Last Thread: >>2675810>Your print failed? Go to:https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/>Calibrate your printer.https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.htmlIf that doesn't help you solve your problems, post:>A picture of the failed part>Printer make & model>Filament type/brand>Slicer & slicer settings>What printer should I buy? [32/72/5 :detadpU tsaL]Do your own research, these are just popular and available options, don't buy a $1000 bedslinger:Up to 200 USD: Kingroon KP3S, Sovol SV01, Voxelab Aquila X2, Anycubic Kobra Neo, ELEGOO Neptune 2S, Malyan M300/Monoprice Mini DeltaUp to 300 USD: Kingroon KP3S Pro/Pro S1, Sovol SV06, Creality Ender 3 V2 Neo, Elegoo Neptune 3Up to 400 USD: Creality Ender 3 S1, Sovol SV01 Pro, Artillery Sidewinder SW-X2Up to 500 USD: Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro, FLSUN Super RacerUp to 500 USD Large-Format: Anycubic Kobra Max, Elegoo Neptune 3 MaxUp to 800 USD: Bambu Lab P1POver 1000 USD: Bambu Lab X1 Carbon, Ultimaker, Lulzbot, Raise3DDIY: Voron, Rat Rig, Ultimaker/2/3, https://reprap.org/wiki/SLA: >>>/tg/3dpg>Where can I get things to print?https://www.thingiverse.com/https://thangs.com/https://printables.com/https://grabcad.com/https://google.com/https://www.yeggi.com/https://cults3d.com/T*legr*m>What CAD software should I use?Free to anyone: Fusion360, Onshape, TinkerCAD, FreeCADFree to me: Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD, Solidworks, Rhino, Solid EdgeAutistic /g/oobers: OpenSCAD, OpenJSCADMesh free-forming and modeling: BlenderArchitects: Sketchup>What slicer should I use?For everyone: Cura, PrusaSlicer, BambuStudio for Bambu owners.For enthusiasts: SuperSlicer, OrcaSlicerFor autists: Pleccer/SuperPleccer, Kiri:Moto, FullControlLegacy Pastebin (Last updated 1013 days ago): https://pastebin.com/AKqpcyN5#325
>>268317538 KB Debating an flsun3d superracer, coming from an ender 3 v2 Is this a good choice? Neither i nor anyone i personally know is experienced with delta printers, what issues should i be aware of that are specific to them?
>>2683172Ok, and? Looking up some wrong bend radius can happen. However multiple times and posting about it? That's some "why bother" level and should be laughed at.
>>2683175>got three images in the OPheh
>>2683175Anycubic Mega S anon here, got an unexpected Mega (without S, but apparently there's not much difference) donor board, otherwise just a new Meanwell PSU. Pic rel first print, prototype Gravitron. Honestly, i expected way worse. Not much, but mine.
>>2683190i have 3 as well
Born to printForced to sand
Am I being overly paranoid in not printing overnight? I feel like at the end of the day it's still a machine imported from china with god knows what kind of quality control.
>>2683195BasedAnycubic Mega should have been kept in the OP under destitute tier
>buy a printer>print inserts for a boardgame>no idea what else to print
>>2679762No yeah I understand why they're printed at a mild distance but prusaslicer's now raising them so high they're not adhering at all
is PIR insulation supposed to look like styrofoam? I'm a retard who knows fuckall about insulating materials and when I tried asking the workers at the shop they all had no idea what PIR even was so I just grabbed a slab of it from the pallet labeled as itI'm just concerned about it gassing when printing PETG
>>2683503print mildly useful shit like clamp-on cupholders for your board game roomthat's what I do
>>2683448You need to do the quality control nigga, if you bought a Chinese printer and haven't gone through and reviewed it, it may well be a fire hazard. Simple stuff like ferrules on connectors, big mistakes like not having thermal runaway protection enabled, fire safety with printers is a big deal and there are shitloads of resources that'll help you make sure your printer isn't a fucking tinderbox.>>2683506Yup, looks like a white or off-white fine grain foam, almost always with a backing/liner on one or both sides.
bought more filament to fix my hideous pokeball
>>2683517Bought more filament just so it can sit in a box for weeks now without me printing anything.
>>2683503there is so much boardgame shit you can design and print. I finally made a market stack/container for Village. I print a lot of first player markers as the game provided ones are usually shit. Made a few card/deck boxes but generally I just use cardstock. Making custom meeple/resources like the bullets and bulldozers from 51st state. I could spend a year just going through my games and making and printing QoL shit for each.>>2683519And then you got to print and you have X color in Y filament but not in what you need? I've been loving ABS shit but I'm down to two rolls of black, some doll/skin peach and teal ASA. idk whether to get more white or just print a ton of mostly black shit to burn it out so I can switch back to PLA.
Thingiverse seems like a shithole lately, if I want to get paid nickles and dimes occasionally for my utility stls where should I designfag these days?
>>2683528Printables, enter every contest with low effort remixes, earn free filament. Cults steals money from creators and bans you when you ask where your money is, so they're hot garbage. Thingiverse has always been garbage, the recent injection of effort did nothing to change that. Thangs also does contests, sort of, and their rewards program is generous.
>>2683528>latelyit's been shit for like 4+ years now, ever since they did away with the old format, started jewing extra hard with advertising, and putting it on life support mode with next to no moderation/technical support.
Maybe a bit outside printing, but do any of y'all have any good learning resources on properly measuring out real world objects and converting them into models? I have a fairly odd shaped bracket that I'd like to replicate/modify.Never used calipers before or anything, but it's more than a simple box, got curves and the like.
>>2683546post pic. I measure and guess then print a 1.2mm silhouette or test cross section and adjust as needed. It's often 6 generations or more to refine, but I keep shit simple and quick to print until putting it all together.The other method I know of is to take a pic with a ruler then basically trace the shit and scale it.
>>2683175>Curious about Prusa XL and its 5head system>Find some videos about it>Looks pretty cool. Decide to see what others think in the comments>People can't shut the fuck up about Bambu instead of discussing the actual machineI have an X1C too and it's a nice machine but Jesus, people weren't joking when they were saying they will become 3D printing Apple.
>>2683570thank fuck I'm on the right side of history for a change.
>>2683526I could print that kind of stuff, but then I'd want to have some cool filament colors etc. instead of just black generic PLA.
>>2683584they have this new thing here where you can exchange money for goods and services such as a truck coming to your door with filaments that aren't black.
What's the most coomer thing you've 3d printer? Now that I live alone I can really have some weird shit around my home
>3d print a mold with sprues etc>Make a cast of said mold>Do steps 3 through 75 to turn that mold into one that can be used for casting steel>Cast steel into mold>Take casting out, heat treat using induction forge to required spec>Machine finished piece into the required dimensions, as any molds made with this process would likely warp a considerable amount and said molds would probably need to be specifically designed to avoid massive warping>You can now produce almost any steel part you'd ever need, and probably sell niche old car/gun parts for a decent profitIs this already a thing people do? I mean it seems obvious enough to me that I'd be surprised if it isn't.
>>2683709Resin printers do have casting positive materials available, and the rules for geometry adjustments are going to be the same as conventional investment or sand casting.
I have decided it's time to get a new printer.My Makergear M2 reached like 6-7 years old.I mean it's still printing okay.But it requires a little maintenance every now and then. P1S woo woo
>>2683712Huh, I assumed if it was that easy I'd have heard about people doing it by now.
>>2683718Kek that's my address thanks for the free printer fucko
>>2683740YOU'RE THE SON OF A BITCH STEALING MY WIFI MOTHER FUCKER
>>2683734It's not super common for hobbyists, but the math is nothing all that special.
>>2683709Just modify your printer to do ECM or EDM instead. Way cheaper. From what I’ve seen, you can make an EDM setup from an ender 3 with like $50 worth of stuff, including a scrap microwave oven transformer rewound to output 60-120V. If you’re in a 120VAC country I even saw some guy just using rectified mains, but that’s a bit too scary for me. The rest is just a high-power resistor (coil of nichrome in a bucket of water, or maybe a printer’s heated bed) and a high-power MOSFET with triggering MCU. Inductive methods look a little nicer.
>>2683771>scrap microwave oven transformer>I even saw some guy just using rectified mains, but that’s a bit too scary for me.I promise the microwave oven transformer is much, much more dangerous than playing with mains voltage.Don't play with microwave oven transformers.
>>2683771Wait... Could you use a big fuckin laser for that? I just so happen to have access to a monstrously powerful laser laying around at my buddy's shop we haven't had a practical use for. It's big enough it would probably need at least a 240 line installed in the shop, no idea where he found it.Or would a laser be too destructive/not as precise as ECM/EDM
>>2683782That depends on the laser. CO2 doesn't produce the right wavelengths to cut metal.
>>2683784Guess I'll have to give it a closer look, I don't really recall any details about it except that it's allegedly extremely strong and about the dimensions of a Pringles can but I think a bit longer.
>>2683784>>2683786Turns out I had a picture saved, been trying to find a use for this thing for a while.
