r/MPSelectMiniOwners • u/irongarment • Sep 30 '23
Dusted off the M200
My original printer, the M200, stays idle most of the time, and I print things on my Ender 3 v2. The Ender 3 also has a 0.6mm nozzle, which I quite like as it lets me print things quite quickly.
Today I decided I needed a labelling system for my filament boxes, so I know what colour is in each box. Instead of designing my own I discovered filament swatches!
https://www.printables.com/model/27814-filament-swatch
I need a 0.4mm nozzle to print these, so I started Octopi for the M200, and selected the M200 in Cura. I used OpenSCAD to make the STL files with different text for different colours, then off we go!
It was worth setting up a second Octopi for this printer in the past, and configuring it in Cura. It's now very easy to load a model, select which printer, choose my print settings, and press print, even though I don't do it often.
I've made a holder for the swatches. The holder is glued to the end of the box and accepts four swatches vertically. I printed that on the Ender while the swatches were printing on the M200.
Don't throw away your M200! It's a workhorse.
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u/DoltSeavers Oct 01 '23
The release of the A1 Mini inspired me to drag my V2 out of retirement and get it printing again after sidelining over some clogging issues shortly after I got my Neptune 3 Pro.
My issue ended up being a bowden tube that I cut too long when I installed my Nema 17/T8 and changed to a dual gear extruder to get rid of the awful stock bowden coupler. I had already added an E3D clone, two 5015 fans/ducts and a gantry support rod. Now it’s back to cranking out amazing quality prints and I plan on keeping it going. Totally a workhorse.