I've got lots of threads.
Give me a couple
This one and the IOAOI Coralland are the "active" tank threads. The Tenecore 5.6 is still running but in dark mode - more or less fallow until I get some work done around the house and I put a light over it and reboot it.
I couldn't believe the difference having a camera made. I use to go into the printer room once an hour or so to make sure everything was okay, Now I just peek at the camera feed and go on about my day, a real quality of life improvement, that and the network connection to send the file instead of using an SD card. I can finish a design, open the slicer, slice it and send it then just check the camera once in a while. I think you will really like the differences from the Ender experience. I mainly bought the A1 because I needed the slightly larger bed over the Ender 3 S1 Pro I had but I think it was about two months after I got the A1, I gave the Ender to a guy at St. Vincent DePaul. Of course I didn't have the large bed like you do so I probably would have held onto a Max.
I'd hold onto the Max as well. I found the S1 a little limiting as lot of designs that I would have used early on were designed for the Prusas, so just a little too large for the S1. With the A1 (same build plate as the X1C, P1S, etc.) I think I've had only one piece that I had to redesign to get around bed size limitations. Where the bigger size really seems to come into its own is for Cosplay as helmets and such are just a little too big for the 256mm beds. I don't see myself doing Cosplay anytime soon so, I'm good.
I don't cosplay. But those IOAOI kids are just over 11" .
As soon as I saw the lids I thought about that. There are definitely times where the larger bed will come in handy. It's nice you have the option. My biggest bed is still 256mm cubed.
C'mon, Tom, where's your sense of adventure!
I use exclusively PETG for everything.
FWIW - when I get up and running, who knows when this will be, I am going to print all things tank related in ABS. I have reasons for this which you will have to pay me to learn.
This is nearly exactly what people say about my humor.
I only use PETG for in the tank stuff and for most around the tank stuff as it is more UV resistant and heat tolerant than PLA. I use PETG for probably 80 to 90 percent of everything I print.
