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Been lurking these forums for sometime and have read just about every post on the Raise3D. A lot has changed since the V1. . .

Looking at Raise3D for my next printer (not sure which N series, yet).

Engineer, by trade, I’ve cut my teeth on a heavily modified SeeMeCNC Rostock Max. Great machine, but the modifications and tweaking are endless. I’ve upgraded the print area, controller, hot ends, extruders, built enclosure, added dual nozzles, added force sensors for auto leveling, wifi, motor isolators, etc. I’m just done with it. . . I’m not complaining, I’ve learned a lot and have no regrets as the money spent and time spent getting that machine to run. Its just taking away too many of my weekends re-tweaking my machine anytime I do a new print and the constant . . . is it going to fail at after 1 hour? 5 hrs? 16 hrs?

I’m at a point where I just want a printer that works . . . no mods, no tinkering, it just works. PETG, ABS, PLA, whatever I want to throw at it. I want a workhorse. Something I can send to the printer, come back and its done.

Thoughts? I do know there are mods (like the extruder?) but are any of these absolutly necessary? We’re talking 100hr prints without so much as a breaking a sweat.

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I have had a Raise 3D N2 Plus since about April or May and I’ve loved it!!! The only material I have printed are ABS and PLA so i can’t speak for the PETG

The only suggestion I have is go ahead and purchase the .6, .8mm nozzles and a purple glue stick when you buy it

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PLA for sure . . . I don’t want to touch ABS again, too many bad things associated to it.

Here are somethings that scare me. . . (posted at the Raise3D Forum), but would like to hear some unbiased opinions

-Still seeing folks with leveling issues despite the company precalibrating the builds (shipping issues? does the level hold over many prints? Indefinite?)
-Extruder issues? What the heck? You pay 3.8k for a printer but you mod it with a new extruder like bondtech? (great product but why? is the existing extruder so bad/heavy?)
-Filament jamming? Seriously is this still a thing? Is because of bad filament or bad design. I can’t stand my bowden setup.

-Hearing the extruder motor get so hot it makes extruding something like PLA impossible.
-is the dual nozzle setup that bad? It can’t be as bad as trying it on a Delta . . . where you have to tram across what feels like a parabolic dish.

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Leveling = No it doesn’t have a auto-level function but I’m not sure why its needed. I simply confirmed it was level from the factory and I’ve never had to adjust it again. I’m not sure why this is such a big deal to other people

I still have my factory extruder the only thing I had to do diffrent is switch it to a .6mm nozzle that way I could print PolyFlex (rubber). It was recommended by Raise to go with the .6mm nozzle for that material.

I clogged it once but that was my fault, I didn’t know what I was doing at that time

Its extremely quiet, I have people come into my office and not even realize its running

I honestly have never run the 2nd nozzle. Never had a need too yet

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I also want to add that the Raise 3D and FormLabs Form 2 3D printers is the only ones I’ve ever owned

I really like my Raise 3D but I would also recommend checking out the Fusion F400. I really liked it to but I picked the Raise because of the build size

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Longshot, did I answer your question though?

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yeah works for me. :slight_smile: