?

[@krollmond7544]

I don't think it's a thing with belt printers

[@adams1625]

Amazing

[@wisepundit]

That's neat!

[@swdw973]

I saw the price on Kickstarter listed as $1099 after the flash sale.

[@QuietMikeW]

I didn’t even know belt 3-D printers were a thing, all the angles are so confusing 😵‍💫 pretty cool though

[@racefreak9488]

Pretty old Idea 😅👍

[@loaffette3860]

The creality cr-30 was one of the first commercial ones, but I own 14 of them. I hate each and every single one of them. HATE. Hate. Let me tell you how much I've come to hate the cr-30 since I began to use it. There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in my body. If the word 'hate' was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those thousands of miles it would not equal one one-billionth of the hate I feel for the cr-30 at this micro-instant. For the cr-30. Hate. Hate.

[@crd7876]

And that is because he owns creality, they’re the Chevy of printers, constant need of maintenance to do even 30 minutes of work, but never fully dies

[@andrikurniawan531]

@@loaffette3860 calm down dude

[@paulr4279]

CR 30 has been a successful failure for a few years now. Still tempting tho.

[@Piccyman1]

What would this be like if Bambulab designed a 45 degree printer

[@paulr4279]

Yup. Maybe that’s the new one coming out next year. But there are reasons why these printers haven’t really caught on. Quality being the obvious one.

[@KanielD]

Also, small detail & I could be mistaken, but I don’t believe that ideamaker is open source, just free.

[@ken830]

I guess that's one way to get rid of the Benchy hull line...

[@ilichprod4352]

Cr-30 ?

[@AuroraTech]

The hardware of the IR3, even the older IR3 V1, is much better than that of the CR-30. The CR-30 uses POM wheels, the basic Ender 3 hotend, and Marlin firmware.

[@proaudiorestore8926]

So odd seeing a printer print like this. It adds a whole new dimension of printing issues

[@Gorilla_Jones]

Can this print petg? Not sure if I like your new song though LOL.

[@AuroraTech]

Yes, the blue sign and the pen holders were printed in PETG.

[@suekuan1540]

Shoe horn this to a Pelaton treadmill and you'll be in business

[@bluerider0988]

Curious on the tolerance test. I imagine due to printing at a 45° angle it would not be good.