My actual first purchase and has been a great workhorse.
What is awesome is that when I had the 2 Creality Ender 3 V2s, when
calibrated appropriately, are able to print the same gcode
files
without modifications. Alas the second Ender 3 V2 was sold to make
room for other, more capable, printers.
This printer is for sale:
- Stormtrooper: How long have you had this printer?
- Mike: Two or three seasons.
Obi Wan: It’s up for sale if you want it.- Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi Wan: You don’t need to see his identification.- Stormtrooper: We don’t need to see his identification.
- Mike: Just make a damn offer!
Base stats#
- Make: Creality
- Model: Ender 3 V2
- Filament diameter: 1.75mm
- X = 220 (235 with custom firmware)
- Y = 220 (235 with custom firmware)
- Z = 250
- Layer heights = 0.01mm-0.4mm (PrusaSlicer: 0.08-0.28)
- Hotend max: 260C
- Bed temp max: 110C
- Max travel speed: 200mm/s
- Motherboard: Creality’s 4.2.2 32-bit mainboard
- Flavor: Marlin 2.x
Hardware included or added#
- Direct drive: no (long bowden from extruder to hotend)
- upgraded to MicroSwiss Direct-Drive + All Metal Hotend
- Filament runout sensor: no (should probably look into this)
- Bed mesh leveling: no (optional, BLTouch via physical sensor)
- Hardened Steel Nozzle: no 0.4mm
- upgraded to hardened steel nozzle soon afterwards
- Flexible build plate: no (comes with glass plate)
- purchased BuildTak Flex-plate Kit with original surface
- purchased BuildTak Flex-plate (2)
- purchased PEI sheets for the flexible plates (10) (consumable)
I wanted my first desktop printer#
Creality Ender 3 V2 was my first printer purchased but it sank in the hook. Within 10 days I had ordered up my Prusa MK3S+ link
Took about 2 1/2 hours to assemble it when I got home and the next day, after learning how to do leveling I started doing calibration.
The printer can be purchased as a mostly assembled kit for ~$250 and is on sale from time to time. This printer is mostly silent. The hot-end fans make fan noises but the steppers and motors are virtually silent.