My ender 3 v2 shorted and repairing it would cost me as much as a new printerI now have a conundrum, thoughIm willing to throw down some money for a good delta like a v400, but I think i should wait until black friday. In the meantime, should i get another v2, a v3 ke, or one of the other <=$300 options? Probably will sell whatever i get once i buy a v400
>>2683494It definitely feels like a tank in the best way. The only mayor negative about it so far was adjusting with machinist cube/angle being a bitch. Overall there seems to be a lot of potential towards a tanky 10mm rods prusa killer version, like SV06plus. Makes one wonder why they dropped the design all together.>>2683448>>2683510Checked every crimp and cap before turning on. Still didn't trust chink PSU.
>>2683694you should print that springy doll thing from the 2nd episode of boku no pico
>>2683773>I promise the microwave oven transformer is much, much more dangerous than playing with mains voltageYou cut out the old 2kV winding and replace it with a lower voltage winding. Ditch that paranoia.>>2683782While a pulsed laser (e.g. Nd:YAG, Nd:glass, erbium doped fibre, anything Q-switched) could provide the peak power for evaporating metal, a common 50W CO2 tube wouldn't really be able to touch metal. A higher-power one like is used industrially could cut sheet metal, but couldn't easily cut multiple cm, and wouldn't be able to carve out precise blind pockets. Regardless of laser type the focal length of a laser is quite limiting. Even if you can vary the focus of the laser as you go, it would be hard to get a precise depth. But it is definitely possible to connect mirrors on your gantry to pipe a large laser's beam to the mobile end of a 3D printer, which might be more than enough if you make it a 5/6-axis setup.Try to find out what sort of laser it is.EDM is famously precise though, a good setup can get single micron surfaces.
>>2683771>>2683773Found the vid. Pretty straightforward given most of the work is already done for you.https://youtu.be/5CeCxkFVCdM>>2683836I thought delta fad is already over due to common kinematic fuckery. Why jump on now?
>>2683842>>2683821
>>2683821What got damaged, did the main board get fed 24V?>>2683842Yeah that's the video that taught me how cheap and easy it is to build. But his circuit is kinda shitty (200Ω pullup resistor for FET driving lmao), and unreasonably expensive. The cheap 60-120VDC PSU from a modified MOT or whatever makes it a lot cheaper. Using a length of nichrome wire in a bucket of water is cheaper than a custom resistor PCB.
Anyone help me out? In pic related I have the little led mini flashlight, however, the handle (black and range) someone made a model similar to it for those mini led and I cannot find the fucking model anywhere, I have tried os many fucking phrases spent 5 hours searching for it. IDK why I am but its pissing me off how it not showing up under the most FUCKING OBVIOUS NAMES FOR IT!!!
>>2683694A TPU bust with infill modifiers so that the tits would be around 10% while the body is aroind 40%.Finding a bust that had squishable looking tits that didn't look like hell to print was near impossible for some reason though, so i had to settle for this slightly shitty one.
>>2683858Have you tried using english?
>>2683858I don't understand your writing, isn't the handle just the bottle? If you don't have the handle, you don't have the glue in the first place. You can buy refills.If it's a model of the LED part you want, try searching for "LED keychain light" on thingiverse
>>2683844Ah, that's what annoyed me back then. Yeah, it's quite a neat project, maybe even a useful one, but i don't really have to space for it. Hopefully it'll catch on a bit so we may see EDMs in makerspaces and such.
>>2683926someone made a model that acts like the handle so you can hold it closer to glue that cures under UV.
>>2683860You might be better off making a mold out of PLA and filling it with silicone. The extra materials may cost a bit more, but it would be easier to print and your end result would be more squishy.
>>2683842Deltas look cooler
>>2683821>ender 3 v2 shortedcmon buddy we're gonna need more info than thatwhat really happened? it aint gonna short itself
>>2683989I absolutely could, but1) i dont want to deal with molding and its materials2) i was bored and wanted to put the TPU spool i borrowed to some interesting useIf i had more of it i would probably make it a bigger size, but right now my machine's MCU literally starts throwing sparks when it's on despite me resoldering the connector 3 times so that will have to wait.I am planning to replace the hair stand on this little midna next to make it springy and somewhat akin to a bobblehead once the new board arrives though, so that will have to wait.
Any recommendations for an enclosure for a MK3S+? Right now I am looking at either the Tukkari TLX or a Next Gen Safety Enclosure. The Original Prusa Enclosure and PrusaBox seem overpriced for what they are. Am I missing something?
>>2684062I know Printed Solid Cases from Ultimaker machines back then. They are indeed pretty solid. However, why not make one yourself? Can be done cheaper, or having it's size just right.
>>2683175Finished upgrading my Ender 3 for now, I want to try a DIY printer. Should I try to build a Panda Mini?
>>2683709Commonly done with aluminum. Steel is a bit too spicy for most people.
holy shit what happened to these threadsI check in after two years and it's slow as molassas. Did people just get printers for the coof?
>>2684013Power surge and i wasnt smart so it wasnt on a surge protector
Well a certain someone (The Next Layer) accidentally released a video early, and we've now seen what Bambu is working on.Exactly as predicted, it's a new, smaller, cheaper printer, the Bambu A1 Mini, and a new AMS specific to it. "Fast" bed-slinger, linear rails, bullshit nobody cares about, $469 with the new AMS. New AMS is adorable and I love it.
>>2684233It's not actually the first we've seen of the printer, it's just the first preview/review video, released a day early and since removed.
>>2684233>kingroon make a bambu clone>bambu make a kingroon clonePottery
>>2684270KLP1 is a mess though. Are you suggesting the A1 will be as well?Gotta say i like the wide rail on Y and the mini AMS is quite ambitious, but given KP3S Pro V2 sitting at $279, i just don't see it for most users.
>>2684233>new ams>vast improvement, no 30second wait to change colorkeking at the rich fucks that bought multiple bambus with multiple ams
>>2684062The Creality 17.5"x22.2"x 27" enclosure fits pretty well.
>>2684275>Are you suggesting the A1 will be as wellNo it's probably marginally better, but I imagine it will be in the same speed class as a k3ps pro. Even if the bambu has an accelerometer for input shaping and the kingroon lacks it, it would still be cheaper to mod that into the kingroon.>AMSIf I understand correctly, it's 4 seperate bowden "extruders" feeding into a single direct-drive extruder. That bowden extruder hardware seems pretty straightforward to replicate and nearly compatible with the kind of marlin configs used for a bowden multi-filament printer like the CRX, so I'm guessing the hard part is in the engineering of the hot end and its direct extruder. I assume it would be optimal to have an actuator to automatically open the gears on the extruder, both at the hot end and at each roll. What's prusa's system like in comparison?Also not too fond of that mini AMS design, since it would be comparatively hard to install in a filament drying enclosure. Not that you'd be making large or otherwise slow prints with such a printer.
What the fuck is going on here? No problem sanding it down, but i'm concerned it occurring systemically. Extruder problem, maybe?
>>2684305Retraction problem. Lower temps, faster travels, tune your retraction length, retraction speed, deretraction speed, the usual stuff to combat ooze. This is a small amount of ooze from the nozzle being deposited as it approaches the piece. Those bits of ooze stack on eachother, each one catching the next, causing these little structures that stick up and away from the part.
>>2684306Thanks, anon! It was so symmetrical, i almost wondered if it's any lost support bridge setting i may have missed in the slicer. Gonna do some filament runs again when my new nozzle arrives.
>>2684233Hope that AMS is compatible with the other Bambu printers. I only want to switch between 2 materials, hopefully this lil negro is cheap. Best would be a Bambu toolchanger printer.
tfw A1 review breaks and 80% of people who got one are basedface memetubers.>$299 for A1>$249 for AMS Lite>$459 as combo>Lite doesn't work with prior Bambu printers>usual 180x180>comes with camera>easy to swap hotend>better touchscreen than P1S, worse than X1>(apparently actually well working) active noise cancelation>Lite has an input sensor, so feeding is similar to Mk3/4 or Orbiter plus sensor>comes with a mystery box. Read an initial starter project like a 3D printed mouse, lamp kit or similiar>A1 Plate bed adhesion is quite meh. Bedslinger knockover common issue>Lite works quicker than old AMS>Lite still produces lots of waste>Bambu also releases Makerworld today. Read Printables, but for Bambu. Enforces 3MF as default. "Print" integration seems much more straightforward than on PrintablesLooks like a fitting addition to their ecosystem and is probably work for normies, light prototyping and small show pieces. That said, it's still a locked down, tinkering somewhat discouraged. Pretty much what was expected.Big however; i don't think it is the big KP3S killer some people thought or hoped it's gonna be. Frankly I wouldn't even recommend it unless you're really into multicolor on small scale or a typical Applefag, like Bambu is aiming at.
>>2684371where does it poop?
>>2684371>a typical ApplefagCan't blame people who buy a printer and expect it to print. I'm not on any printer makers payroll and I'm not fixing their machine for free.Simple as.
