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The mini is neat, but I'm more excited about the CoreXY based XL.

I love my MK3, which I've upgraded to the MMU MK3S, but have had a bunch of projects where a larger printing area would be desirable (I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc., so usually this means 3-6 distinct sets of prints on the MK3S).

I have a good bit of experience on the Voron 2, and was thinking I was going to build a 2.1 - the CoreXY design also has the benefit of being able to print faster without quality loss, as well as being very amenable to designs that have built in enclosures, which is a godsend for printing ABS (and building exhausts to get the fumes out of the house), but with how great my experience with my current Prusa has been, I'm going to wait and see how it shapes up. It'd also save a ton of work, as the Voron is an entirely DIY design.



> I print a lot of board game organizers, to reduce shelf space usage, speed up set up/tear down, improve playing ability during the game, etc

Interesing use-case-do you have some photos? (and possibly design files, although I currently don't have access to a printer)


I don't offhand, but boardgamegeek has a massive list where users contribute their creations. Most include a link to thingiverse with the STL files and pictures:

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/186909/3d-prints-board-ga...

I've used some fairly generic ones where existing solutions don't exist, but there are some parametric generators on thingiverse that I've started experimenting with.


Can't you avoid the fumes of ABS using ASA? I thought that ASA it's same to print without enclosure.


There's no FDM filament that you should be breathing around while printing, even regular old PLA, PETG, etc. ASA is about as bad as ABS is though, from my understanding.




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