Review on 💻 V2 Official Motherboard Carborundum 220X220X250Mm: The Ultimate High-Performance Motherboard for Enhanced Efficiency by Jeff Leu

This is a great first 3D printer. But first you have to understand that cheap 3D printing is definitely in its infancy, you shouldn't expect everything to be super easy and cool. You need some patience and a willingness to learn. Let's get to the rating. The printer was packaged in a fantastic box, every part was securely in place and everything was properly packed. Unboxing was fairly easy, I recommend having a utility knife with you to carefully cut away the plastic wrapping film. Assembly is very easy if you have good instructions. I used the Creality Ender 3 V2 Assembly and Pro Build Tips video from the Tomb of 3d Printed Horrors YouTube channel, it's excellent and covers the entire build process, avoiding almost all the gotchas. I say "almost" because my z-axis motor is mounted in such a way that the z-lead screw was very crooked. I ended up installing a small cardboard spacer between the motor and bracket to push it out and straighten the Z-shaft. Definitely worth looking into for this issue. The symptom of the failure is a loud click when trying to move the Z-axis up when near the bed. After this problem was fixed, everything worked wonderfully. There is a great bed leveling video on the same YouTube channel. Once my bed was level I printed out the dog model from a microsd card. It worked great. I was shocked at the quality of the print. It was fantastic. The first thing that struck me while typing is how quiet it is. The new Silent Stepper Motor motherboard is really great, on its own it's probably worth the difference in price between the Ender 3 Pro and Ender 3 V2. All other small updates are good too. Oddly enough, the little drawer in the front is another one of my favorite upgrades, it's just really handy for storing small items. I like the power supply under the build plate, it's just protected from accidentally dropping things if a kid pierces us. Overall, I feel like the V2's design is a lot more polished than the old Enders. I personally think the V2 updates are worth every penny. I was also surprised at how few grip issues I had initially. A lot of people complain about prints falling off, but the included filament worked on every print I ran. In particular, when I switched to Hatchbox copper filament, I encountered a number of issues and had to fine-tune the platform to achieve adhesion. I also need to clean the build plate with isopropyl alcohol between prints. I lost my first 4 or 5 small prints in Hatchbox PLA due to adhesion issues. For the tools, I downloaded the latest version of the Cura slicer, which works really well. For high quality printing, I use the Cura adaptation from the Mini-Print YouTube channel mentioned above. Creating your own Cura profile takes some time, but creates nice mini prints and a functional threaded nut that I need for a broken fan. I found that Cura was not suitable for making supports, my prints have a lot of surface imperfections that really ruin the print quality. I now use Meshmixer to create custom props with much better results. For my functional prints I used Tinkercad, it was very easy to create the desired hex nut, note that I plan to make the threaded holes slightly larger than measured to allow for plastic shrinkage. Obviously it wasn't easy and I learned a lot in 2 weeks. You need to learn many new skills and tools to get the most out of your printer. If that's what you're up for, this is a great printer.