So what did I go to? I purchased a Lulzbot Mini and have not looked back. Straight out of the box it printed without issues.. HIPS, PLA, PLA+, ABS, and PETG all came out without any changes, tweaking, modifications or tinkering - It just worked! Yes the price was 3x what the Black Widow was, but I spent close to the price of the Lulzbot purchasing spares and parts to make the Black Widow perform properly.
I presently have been printing without issues since the purchase and have had 1 or 2 failed prints that were my fault as my AC unit was blowing on the printer while trying to print ABS. This was resolved with a enclosure from Printed Solid which kept the cool air off the print while printing the high temperature filaments.
With the Mini I have been able to print 95% of a TAZ 6 printed parts list. This will be my go to printer once completed. The Mini convinced me that the Lulzbot brand was a good product and I figured I would try to build my own (Hell I pretty much created my own Black Widow by the time I was done trying to make it work properly).
Well that is the updates so far.
Lulzbot Mini
Luzlbot Taz 6 Project that I am assembling
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