You have to admit, the ability to “draw” and create three-dimensional products with a spool of plastic filament is just plain cool.
However, if you are just getting into trying to purchase a 3D printer — all the choices and machine features can get confusing.
This blog article will review the main features of the machines we sell, so hopefully choosing the right machine to fit your needs will not be so daunting of a task.
We will be going over three machines — the Ender-3 V2, the Ender-5 Pro, and the CR-6 SE.
(Tip: If you don’t want to go through reading the whole article, you can check the chart below that summarizes the differences between these 3 printers.)
1. Modeling Technology
All three models are fused-deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printers. This means that they melt printing material and extrude it layer-by-layer to make the desired part.
However, the Ender-3 V2 is a standard Cartesian FDM printer, where the hot end moves along the X- and Z-axes.
On the other hand, the Ender 5 Pro follows a “reverse Cartesian” technique, where the hot end moves within the XY-plane and the bed is raised and lowered along the Z-axis.
The CR-6 SE has the same type of head as the Ender-3 V2, except it has dual z-axis which means more stability.
Another difference between the machines is the extrusion system, or how the printer pushes out the filament.
Both Ender-3 V2 and CR-6 SE are Bowden systems, but the placement of the extrusion head is different. They have the extruder head on the z-axis carriage, which can make it difficult to change the filament.
Whereas, the Ender-5 Pro has its extruder on the side of the frame.
Originally published at https://yorahome.com on February 22, 2022.
