FlyFishingNordic

Getting started with 3D printing – Step by Step Guide

  1. Buy a 3D printer, I use the Creality Ender 3 Pro it is a good and cheap printer that does the job, cost around 200$ at ebay
  2. Buy filament. i use Filright PLA (don’t buy cheap filament and start with PLA) 
  3. Assembly of printer, if you buy the Creality Ender 3 Pro use below video as instruction
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me8Qrwh907Q
  4. Now you need to level the bed and load filament, use below video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eqTmb01cBk
  5. Now you need to adjust your Esteps/mm follow below guide, my Ender is set to 102.95

https://letsprint3d.net/how-to-calibrate-the-extruder-steps-ender-3-5-cr-10/

6.  Now your printer should be ready to go. In this step you need to download some software that can convert STL files into G-codes that printer uses to navigate. I use ultimaker Cura download link below
https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura

7. Now you need something to print, you can download my files by going to the projects page.
When open Cura for the first time hit Control+O or go to file – open file navigate to the files you have downloaded and click open, follow below screenshots

8. Now insert the SD-card in your printer and go to print form TF, then select the file you want to print. And now you are printing 🙂

Scroll to Top