When preparing a 3d print you process it with a Slicer to convert it from a 3d model to a printable file. Current versions of slicers such as Cura 4.x and PrusaSlicer 2.x include both the length of filament needed for a print and the weight of the filament needed.

I have uploaded to the DrVax YouTube channel a number of videos about upgrading your Ender 5. Here are links to some of the Google Slide decks used in those videos:

The following DrVax video explains how to calibrate the extruder on your new 3d printer. After watching the video you can use the form below the video to calculate your new extruder steps per mm (the E value):

This tutorial and the associated videos are designed to both introduce the read/viewer to Ghost, an up and coming blogging platform, and provide sufficient detail so a novice with little to no experience with AWS can configure a blog, secure it, upload a theme and start blogging.

Learn a new hobby, a new skill. Start creating stuff. All the tools and tech for under $500.

I wanted to find out if someone who does not consider themselves very "handy" and is concerned that assembling a 3d printer from a kit is too much work would be satisfied with a fully assembled, fully calibrated, ready to go, 3d printer for under $200.

Instead of retiring baby boomers should retool and reboot their lives as makers.

The maker basics videos on my DrVAX YouTube channel are designed to teach aspiring makers, makers of all ages, about basic equipment and skills needed to participate in the maker community.

3d printers work layer by layer. Watch a 3d printer in action printing a vase on the new Creality Ender 5.