*Raises hand* Have got an Anet A8  I've had mine for about a year. Wait....am middle aged.....i've had mine for about a year and a half. Give it a full 2 days to build it Brad. The Youtube instructions are really good, just pause and do. Some don't take the brown paper off that the parts ship in, but it looks far better in the gloss black. For PLA, you don't need to heat the bed for each print. At your time of the year, the bloody thing would catch fire anyway if you did ! The weak points are the forward backwards of the bed all the time (oooerr missus) and the less than reliable power supply. Fix the bed wires by soldering the connections and using a good slightly flexible glue on the connections. Fix the power supply, by putting a 12V computer fan on its case. I've had no issues from either usual problem. Try and keep the original tape on the bed for as long as possible, it seems to work best for adhesion of the print for the crucial first couple of layers. Am having adhesion troubles myself at the moment. Software - all free I use Tinkercad to design. It's easy, online and works: https://www.tinkercad.com/Thingiverse has a billion pre done 'things' that can be downloaded to print out. https://www.thingiverse.com/3D objects will be downloaded as .STL, so they need to be converted to .gcode for actual printing. I use CURA: https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-cura-softwareUsing 3D printable parts would ensure 100% replications were possible. I like the idea. Speaking of which, Jim, do you have the STL for your coil form perchance ?
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