Minor rippling bumps when using concentric layers. Over extrusion? Only happens past a certain diameter.
>>2684437Fuck me.
>>2684438Now that I look at this somewhere that has decent lighting and see the voids in the rippling, is this extruder skipping? There is a section on the ring that has no errors, looks like exactly 90 degrees.
>>2684406They're trying to create an vertically integrated ecosystem so people buy a Bambu as their first printer, their second printer, they use the Bambu website for models and Gcode to print on their Bambu printer using BambuSlicer and Bambu filament, and they only ever know anything about Bambu machines and are left virtually incapable to switching to any other printer because the majority of what they know doesn't apply outside of the tight-knit Bambu ecosystem. Are you getting it now? Probably not, given your response to the word Applefag, I'm assuming you're an Applefag, you go to Steve Jobs grave the suckle his calcaneus because you just love spending money so much, you only ever bought Prusa before and now you'll only ever buy Bambu because Bambu is just so comfy in how you don't have to, or get to, think while you use it.
>>2684438wtf am I looking at? can you post a pic of the model so I can tell what you're trying to achieve? none of that looks normal to me outside of the tall cylinder in the middlejust by going from what is evident I suppose your filament might be shit
>>2684451It's a 60mm to 65mm spring spacer. It's just a flat ring with a 5mm inner cylinder. This is with abs but I'll try it with some pla I have.
>>2684455it's supposed to be flat? might be that your print is not sticking to the bed. that is a common problem with that kind of warping round the edges. post a side view. also going by>There is a section on the ring that has no errors, looks like exactly 90 degrees.that sounds like your bed might not be leveled.
>>2684457Definitely fully adhered, I can only pry it off after the bed cools. This only started happening after printing 4 of the same ring. It's a p1p so I usually just let it do the auto bed leveling. It looks superficial but I'm just worried about the layer adhesion.
>>2684233>>2684371I wanted to build a small printer on my own and now they just released a 300$ printer that's better at everything but top speed printing right out of the boxI feel cheated. I still want to build my 500$ panda mini though
>>2684450I'm upgrading from an 8-year old Makergear M2 anon.It doesn't even have a screen.
>>2684467well, if you're sure you got those covered I'm stumped. the only other thing I can think of is the enclosure. I get bad results with ABS if I don't print with the door fully closed for the whole printing time
>>2684474Well you just gave me an idea. The stupid door keeps slightly opening on this print due to the jerking. I've been meaning to replace the clasp magnets.
Going on reddit and just loving the tears.People genuinely looked at a company that brings affordable, no-free labor required printers to the masses and they thought "They're going to make a printer for ME and the other 100 people who need huge fucking prints!!!!"lmao@ur life lmao Gonna get an A1 for my mom
>>2683832i3 business model: sell solid printerLater business model: sell cheap printer, sell rollers again and again
made some supportlessly printed chain, only needs the brim to keep them steady. and it works perfectly, my first test print was at 4cm height for each link and came out great. Im gonna try and design some way to splice lengths together, or a way to be able to hook the chain directly to other prints.then I want to design some hanging pots.
>>2684480pic rel. Let me guess, you're only acting retarded.>>2684406Yet you're wasting your time shilling for free, curious. It's not about printers just working, every Anycubic after 2020 got here, but the mindset of getting sucked into a single ecosystem and being fine with it. Prime example is indeed Apple, push innovation for some years and once your fandom piled up, milk and stagnate.>>2684468>now they just released a 300$ printer that's better at everything but top >panda miniI'm not sure why you're comparing a small PLA pusher to a small ABS pusher. Also with KP3S pro V2 being out already. I assume you're still the same Panda bro from prior threads, but i still suggest, once again, rather using aluminium cladding than Rolo's ABS walls.
Best <$300 printer? Please no manual leveling ive never been able to get the hang of it. Ender 3 v3 se maybe?
>>2684578Purpose, size?
>>2684575>trusting chinks to be honestI'm more surprised they kinda came clean about the no bed slingers thing with this,
>>2683694some day I will print this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wu#/media/File:Naomi_%22SexyCyborg%22_Wu,_3D_Body_Scan.stl
>>26845802a stuff, 220x220x250 or larger, printing mostly pla+/pro
So I got a bambu and im looking to sell my old printers to get some money back.Got a CR-10s withMicroswiss All metal hotend +0.6 HS nozzleMicroswiss Direct DrivePrinted CF Nylon Stealthburner Replaced stock board with a 2.2.1 Silent board1x Garolite Bed2x Creality brand Ultrabase knockoffs1x Anycubic Ultrabase (from before they stopped selling parts for other printers)Raspberry Pi 3B+ for octoprintCreality Medium size tent enclosureUnimportant mods:CF Nylon Squash ball feet/Squash balls2x 120mm fan mod for control boxExtensions for all wires to run the box outside the tentDo you think $250-300 is too much to ask?It runs reliably. I was mostly printing CF Nylon with it.Then I have a Kywoo max:Shitty 5015 Fan mod in nylon cause stock parts cooler was useless. (CF nylon wont melt)Bed upgraded to Linear rails from linear rods.Original Kywoo "ultrabase style" glass bed.Magnetic smooth PEI bed on currently.Upgraded to Kywoo all metal hotendUpgraded to Kywoo dual gear extruder for the DDTL Smoothers on the steppersAgain CF Nylon squash ball feet + ballsRaspberry Pi 3B+ with octoprintWas thinking of asking $200-250 for this one.I built it up to do better materials but only ever ran PLA through it.Am I in the ballpark? Am I being too optimistic?
>>2684334Someone emailed them and to ask this and they said it's not compatible with the P1 or X1 printers.
>>2684607Sovol SV06 or Sovol SV06 on sale. Look for local used machines. Lots of people dump their machines after running out of inital projects.>>2684621As a Euro, this is hilarious.
>>2684233I have an autistic urge of reverse engineering this fucker without the AMS and making a faux-A1 just for the fun of it. Anyone who bought it? Any intricate/unique details of its construction or operation you can share? I assume the worst parts to replicate would be the pseudolidar, connecting the original nozzle to the board, and the bed levelling system, but since on this unit the lidar is mounted on the axis - Some assembly of Rubedo could be fit just fine in there for that one.Also would like to hear some funny name suggestions for it.
>>2684736You gotta be over the age of 18 to post here.
>>2684738>Asking for technical info of the machine somehow means i am underageEither you are a retarded schizo, or a salty bambu cocksucker.>>2684736Ok, so after digging for a bit the hotend assembly actually seems to just need to have the connector end snipped and it can fit into the CAN bus with no problem.That leaves only the Rubedo assembly design and the bed levelling issue open.
>>2683175>PETGSome stringing but prints like a dream>PLAPrints like shitExplain
>>2684932what are your temps like?
>tfw you nail the shrink factors for your annealed HTPLA partsmini mill inbound, cunts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4wSH2HE6r8
Ordered the P1S with AMS
>>2685251Why AMS?
>>2685290I'm lazy and occasionally might print in two colors. It's 100 bucks more if ordered separate so I just pulled the trigger.
>>2685106>HTPLAThat shit sounds like an oxymoron
>>2685106>>2685297Isn't it basically just another PLA+ anyway?
>>2685297>>2685298Close, but unannealed HTPLA is crap compared to PLA+. Once annealed, the heat deflection temp for HTPLA goes up to about 100C at very similar material properties relative to PLA+. You could get similar results with non-HT PLA blends, but your results will probably vary. HTPLA is formulated to behave predictably through the annealing process.
>>2685311correction, the HDT goes up to 120C-140C
>>2684575>pic rel.https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/new-3d-printers-are-way-faster/>MK4 is faster than Bambu machines in actual prints
>>2685383Shit-tier article made by retards that gives no actual information. The people who made the article had no real-world experience with 3D printing outside of developing articles like this one. It's misleading, ill-informed, and poorly written. Actual garbage.
>>2685387>slice Benchy with stock quality settings>check how long it takes to print, compare qualityThis isn't rocket surgery, anon. Print times on these machines aren't secret. You can check estimated times in Bambu Studio and PrusaSlicer yourself.
>>2685398>slice Benchy with stock quality settingsReally, when did they talk about settings? Oh they didn't, because it's a shit-tier article.
>>2685398Okay let's check ourselves. They don't actually talk about settings at all in the article, you're just assuming because you're a retard.Open up PrusaSlicer, all default, you'll notice they ran them with the "FAST" preset. Open BambuStudio, all default, oh they ran the Bambu on the "NORMAL" preset. Seems fair, right?Choose a fast preset in Bambu Studio and the ETA is now less than the quoted time for the Prusa.Switch PrusaSlicer to a normal preset instead of the stupid fast one and the ETA is 48 minutes now, who would've thought?Sorry about your mental disability, sounds rough.
China defense force in here.
>>2685413It's not the printers, it's this retard >>2685383 sharing their retarded conclusion drawn from a badly written article.
