Re: CAD Stuff
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 7:47 pm
It's a weight lifting/exercise device for grip, wrist and forearm strength.
I gotta be me.
It's a weight lifting/exercise device for grip, wrist and forearm strength.
I gotta be me.
So... a bit of follow up... after over 2 months of waiting for that printer to arrive, it shows up with missing and wrong parts, and started to become more and more of a project than a tool... huge disappointment, customer service was absolute garbage. had the thing almost a year, and it's still in pieces, I want to use it, but I just don't have time to mess with it to the degree I need to to make it work, so for now, I'm going to box it up and deal with it after I move next year.ericjon262 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 03, 2019 9:57 pm I paid off my truck, and bought myself a treat...
https://folgertech.com/collections/3d-p ... rinter-kit
shit's gonna get real!
Do it! Mine was about $300, and super easy to get put together. I'm thinking about printing a bunch of stuff and starting some test fits!The Dark Side of Will wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:26 pm Snazzy... I need to get a 3D printer... SO MUCH PROTOTYPING.
I was gonna use superglue, but that works too! I've been thinking about printing the LX9 intake I was working on and seeing how it fits.pmbrunelle wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:18 pm Since that's ABS, you can use ABS plumbing cement to put together small pieces into something bigger.
First layer looks a little cold and a little far from the bed maybe? What are you using for a slicer? Mine likes to see a little extra extrusion percentage on the first layer, and a little extra heat on the first several layers.ericjon262 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:23 pm New printer is in! assembly was a breeze, only issue, was that the limit switches for the X axis were wired backwards... 10 minutes later after pulling the bottom of the controller off, and switching, and everything is awesome! First print was an intake flange for a 3500, I joined the ports and split the flange because the whole thing wouldn't fit the print bed in one piece. made it easy to validate my measurements. I'm pretty excited at the opportunity to start prototyping the different drawings I've been making.
There's a little bit of mess around the bolt hole, not sure what happened there. Low adhesion to the bed? There's several easy DIY approaches available to fix stuff like that. I'll investigate what I need to do later when it matters more.
I've been using Slic3r lately, but Cura is pretty popular as well. It's best to search around and see what others are using for settings specific to your printer and experiment from there.ericjon262 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:22 pm I'm using the slicer that came with the printer, and I am actually printing in PLA, not ABS. I'm still pretty green at this, I have lots of learning to do. do you have a slicer that you recommend?
The guys at my work are somewhat concerned about the ABS outgassing, so as a rule nobody uses the 3D printer during daytime.
it's worth mentioning, that all of the things you suggested made a huge improvement in print quality. The printer came with a .020" feeler gauge for setting the nozzle standoff, and that was way too far. I also heated the bed up about 5 degrees hotter, and swapped over to the Cura slicer. I still need to do a thorough calibration though, the Y axis steps/mm are off, but not enough to notice until the part is over about 120 mm long.Honest Don wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:53 pm First layer looks a little cold and a little far from the bed maybe? What are you using for a slicer? Mine likes to see a little extra extrusion percentage on the first layer, and a little extra heat on the first several layers.
I also like using PETG for stuff. It tolerates heat much better than PLA and the outgassing is supposedly less toxic than ABS
ericjon262 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 1:36 pmit's worth mentioning, that all of the things you suggested made a huge improvement in print quality. The printer came with a .020" feeler gauge for setting the nozzle standoff, and that was way too far. I also heated the bed up about 5 degrees hotter, and swapped over to the Cura slicer. I still need to do a thorough calibration though, the Y axis steps/mm are off, but not enough to notice until the part is over about 120 mm long.Honest Don wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:53 pm First layer looks a little cold and a little far from the bed maybe? What are you using for a slicer? Mine likes to see a little extra extrusion percentage on the first layer, and a little extra heat on the first several layers.
I also like using PETG for stuff. It tolerates heat much better than PLA and the outgassing is supposedly less toxic than ABS
I assume it calls for .020 because that's the feeler gauge it came with, that being said, it didn't like that... I live leveled it, roughed it in and then started a big flat print and adjusted it as it went, seemed to work well enough for what I need ATM. I'll do a more serious bed level soon.Honest Don wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:48 am Right on.
Not sure what your model calls for, but I set my nozzle with a piece of notebook paper.