Stealth black: The Layer One Atom 2.0 delta 3D printer review!

Cost ?

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Try it


Print red blood cells
Body parts which are long lasting
120 days to forever

Made all types of body parts so we got natural reaction for bionic part of our body

this is basically an overglorified anycubic kossel with buzzwords like carbon fibre and titanium attached to it. the magnetic balls just add weight to the effector which should be as light as possible on a delta. The mainboard is completely out of place on a 1000$ printer.

I have this printer, I think it is one of the best delta 3d printer you can buy. The engineering and part accuracy is impressive. The biggest limit is the use of MKS Gen 1.4 controller board. The 8 bit chip just don't have enough computing power to move fast. I upgraded to Duet 2 Wifi 32bit board recently, I was totally impressed by the real performance of this printer capable.

A bit over priced but beautiful design. cant wait to review the 2.5 myself

2000 USD and it ships with 8bit conroller , 1 dollar A series drivesticks and 4x16 LCD .... nice !

So when are you doing the review of 2.5 model?

$1000 ripoff still needs improvement? maybe $350.

so did you ever get the 2.5 ?

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you said that a negative way tonnes wires going into screw terminals would lead to a future safety problem.
Cam you please explain why? I'm genuinely curious

Please review the Atom 2.5 EX!

Did you know All3dp is using several of your videos and speech during those videos as reviews on their websitte?

Review a Mass Portal Pharaoh!! :) :)

Are you going to review the Atom 2.5 EX with dual extruder?

How does this compare to the ultimaker 3, ignoring dual extrusion?

Could u do the SeeMeCNC Rostock Max v3? i wanna see a review from someone i trust

What fan are those?

Nice Review. As I said in the Build video, expensive, for the components used it's too expensive. For the type of money you are in ultimaker territory, not slating the product but the market is very keen and I dont see anything in this printer that makes it really stand out from the crowd other than as a piece of expensive furniture. If it was an "aliexpress" €500 dollar special it would make a great starting point to add better motors, a better control board and decent belt management.

I'm voting up for investigation of the 0.9degree stepper motors. I would be really interested if it does makes any change.

lol micromake D1 with HIWIN linear rails does the same, but costs 190+150 USD (plus 100 USD for a blue laser if you want it).... - _ - !

It is open source?

Seriously a class 3B at least laser on magballs and an 8 bit controller, and only supplied with a set of glasses? one illegal and two seriously dangerous.

Yes, totally want to see what difference adding 0.9 deg steppers makes to the print quality!

Dude...you've got the best reviewing style. Thorough, but your videos don't feel long. I'm not in the market for the 3D printer (I have a self-built Prusa i3), but I still enjoy watching your videos. Congrats and keep up the good work!

Sexy looking printer!!

This printer looks like it would be a good platform for the Prometheus system you just reviewed.

you should do a review of the Think3Dprint3D mnin kossel delta. I have one and its great. Great vid btw. thanks

Hey Thomas! Great review. Could you review the zmorph 3d printer? They have a ton of exchangeable tool heads. They also have something called a closed loop system, for error correction. Curious to learn more about it.

Another great review Tom. Those time lapse shots are sick. The outside B-roll was also a cool addition.

It's funny though the Atom 2.0 has the looks to match it's starting price of $1699 but has some hardware and software more in line with a cheap $400 delta.

Almost every printer I know feels like a starters kit where you have to adjust this, change that, flash here and replace that to get a satisfying quality. Building from scratch is just more difficult because you have to find all the parts from good suppliers.

Tom's what are the major advantages to a Delta printer?

Just way too expensive wow.

wow very pricey. I bought a boots v2.0 a few years ago and it was much cheaper. all be it this looks much much nicer and boots had the absolute worst customer service but the electronics are generally the same so I feel like this looks a bit over priced.

also I really want to see a delta come with side. panels to keep the build area temp more consistent. seems to be a rare feature on delta printers

I bought an Atom 2.0 last year and run into a few issues. The main one was the extruder, which was ripping/skipping on softer filaments. I swapped it for a DyzeXtruder and it solved the problem. The other problem is that LayerOne support is a bit slow to respond (time zone adds delay) and that the user community is mainly Chinese-speaking... so getting answers/support is hard. Last but not least, the parts are hard to find in North America, and probably Europe as well: you have to ask LayerOne or try to place an order on a Taiwanese website, hoping that Google Translate will work. I still have some print issues (occasional banding, filament ripping), but overall am quite happy with the print quality.

On my similarly sized delta, 0.9 degree steppers helped out a ton, along with moving to 32-bit RADDS as my electronics and RAPS128 drivers. Looking forward to seeing where you go with this delta to get better results. Thanks for the review, Tom! Keep making great videos!

Did you mention using CURA with a Delta printer? If that's what you use please share how! I've always wanted to try CURA with my Rostock Max V2, especially with the new 1.3 beta I believe

It's a gorgeous machine but there are plenty of great Delta machines on aliexpress that work great for 1/4th the price. if it had a 32 bit board then it would stand above the delta clones for me.

All that and it's only 8 bit =( and not even touch screen...

Hi Tom! Nicely done as always. Your reviews are always very informative. Nice machine but it seems too pricey to me. Would you consider doing a comparison between Delta, Cartesian, and core XY printers? I would love to understand the pros and cons better.

I'm just waiting for a home ready DMLS printer.

Hi Tom, another great video thanks.
Tell me why use a 32bit board?. In my own designed 3D Printer I chose to use the Rambo and it never misses a beat. I'm a great believer in that the issues people have is their design or not knowing how to tune a printer properly.
This is our second design and it prints great quality(take a look at my channel). We have been working on the printer for a little over a year now and still thinking of releasing it commercially here in New Zealand.
Regards Kevin

Love you're reviews Tom. Keep up the good work?

Hi Tom nice review! You should look into the Micromake D1 it's the same idea just alot cheaper. I was wondering what control board you would recommend for a delta with more pressing power?
Thanks

Wow.. you covered most of the questions I had about this printer. Great job Tom! Cant wait for the 2.5!

Nice Review, also think there can be made much more to refine the Delta's .
I like the choice of materials on this one , especially the titanium Extruder which makes it a smart choice .

Point is those artifacts can occur because of the 8 bit mcu.
Next if you have a blob on the top layer of your print, thru over extruding oozing or pause in print for example overload of the processor, the nozzle can bump into it and disconnect the magnets messing up the print.