>>2685383>Toyota Tercel faster than Hellcat when Hellcat is driving slower than Tercelimplessive
>>2684736>>2684744Well shit, turns out there was actually no lidar in the first place, i just mistook the waste chute for one.I yhought it would, like, do a line on the left edge of the bed and move it instead of the scanner, but well, guess that just leaves finding out how to work with piezo sensors for the bed probing and tracing bambu parts in CAD to fit the chink components.
>>2685402>Choose a fast preset in Bambu Studio and the ETA is now less than the quoted time for the Prusa.And how does the quality compare with those settings? The comparison is speed at good quality, not at a slicer setting with a given name. And even with the "fast" MK4 vs the "normal" Bambu machines, the Bambu machines have problems that the MK4 does not (e.g. look at the profile of the smokestack).
>>2685439>e.g. look at the stringing in all of the Prusa printsFind some goal-posts and stick to 'em.
>>2685439>The comparison is speed at good quality, not at a slicer setting with a given name.When did they specify this in the article? Oh they didn't, you just pulled it out of your ass.
>>2685442>both wet filament and part cooling reflect a printer's ability to print well at high speedThe point was to poke fun at the anon here >>2684575 seething about bedslingers. They have drawbacks, but so do coreXY machines, and performance comes down to implementation.>>2685446>wowie zowie, these new printers sure are fast>how fast are they? here are some good-quality prints and how long it took to produce themSpeed comparisons for models (the subject of the article) is for a given quality. Because sacrificing quality defeats the point of a nice looking model, which is to look nice. That MK4 Benchy is both faster and better. Which would you rather use for producing a large run of models that need to look good? Which do you think would take longer to produce those? This is a practical concern with actually using 3D printers for making things rather than making the machine go BRRRR.
>>2685450>wowie zowie, these new printers sure are fast>how fast are they? here are some good-quality prints and how long it took to produce themYou didn't read the article, did you anon?
>>2685452Do you want me to quote it at you?
>>2685454It'd be better than writing your own article in defense of the one you didn't read. Of course, it'd be lacking, because it's a poorly written article with no substance that doesn't mention settings or the decisions made by the people who wrote it.
I redid my PokeBall but I can't find the middle button but I don't want to take out the current black filament cause that's a pain in the butt.
>>2683178I have had an SR for a bit over a year after upgrading from a CR10.It had been entirely trouble free for me during this time.Almost every single print game out great, and most prints are much faster than with bedslingers. Also, no bed leveling is a blessing.Good:- Looks awesome, deltas are absolutely mesmerizing to watch- No manual bed leveling (provided glass surface is very flat)- Nowadays you can use klipper with the printer with that flsun pad thingy- It's much faster than bed slingers- Extremely quietOnly real 'downsides' (read: compromises):- No flexibles because not direct drive- Relatively large for the print volume (its very tall)- Print volume is round, and suits cylindrical prints better than square ones.- Enclosure costs extraRecently upgraded to an X1C only for the capability of engineering grade materials, direct drive (for flexibles) and the enclosure (although I believe nowadays FLSun has an enclosure for the SR). Very much missing how quiet this printer was. Fans were pretty quiet, and the only real noise it made were those of the extruder motor during retractions.I would highly recommend the printer, it is very well build. If I needed a printer in that price range there is no doubt in my mind I would pick it again.
>>2685484Do it, finish it anon.
>>2685251Based.I haven't ordered the AMS yet.I just can't think of anything I'd do with it that'd warrant the extra time, extra waste, and potential headaches. Bambu printers seem bulletproof until you factor in rare AMS issues.
I got an upgraded ender 3 for cheap because its previous owner couldn't figure out what was wrongAre the limit switch wires supposed to be resistive or something? I haven't been able to get a consistent continuity test through any of them, even the ones that seem to be working
>>2685491But then I'd have to cut the filament, heat up the nozzle and extrude it out cause it won't come out if I pull it.
>>2685545heat it up THEN pull it out, then when you feed in the new stuff just give it a manual push to flush out the last tiny bits of black.
>>2685558Never mind I found the pieces laying around
>>2685485>- It's much faster than bed slingersMeaning what? How long does it take to print a Benchy (say)?
>>2685516They should be normal wires. The switches themselves are normally-closed, so any break in the wire will make the printer think it’s at its limit. Look up to see what the symptoms of an unplugged limit switch is, I suspect the printer will throw fault codes.If you flash a custom Marlin build, there’s an option to show limit switch positions as measured by the printer.I assume you’re measuring continuity/resistance while the printer is off? The other method is to measure the voltage across the limit switch while the printer is on, which I think should be more reliable. Should be a solid 3.3V when the switch is pressed, and a flat 0V otherwise.
>>2685642Yeah the wires were fucked. I was continuity testing the wires themselves after testing what the functionality of the limit switches was. Jury rigged up some wires with jumper wires and it's working now.
>>2685293>it's 100 bucks more if ordered speratelythat's how they get you
>>2685750Obviously. I still think it's nice to have.
Go Pro case and dog collar attachment for my sister's doge.
>>2685753
>>2685599Waiting for its turn on the sanding machine.>>2685753Cute.
>>2685752>>2685753>>2685754post dog
>>2683175I'm that retard whose Ender 3's heatbed shat the bed (lol). The new heatbed is a month away.I want to temprarily fix the bed by re-soldering on the wires (cut and stripped them). My issue is that I'm not getting enough heat into the pads to melt the old solder. I mean the entire thing is just a big-ass heatsink (PCB-heatbed) so I guess it's futile to try to heat up the pads with a 60 watt soldering iron.Now, I do have a 300 watt bench top power supply (30v/10A). Would it be a stupid idea to heat the bed with that and then add some additional heat with my iron to melt the solder? What diameter cable would I need to apply 10 amps?
>>2685840Pre-heating may help but honestly shouldn't even be necessary. What kind of tip do you have on that soldering iron? Going to want a fat chisel tip so you can get a large contact area and transfer a lot of heat very quickly. If you do need to pre-heat the board, less is more, don't try to heat it quickly and don't try to get it hot as fuck, bring it up slowly, even 100C will make a huge difference. Peak draw from the heated bed is 10A @ 24V, the original wires are the size you need if you want to apply 10A, but I wouldn't even bother. You could safely supply a much lower current and still get it to the temperature needed, would only need about 2A. More so I wouldn't bother because a heat gun or hot plate would be better options in my opinion.
>>2685802
>>2685973goodest boy/girl
>>2685840Make sure you're making a proper heat bridge with fresh solder, directly apply solder to your iron as it is held against the old solder so there is kind of a solder drop bridging between the iron and the old solder on the bed. I mainly work on PCBs, but when I started I didn't really understand bridging and had trouble getting stuff to melt on even them. Bridge may not be the correct term, but I think I get my point across.
>>2685934>Pre-heating may help but honestly shouldn't even be necessary.Thought the same>What kind of tip do you have on that soldering iron?Pointy tip, https://www.conrad.de/de/p/toolcraft-jls-03-loetkolben-230-v-60-w-bleistiftform-200-450-c-588269.html>Going to want a fat chisel tip so you can get a large contact area and transfer a lot of heat very quicklyI currently have 0, zero, funds. I have to make due with what I got, I would've gotten a Pinecil and a PD Powerbank otherwise. I could "borrow" a gas fired soldering iron from work, but I want it done today.>If you do need to pre-heat the board, less is more, don't try to heat it quickly and don't try to get it hot as fuck, bring it up slowly, even 100C will make a huge difference.>Peak draw from the heated bed is 10A @ 24V, the original wires are the size you need if you want to apply 10A, but I wouldn't even bother. Noted>You could safely supply a much lower current and still get it to the temperature needed, would only need about 2A. More so I wouldn't bother because a heat gun or hot plate would be better options in my opinion.I've got aligator clips that are rated up to 3A sitting next to me, I'll try the other Anon's trick with bridging some solder first and then give it a try.>>2686002I understand what you mean, pic rel is what I'm working with
Dear Gentlemen,I have a question, and it's my first time on this board, so please no bully.I have a old car, which has a similar phone mount as pic related.it's old, and it worked with old Nokia Phones, which nobody has any longer in any case, and even they were still on the market, they are obsolete.So, instead, what I use is a MagSafe thing, which is attached through the vents.My problem is that I now have "two" phone holders: the magsafe one, which is magnetic and goes into my iphone, and the old one for the old nokia phone.I have no idea where to start, but my idea would be to 3d print something that I could plug into the old mount, and attach the magsafe mount to it.Can anyone tell me where to even start, I have no idea what to do, but I got a lot of free time at hand thank you
>>2685973Good dog.
>>2686040Are you European?
>>2686040Why not just remove the old phone mount and screw a new custom mount in its place? Then you don't have to worry about prototyping something that will fit the old one.
