Solutech’s Silver Metal PLA was used for all of the 3D prints in this article.
Therefore, I suggest skipping the sample piece and using your own purchased PLA material. The material’s moisture level, brand and quality are unknown. NOTE1:The provided sample material is not vacuum packed with a silica packet. Keep reading for more details and pictures. After printing the sample files, I was eager to start on my own projects. This may provide acceptable prints quickly, but does not show case a machine’s quality capabilities. Typically, sample files a created using thicker layer lines at the machine’s max speed settings. That combination is the basis for my own custom profiles used on all of my figure prints. Upon further inspection of the GCode files, the samples were sliced using 0.10 layer heights at 60mm/s overall speed. Check out the slideshow to see the results. Surprisingly, the three designs printed with incredible quality and details. For the sake of this review, I spent several hours 3D printing the files supplied with the Longer Cube 2 compact 3D printer. Normally I don’t bother with manufacturers supplied sample files. Learning to use slicer software(s) efficiently is a different topic. The outlined setup really is as easy as it sounds. NOTE:This Cube 2 is the 8th FDM 3D printer that I own and the 10th that I’ve set up. Regardless of your age or 3D printer experience, the easy setup and per-assembled design is ideal to start printing quickly right out of the box.