>>2686052yes>>2686053i could do that, but I also want to use this as an opportunity to learn
>>2686040What make, what model, what cunt
>>2685789Can I do the acetone thing
>>2686063wv touareg 2006
>>2685840>>2685934>>2686002>>2686031fuck
>>2686067https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2464375I think you get the gist of it, you'll probably have to disassemble the thing, take measurements, use some CAD to design a new part, print it, build it.DO NOT PRINT IT IN FUCKING PLA UNLESS IT IS HIGH TEMP PLA, YOU WILL FUCK SHIT UP HARDER THAN ME MY LAST RELATIONSHIP, AT LEAST USE PETG, ABS OR CF NYLON WOULD BE BETTER.REPEAT: DO. NOT. USE. POLY-LACTIC-ACID (PLA).
>>2686075>https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2464375>I think you get the gist of it, you'll probably have to disassemble the thing, take measurements, use some CAD to design a new part, print it, build it.>DO NOT PRINT IT IN FUCKING PLA UNLESS IT IS HIGH TEMP PLA, YOU WILL FUCK SHIT UP HARDER THAN ME MY LAST RELATIONSHIP, AT LEAST USE PETG, ABS OR CF NYLON WOULD BE BETTER.>REPEAT: DO. NOT. USE. POLY-LACTIC-ACID (PLA).you're awesome dude !thank you.This is exactly what I needed to get me started. (and also the tips about what not to use, I was going to use PLA lol)THANK YOU
>>2686078Sure thing Anon. PLA would just melt into a puddle in the sun, that's why you don't use it in cars.
>>2686056You've picked the wrong project for it then. You are going to have a tough time getting accurate measurements.Start by trying to get measurements and figure out the precise locations of each locating feature and the clip.
>>2685455>>wowie zowie, these new printers sure are fast>https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/new-3d-printers-are-way-faster/>new-3d-printers-are-way-faster/>A New Batch of 3D Printers Can Print Models in Half the Time>>how fast are they? here are some good-quality prints and how long it took to produce them>A New Batch of 3D Printers Can Print Models in Half the Time>Models (not speedboats, not calibration prints, not structural parts, but things that need to look good or there's no point)And that's before even getting to the actual article text.>Some of these new printers can cut print times in half>we’re excited by the results we’ve seen from printers with input shaping.>Test 1: Great baseline performance (that is, they all used settings that produce a good quality Benchy - as you would for models)>times to produce good quality Benchy >Test 2: Blemished brontosaurus bellies (all the printers struggled to produce good results on the severe overhang of this more challenging print)>times to produce the brontosaurus model>Test 3: A torturous overhang test (test model focused on fine details, bridges, and overhangs)>times to produce the test print>While these were fun tests to get a feel for the machines, our full testing procedure is quite a bit more rigorous.>Nevertheless, our initial tests have shown that all three of these new machines are capable of faster printing than anything we’ve recommended in the past, so we wanted to share these results as soon as possible. So yeah, that was an accurate characterization on my part. Have anything more to say?
>>2686091Which material won't melt into a puddle like a piece of crap
>>2686106he said:> AT LEAST USE PETG, ABS OR CF NYLON WOULD BE BETTER.I'm gonna go with ABS I think.
>>2686092thx, I will use it as a learning opportunity.and yes, I will have to take measurements and all, but this post >>2686075 is like half the work already done for me
>why spend money on a Bambu>Just get a K1 M-ACKS!
>>2686117ASA would be preferable for its UV resistance.
>>2686142Pretty sure car windows block UV. Even if not, it's cheaper to just paint ABS, rather than spend twice as much per kg of ASA.
>>2686068Fuck, sorry to hear it anon.
>>2686095You're literally adding text between the lines so it fits your narrative, I just assumed you gave up the way you should have by this point but this is so pathetic it's beginning to lose flavor, I actually feel bad for you.
>>2686135I hate today's onions youtube so much, it's unreal.>>2686144But then you'd need a spray gun, or some other stupid excuse. ASA it is.>>2686068Shit happens. At least you gave it a good go.
>>2686135Just Creality Things™
>>2686165>a spray gunever heard of a brush?
>>2686165damn chang, chill.
>>2686183Look at that retarded YouTuber's face. Yes, the design of the machine is bad, but he did it intentionally.
>>2686192>but he did it intentionallyAnon a gentle breeze would have opened that door. The hinges are pathetic.
>>2686155>You're literally adding text between the lines so it fits your narrativeBecause you apparently needed help with reading comprehension. Now that I've walked you through the article, do you actually disagree with anything I've said? If so, please quote it and say what you disagree with.
>>2686144>it's cheaper to just paint ABSDepends on how much your time is worth.
>>2686144>Pretty sure car windows block UV.They do. My Transitions glasses don't darken while driving.
>>2686144>Pretty sure car windows block UV.Depends on the window and frequency in question. Most car windows block most UV that matters for plastic degradation, but most don't block everything. This may or may not matter. Black ABS? Probably not. Other colors would be more vulnerable.
>>2686183>>2686196Ok, nigger.>>2686168>brushJokes aside, the worst option. Just dunk it at this point.
>>2686291>Just dunk itThat requires having bought enough paint to dip the whole thing. Also the entire thing will be UV resistant except for the point from which you held it, then the phone holder will snap off during the Battle of Troy when a poisoned sun-ray hits that spot.
>>2685630>Meaning what? How long does it take to print a Benchy (say)?I don't print benchies or useless objects. I use my printer for functional parts.However, compared to that CR10 I saw speed gains of up to 3x. Just for you I have done a quick comparison as I still had cura on my machine.If I slice an airduct/cooler shroud I designed (relatively tall, large part), I get:9h41m with CR10S4h29m with FLsun SR2h10m with the X1C*For a self designed leatherman wave holder (smaller part with more details and retractions, and support):4h22m with CR10S2h15m with FLsun SR1h32m with the X1C*For the open alpha headphone left cup + 1x baffle (so two parts 1 build plate):8h14m with CR10S3h26m with FLsun SR1h32m with the X1C** Note that the print settings for the CR10 and SR are identical, for the X1C I use a different slicer with slightly different settingsYou can download the slicer settings yourself from the FLSun website, and compare them to get an idea. Their default settings for speed and accel work pretty well. If anything holds back the speed, its the flow of the hotend, as the kinematics can go much faster I think. However, I have found the SR default speed out of the factory to be sufficient for most things.
>>2683175Sorry to butt in but how do I git gud at freecad or 3d design in general? I'm trying to design a joystick assembly and its proving to be a pain. I've designed a few 3d enclosures for my electronics but nothing more.I've never worked with my hands in my life so I lack the "3d thinking" so to say
>>2686331If you're not on some freetard mission, you're probably better off using Fusion360, as there's way more resources out there. That said, if you really wanna go down the FreeCad path, OficineRobotica is usually regarded as the current goat for tutorials to get you started.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2w0BV_j5Mo>>2686307>>2686291>>2686168This hurt to read. Every ready hand UV coating comes as spray can already. What are you discussing about?
It's... It's coming in today, right?I don't have to use some of my 180 hours of PTO to stay home and wait for signature right?I'm in north louisiana....Jackson is like... right fucking there.....UPS pls....
>>2686331If you want professional tools, consider CATIA, Solidworks or PTC Creo. I'm personally using CATIA for work and it's like the fighter jet swiss-army knife of CAD but it's a pain in the ass to learn. If you want something more user friendly and don't need some of the more advanced features that CATIA offers, consider Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor or something like that.As I had your same issue, it all boils down to just do it. By watching tutorials and just trying to come up with my own designs, learning what tools made most sense and the tools the software offer for that, I got better. I'm far from being good now, but I can model some basic assemblies on my own now. It's all about the time you put in it.TL;DR - Just do it
>>2686321>Note that the print settings for the CR10 and SR are identicalpretty sure they are not, the Cr10 has something like 150/300 acceleration on y/x. the FLSun has 2800 and thats the main reason why there is such a huge difference in print speeds. (And the X1 is way beyond 10k).a CR10 "can" run up to 3xxx acceleration depending on how its maintained and how good belt tension is (and if you have braces for the Z axis) but if you want some quality people usually stick under 3000 or you run klipper with input shaping.
>>2686469>pretty sure they are notThey are, I was talking in terms of things like layer height/width, flow rate, infill ratio etc.Of course the accel and speed settings are different, otherwise the speeds would be identical in the slicer.The point is, these are the settings i used for real life parts, where I know I get similar or better quality with the SR compared to the CR10. This gives anon a bit of an idea how much faster an SR is in practice, compared to a 'regular bed slinger'
Are those vertical lines my extruder crapping out or are those artifacts to be expected when you push your printer a little?
is something like this will be okay?or should i split my model to avoid future problems when printing?
>>2686535just don't use the skirt?or reduce skirt distance
>>2686535Personally I would go for it. Like the other Anon said you can reduce the distance if you want to be sure it won't cause problems.Also it's called a skirt, not a brim.
>>2686538>reduce skirt distanceoh i forgot this setting existthanks anon
>>2686541yea, thanks anon, i always mixed up the terms between them
are there any companies you consciously support by buying their printers or filament anons? I'm curious
>>2686548lol absolutely notGot a BambuLab on the way 'cause really good and I'm gonna shove $10/roll bargain bin PLA+ through it
tfw finally getting some hang out of FreeCAD, new feet for my keyboard.
Does anyone use orca slicers pressure advance feature. I dont have pressure advance on my printer and wanted to know if orca slicer could fill in the role there.
Everything's square and tight, and yet everything's wrong with my printer.I am at the end of my belts.Even the supports show signs of under-extrusion. Like when transitioning between lines there's literally a hollow at the wallsOh yeah it's a CR-10S 300, hatchbox PLA
How come a previous job leaves a visible imprint on my part? I cleaned the plate with soap, but didn't reapply the glue. What do I do to make the front plastic be perfect? If not for that inprint, I would have been awesome. > bambulab x1 carbon
>>2686628To get it on your printer you need to build Marlin with linear/pressure advance enabled. Not sure what the process is with Klipper.
>>2686625Replacement next to original. Very satisfying click.
>>2686643Look at that smudge. You didn't clean properly. Heck, you probably already know that. Going from a darker to brighter filament, there are no shortcuts for clean looking prints, except well using a new sheet.>>2686625>>2686650>FreecadNot bad, but don't get an aneurysm please.
Are there any tricks to printing a dome without supports? I'm trying to get a nice pokeball going but it just shits itself once it gets near the top, and for some reason it just fucking LOVES to break the supports whenever it gets close to the top. Do I just print it as a bowl and sand for days?
>>2686525yeah you need linear acceleration tuning for the speed your using, that ringing is from the printer whipping around the corner
>>2685383holy fuck shilling is the worst thing in the universe
The rc general just fucking died so I'll ask here, are there any actually good 3d printed rail designs for a rc train?all I seem to find when I find for model rails is from train autists focused exclusively on how realistic it looks, I just want something cheap and easy to lay down, don't really care how it looks
What if I fill something with water as it's printing, will it break my printer?
>>2686729If it's a bedslinger it will splash around and likely cause damage. Even if the bed is stationary it's not a good idea in any way. What are you trying to do?
>>2686731Nothing in particular, I'm just making tiny boats and I thought of filling it with something other than solid infill at the bottom, I'll guess I'll just glue a few coins to it
>>2686732You can put solid objects mid-print if your model has the appropriate cavity and you set up a pause on the layer just below its ceiling. It was the "conductive liquid" part of your idea that didn't work.
>>2686733I see, I'm gonna put a penny mid print and test how that works
>>2686483>They are, I was talking in terms of things like layer height/width, flow rate, infill ratio etc.And I was asking about print time at equal print quality for the same part, as commonly evaluated on a Benchy. There isn't a single speed that all bedslingers operate at for a given quality of output. That article above indicates that, for example, a Prusa MK4 is faster at a better print quality than a Bambu X1C. So I was wondering if you had something that could be visually compared to known references for print quality/speed. Especially since delta printers are said to be fast, but what does that translate into for print quality and speed together? For example, I did an 8:14 Benchy after upgrading a bedslinger to a high-flow hotend, but it's a droopy mess with .6mm layer heights. If I want a Benchy to look good, it's more like an hour.
>>2686677>Are there any tricks to printing a dome without supports?Non-planar printing or printing the dome in multiple parts that fit together. How are the supports breaking?
>>2686548I wouldn't say support, but for mechanical important parts i use material4print.de. They have proven to not use Chink suppliers and have reliable(as in i tested them myself) ESD filaments. Even though it's certainly overkill, i like their PET-CF15 for show off pieces.For pure prototyping it's recyclingfabrik.com these days. As their name implies one gets cheap recycled PLA and can send all their bad prints right back after.Mind you these are both quite Kraut heavy options. I don't care for printer manufacturers, whatever works wins.>>2686728You can never go as thin as metal rails, so unless you wanna do something like pic rel, i wouldn't bother.
>>2686677>Are there any tricks to printing a dome without supports?Yes, you will have to leave the top open>>2686820I like kraut heavy options thanks. Never heard of those.
Does anyone have any idea why my print layers are shifting then shifting back? What's weird is the first pumpkin I printed is fine, but I printed two similar pumpkins with different faces and they both had this issue.
>>2686869does it do it on everything at that layer height? or is it random, i noticed i got layer shifts from my a/c kicking on affecting prints
>>2686869>>2686879benchy hull line phenomenon>https://help.prusa3d.com/article/the-benchy-hull-line_124745It has to do with the transition from more sparse infill to layers with full or partial full infill. You can try to manually adjust for it, but it's very difficult to eliminate.
>>2686869>>2686882Never mind, that's a lateral shift. You probably have a mild collision happening if it's not showing up in gcode previews, increase your z hop for travels.
>>2686869this looks a lot like an actual collision happening inside your printer (bambu I'm guessing)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcNb0ABtsA
>>2686917Sorry, Prusa MK3S+. Your video does make sense though. If my first print was fine, but my next print, same width/height pumpkin just different face, failed it would be a slicer issue, right?
Who's got Firmware for E3 Free-runs TMC2209 32-bit Open Source Silent Motherboard with a CR touchI know SOMEONES got it working.
>>2686933https://github.com/CrealityOfficial/E3-Free-runs-Silent-Motherboard/tree/main/firmware
>>2686917>your printer (bambu I'm guessing)>>2686922>Sorry, Prusa MK3S+Obsessed.
My 3d printer can't print a rectangle. It goes diagonal and shit. I already tried maxing the bed temperature.
>>2686677I printed a PokeBall you start from the top not from the bottom. Just rotate it.
>>2687057Have you considered you might be retarded?
i have a question about the k1 max fanboys since i got one today, I have the "A plate" and from what i can see one side is smooth PEI. Is the back side regular steel sheet? Doesn't look like it has a coating other than the black paint.Another question, can I apply abs juice on a regular steel plate or would it not stick? I know it's mainly used on glass beds but what if I apply it on the backside of the A plate? I'm thinking about keeping the smooth PEI only for PLA and then use the backside for painters tape for PETG and abs juice for ABS and ASA
>>2687089i don't need you ff
Got the Bambu P1S in.Hot DAMN it's quick. Looks nice too.And it may because my last printer is like 10 years old but it's quieter than they were lmao.
>>2686820Those are the ones I hate, I just want something cheap, not something that looks like real.It doesn't need to hold several hundred tons of steel on top, just a tiny plastic box, wooden looking ties are a complete waste and they add unnecessary height too.Here is an Idea that I think I'll try if I don't find anything better
idk why I even bought these
>>2687125I don't see why you'd want to make the rails sloped like this. It would likely cause problems with the weight of the cars rolling them over, also it's going to be more painful than LEGO if you step on them. Put the taper on the train wheels and make the tracks curved on top. It will take less material too.As for the diagonal ties, they are actually inefficient: Straight ties are shorter (so need less material) and do a better job of keeping the rails at the correct distance.
>>2687131>the manufacturing precision tolerance is below 0.01 mm on 98 % of the length of every spool we made.It's shit like this where i'm not sure if he's mocking his customers or just being a moron.
>>2687132Like these?I made them a triangle because I think they'll be faster to print, I will try both designs.You are right with the ties tho, I changed them, I just don't want to use them every other centimeter like in here >>2686820
jesusThis is the worst possible quality print on the P1S.18 minutes print.
>>2687158I'd rather stick to flat wheels on flat survive. pic related is over proportional, but you should be fine with some kind of flange. Doesn't have to be thick tier like >>2686820, two perimeters should be well enough. Add a little notch inside your rail to reduce some stiffness.>Verification not required.
>>2687158I meant curved in the other way, like in picrel. (Obviously on the top side only, I'm just lazy and bad at drawing.) They shouldn't be much slower to print and have a few advantages, such as only having a single point of contact no matter how well the wheels are aligned.>>2687180That's quite the overhang without anything to gain from it. Also flat rails do not align the train to the tracks like actual rails do.
I made a mini version of the 2 I posted first to test the if ties are strong enough and they seem a little weak so I'm gonna add 2 ties per segment>>2687184I see, I will try those now, the U shaped ones turned out to be a little annoying since the ends got clogged and the tips are delicate>>2687180Materialwise they seem like the U ones, without providing the advantage of wrapping around the wheel
>>2687196>U shaped ones turned out to be a little annoyingThey're easily your worst option. Harder to print, no additional stability, extra unneeded material, et c. Not the worst misunderstanding I've seen so far, at least.
>>2687172Did up a shelf in onshape for a mini projector. earlier today.After a single successful benchy after changing no settings, even the temperature settings for the filament (just let bambu use it's guess), this printed very very nice in 3.25 hours. I could have gone faster had I used a .28mm layer height instead of the standard .2mm layer height. Bretty gud printer boys.
>>2687226I enclosed my p1p and the stock settings fit abs were bad for polymaker asa and I still haven't gotten myself to fuck with it and get it working. Buy a roll and upload your settings plz thanks :D
>>2687229>$30Possibly later, I've got a lot of old and shitty $10/roll PLA+ to burn through. I don't have ABS or ASA since I didn't have an enclosure on my last printer. Got some TPU to play with though. Will print out those anti vibration feets.
>>2687106anyone?
>>2687156Explain what's wrong with the statement, anon. It's pretty straightforward.
prusa mk4 vs Bambu Labs P1s vs flsun v400 vs bambu x1 carbonhelp spend my money
>>2687330I don't know what flsun is. Looks like a meme. P1S just werks and werks great, but keep in mind it's a botnet. X1 carbon I have no idea why anyone would buy, the only real upside is the screen, but who cares? Prusa you buy if you're based and don't want to support ch*na, but they also have big wait times, and less features than the P1S. Unless maybe you don't care about those, then I'd prioritize the prusa, then the p1s.
>>2687331>I don't know what flsun isOpinion discarded.
>>2687330>prusa mk4Not Chinese. If you like orange.>Bambu Labs P1sIf you want a printer that goes BRRR.>flsun v400If you want to watch your printer as it's printing.>bambu x1 carbonIf you want a printer that goes BRRR but better.
>>2687334>>bambu x1 carbon>If you want a printer that goes BRRR but better.Cap.
>>2687330Let's cool it down a notch. What do you want to accomplish? Funny multicolored figures, mechanical prototypes, fix stuff around the house, etc...>>2687331Honestly, >>2687333. If it's a joke, it's hard to read.
>>2687340What printers do you own?
I think I finally have it dialed in somewhata bit wobbly along the Y axis for some reason tho
>>2687330>>2687340>Let's cool it down a notch. What do you want to accomplish?This guy is right. If you're going to just print little mini figures and trinkets, the chinese do it better for cheaper so you shouldn't spend too much on a printer. You don't have to spend $700-1200 on a "Just werks" Bambu. Even Anycubic Kobra/ Elegoo Neptunes work really well without much fiddling. And they're getting fast as well.However I am completely smitten with my Bambu P1S. No plans for multicolor because it seems like there's just so much waste and added time.
>>2687386You would be post-processing that anyways. Good print anon
>>2687400problem is with parts that I need to have fit togetherI did a bunch of cubes and while the sides where the printer goes strictly along the X axis are beautiful when going along Y its all wobblyI tried tensioning the belts and checked if anything came between the wheels and frame but all looks good. im out of ideas
400x300 for $1400. Unless it turns out to be total shit, they probably completely undermined any of bambu's XL plans.
>>2687484It says right there retail price is $1,999.
Why is every 3D printer made by some trash Chinese company?
>>2687497Because everything is made in China, anon. You can't make stampings, laser cut components, aluminum extrusions, bearings, rails, POM wheels, PCBs, belts, thermistors, heater cartridges, screws, nuts, nozzles, or heatsinks in the United States or Europe at a remotely competitive price compared to China, so even "premium" printers that are "made" in real countries are still made from a pile of Chinese components. If you want a 3D printer made in America, by Americans, from American-made parts, you'll be sucking on a $3k Ender 3.
>>2687500Why did the West think this was a good idea to rely on China, a supposed enemy, for all of our manufacturing?
>>2687497>>2687501Fuck off back to /pol/.
>>2687334>If you like orange.got one in all black
>>2687506Eat shit, chink.
>>2687518You monster.
>>2687506I know confronting reality is not your kind's strong suit, but you really need to come up with better material
This thing is up for auction at a price of $100 right now. I have heard a lot of bad things about this machine but it seems pretty cool, and im wondering if its worth trying it?Thoughts?https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/five-color-five-material-3d-printer-rova3d-fully-funds-kickstarter-29174/
>SuperSlicer has built in calibration shit>PrusaSlicer has tons of useful features like being able to edit the models slightly before you print>Can't use SuperSliders flow calibration with PrusaSlicerAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaIs there any Slicer with both the pros of SuperSlicer and PrusaSlicer?
>>2687579I have a solution.
>>2685106>tfw you nail the shrink factors for your annealed HTPLA partsNo you can't Mr. Simpson, no one can.
>>2687581But I want to tune the flow in for PrusaSlicer and its more effort than SuperSlicer
>>2687497Everything is made by some Chinese company
What is the point of heating the bed when glue is so much more effective?
>>2687500You could start a factory for each of those components in the us as chinas prices are not competitive anymore, but murifats are retarded.
>>2687574people have trouble calibrating one nozzle that would be absolute hell to work with
>>2687618well I'm currently the highest bidder. May end up getting it lol.
>>2687610I cant be bothered to apply glue all the time and I like my shit clean
What values for elephant's foot compensation & brim separation gap do other MK4 owners use? Right now I'm at 0.2mm for both.
The chinks finally broke him.Dubious if it's really him, I don't see a "By Josef Prusa" anywhere on that tweet.
>>2687687What does "Green Mode" mean? I'm not familar with how the Bambu website works. I believe there's a button you press and it sends it to your printer. Is Prusa asking if people want a similar button on Printables for their Bambu?
>>2687340>>2687391Gun stuff, need pretty high dimensional accuracy and temperature consistency
>>2687706MakerWorld, Bambu's model site thing, is basically Printables but green. People were migrating files from their Printables accounts to Bambu's site to cash in on their rewards program, but Prusa is throwing a hissy fit about it. So he's blocked that ability. It's getting pretty dire at the prusa company.
>>2687726So its just another comment about Bambu stealing. I thought it was a way to prevent Printables from losing users to MakerWorld. Pretty funny joke though.
>>2687726>It's getting pretty dire at the prusa company.>company having backlog till next year must be doing pretty poorly.Fanboys are buying and recent popcorn didn't cumber them. I'd rather his biggest problem still being finding more employees working for less than average pay.
>>2687687What do you mean dubious? This is normal behavior for the bearded troll. If this is news to you, then you must be new to Prusa.
>>2687759yehjust chinks chinkin'. >>2687759>company having backlog till next year must be doing pretty poorly.Anon the backlog is precisely why the company is stresing. People getting tired of delays, cancelling their orders and buying a bambu.That's how they lost my money.
>>2687710Interesting gun stuff? Might wanna check for something like a used Creatbot F160, or even build a cerberus and commit to PEEK prints. Accuracy isn't that much of an issue anymore, provided a calibrated machine, recent firmware and not going full top speed.That said, if you're afraid of burning down your house, a P1S and a pack of powder salt will probably get you in the right direction.
>>2687687The pollack is a douche, but I still don't feel like defending the chinks.
>>2687781The weird part is they don't need defending. It's a "I'm totally not mad, I'm flattered" post followed by a wall of seethe. They just make cheaper, faster, reliable printers and that's what people have been waiting on. There's not much more to say really.
>>2683175Alright anons, I want some feedback. Currently in college to get a piece of paper to act as backing for the money I should be earning given my capabilities.Anyways, IDGAF about the dorm rules, and want to keep a 3d printer here. $500 max budget. I've got a nearly finished V 0.2 at home, which I'll finish assembling during the upcoming break. I'm not taking it w/me, just in case it gets discovered during an inspection and confiscated, thrown out, or whatever they do. I've got a scrapped E3v2 and a scrapped Sidewinder X1. Do I try and design and cobble together a new printer, with said spare parts (mainly just frame, fans, and screen, maybe steppers) to have something I won't feel bad about throw out if taken with me?Do I get a smelly resin printer?Or do I just snag one of those new A1's and be done w/ it?
>>2687803God don't get a resin printer. There is no part of the entire process that isn't a pain in the fucking ass. I'd get an A1 and throw a box over it and try to get a noctua fan or something to vent out heat so it can be incognito + you can do ABS then. In a weird switch, the Bambu is quieter than the prusa in this.
Participating in an exercise in futility to learn modeling better. Making my own "reusable" "booster packs" for magic the gathering draft cube. Made to fit 16 holo proxied cards in dragonshield sleeves. So it's assuming that you have a real card, a base printed piece of cardstock, and then a holographic paper overlay all in a sleeve. Going to design a lid like a cigarette pack, and then try to make the sides interlocking so you can actually form it into a cube and just carry the cube around and pick packs off like a christmas tree. I mean, there's cubamajigs but their site was down when I first tried to find and buy them so I thought they went out of business. It's up now but everything is 50-66% off so maybe they're still closing. Their half-off sale is hard to beat as you get 25 packs for $15. I might can print these for 30 cents a piece, and each takes an hour to print. It could print all fucking day and I make $12 worth of boxes. So just using it as a learning tool.
Lol, I found a replicator 5th gen mini Makerbot in the dumpster. It works.Now I can larp being rich in 2014.
Notice how the retard never answered the question >>2687345. Reminder that you guys should be very careful who you take advice from. There are people in here that down own a printer but keep talking out the ass.
>>2687932Suppose he doesn't own any. What bearing does that have on his question (what does the anon want a printer for, that anons might recommend one)?
>>2687500Wuxn (why the chink name??) tries to do all American and it's really pricey.And yeah, I want to shoot myself in the head paying for electricity for private use in Germany. I can't imagine how expensive it is to run industry here.>>2687710Hoffman tactical uses prusa mk4s. Although a printer that can do dedicated support filament should help not wasting expensive filament.The real question is how you will dry your carbon fiber nylon for 12h+ at 180°C lol (if you want to do big boy guns)
>>2687940Industry pays less for power and no EEG either, Hans. They're crippled enough by regular taxes.
>>2687940>The real question is how you will dry your carbon fiber nylon for 12h+ at 180°CThis seems like an easy task for a common household oven.
>>2687934Why would you want info from a secondary? It's likely forgotten and biased. Get information from the source.
>>2687500>If you want a 3D printer made in America, by Americans, from American-made partsYou'd have gotten a Makergear M2 like I did. Good printer, still works. Old but gold.Company's out of business because people wanted cheap chinese printers instead of the tanks they made.
>>2687934If you don't own a printer you're not allowed to give advice to others on what printer they should buy.
>>2687971>Company's out of business
>>2687391this anon is absolutely wrong about everything except bambu being good. the ability to simply do TWO colors raises your simple trinkets to 11/10, nametags, figures, even a simple case pops with just one added color. it also gives you the opportunity to use support filament, which means PETG x PLA not the fancy shit (I have never used my expensive ass PVA roll, it lives in the filament dryer).>>2687330surely you mean two P1S or a carbon. If money is truly not an issue buy two P1S and one AMS, or if you really like color, one carbon with two AMS.
>>2687574for $100 I imagine the salvage would be worth it
>>2687850put a half moon in the bottom so you can push up the cards instead of pinching them
>>2687892>in the dumpsterI kind of miss being poor. Post pics I want to experience this vicariously. Also print a voron with it, you could be bigger than that guy who traded a penny for a house on craigslist.
>>2688008So how much are ¢50 in Yuan these days? I thought the Prusa bros were bad, but gotta give it to the chinks, they may actually manage to ruin this thread completely.
>>2688036I get paid in (You)s faggot.
Got it. So how much are ¢50 in (You)s these days?
>>2688036>Prusa>Apple of 3D printing>Massively overpriced products, takes credit for shit they didn't do, claims to be moral leader>Bambu>Tries to compete and be Chinese Apple of 3D printing>Competitively priced products, takes credit for shit they didn't do, claims to not know what morals areAnd you're telling me both of these companies have shit-tier communities made up of ravenous retards? Shocking.
>>2687687MakerWorld response: https://blog.bambulab.com/makerworld-drama/Prusaboys, what now?
soo.. ehh... printing pa-cf with a large bridge gap and p1p starts visibly smoking from the inside the print head. totally normal, right guize?
>>2688058who's the Samsung (expensive, but worth it) of 3d printing
>>2688116Ah, that's also Prusa and Bambu. Seeing the problem here?
>>2688116Maybe Voron/own design niche? Though those are probably more comparable to GrapheneOS.>>2688114"Probably" just wet filament. Nylon is prone to absorb. Unless it's black smoke, stinking very icky, you shouldn't have to fear more than a bad print. That said always check yourself everything is still looking right rather than listening to weebs on a chinese vtuber forum.
>>2688012Ohhh very nice suggestion anon, thanks!
>>2688097>I-I was merely pretending to be retarded!
>>2688097loli love drama
>>2687969>Why would you want info from a secondary?Because information is information. If Printer X is a good one to buy, that attribute doesn't depend on how many printers the person relaying that information has. Why do you think ad hominem is a fallacy?>Get information from the source.Personal experience? Anon was asking what to buy so he wouldn't need to do that. Because humans are capable of spreading information, allowing knowledge to be gained through ways other than personally experiencing something.>>2687979>owning an inkjet in and of itself qualifies a person to give advise on which SLS printer to buy>there is a secret organization that enforces this>they investigate everyone who copies/pastes the /3dpg/ sticky to make sure that no one gives unauthorized advice
>>2688008>the ability to simply do TWO colors...is shared by every other modern FDM printer, via manual color changes.https://youtu.be/CtC5vAK94qAAnd it's using a single hotend for that, which means that while color changes work fine (with abundant waste material), mixing materials is iffy.
>>2688128That people don't know how to make accurate metaphors?
>Console Wars: Plastic Edition Can people really only afford one printer?
>>2688161>Shitty chinese printers like Ender 3 perform worse than prusa, service as an advertisement because people said "Just get a prusa" :)))))))))))>Cheaper, more avaliable, better performing chinese printer, now people say "Just get a Bambu" :((((((((((((((((((((Do I have the gist right?
>>2688177That's the short and skinny of it.
What'cha doin' Rabb----*COUGHCOUGH* Prusa?
>>2686443>>2686331I used a little catia and over a thousand hours of creo, both of them are buggy trash.Both of them randomly crash, corrupts files and has un-intuitive antiquated ui. Creo has the same bugs as it had 15 years ago.But i agree, just doit.
>>268731998% of the filament is below .01 mm tolerance is meaningless.It could mean that the total amount of the filament, lets say 400 m, would have 392 m of filament below .01 mm tolerance. And the remaining 8 m is out of tolerance. But by how much? Is it 1.76 mm or 1.99 mm or 3 mm? Also how is the out of tolerance lengths distributed? Imagine getting filament marketed with "98% of the filament is below .01 mm tolerance" having 3 mm diameter blobs every 10 meter or so. Technically the statement would be true for an unusable roll of filament.
I'm going to buy my first printer and I intend to use it for at least a few years, with the intention of having it run 24/7 eventually.I had intended to get the Prusa i3 MK3S+ before I found this general because I've read around that these things work without breaking 99.9% of the time, and the MK4 delivery time is too long so I'm not getting that. But I see the paste advises against getting expensive bedslingers, whats the reason for this? Paying too much not to get something thats faster?I'm looking for reliability and ease of use above all else
>>2688013Ill take pics when I get my new phone in a day, lol. But I have many printers, this one... I remember them being the first printer I ever saw in 2014. So, For free. Ill play around with it.I may make my 0,2 voron parts on it for the lols.
>>2688228For a cheaper one, get the kit mk4 and wait.Mk3 is good, but slow. But it does work fine.For the price, get the qidi x-plus 3. It's cheaper than the mk3.And the mk4 is a great printer. So I say it's a bit overpriced. But it's good.
Fucked a dryer duct, hated the old one anyway, printed a replacement solution. Probably saved a couple bucks, maybe, I don't want to know.
>>2688262Printed in shitty old Chinese PETG that's held up for several years in the engine bays of two of my vehicles so I'm pretty confident it'll hold up here.
What's the best replacement for these shitty bowden tube couplings
>>2688277DIRECT
>>2688163Don't fall for obvious bait.>>2688262>>2688264Neat, but why flatten the part towards the foil? Would've made it round as well for an even fit.
>>2688297More compact this way, gets the dryer another inch and a half closer to the wall and away from the door. Circumference is the same as the vent hose, the cross-section area is only reduced by 14%. Still significantly bigger than the minimum size recommended for the dryer, so I'm not worried about it.
>>2688309>gets the dryer another inch and a half closer to the wall and away from the doorFair enough, but what i meant was a fit seal to avoid pic rel. Nevermind if it does just fine, it just seemed a bit counter intuitive to me.
>>2688336Oh I see what you mean. Thankfully it's snug enough that the band clamps do a great job of sealing it up.
baker pls
>>2687057It doesn't have anything to do with temperature. It's probably misalignment between X and Y axis. Try to check if you can correct it mechanically. If not, Marlin has bed skew correction option, but you need to compile your own firmware (or calculate factor and apply it if your firmware has it enabled): https://marlinfw.org/docs/gcode/M852.html
This hole alignment ain't it, chief. I think the drill mount is flexing too much. I'll try performing the drilling moves AFTER the etching as the drill should notch into the etched hole, but that won't work for vias that aren't just stitching ground planes. No vias for now I guess. It also makes the process of testing for alignment a lot slower.I should also bump up the laser width compensation.
How much for a beginner to get into this Starting with absolutely nothing
>>2688502I'm looking to make plastic cases notuch bigger than 6x6 inches maybe even just 4x4
>>2688502>>2688503Read the top line of OP's printer recommendations if you're pinching pennies. In particular, the Kingroon KP3S is a pretty solid printer with the only downside being its small size, which shouldn't bother you. The two delta printers at the end of the recs are also probably pretty good but idk shit about deltas. Do some research into their specs, and read and watch some reviews.All you need is basically a printer and a spool of filament. Normal PLA or PLA+ is what I'd go for as a beginner. And modelling software you're comfortable with, if you're retarded like me just use google sketchup make 2017 for everything, it works fine.
>>2688207>It could mean that the total amount of the filament, lets say 400 m, would have 392 m of filament below .01 mm tolerance.Correct.> And the remaining 8 m is out of tolerance.Out of .01mm tolerance, but within the normal tolerance specified for the whole spool, typically .02mm-.03mm for Prusament, depending on material. The gist of the blurb is that Prusament mostly exceeds the minimum published tolerance for consistency rather than barely squeaking by.>Also how is the out of tolerance lengths distributed?They actually tell you that via a QR code on the spool.
>>2688228>But I see the paste advises against getting expensive bedslingers, whats the reason for this?Someone is just salty about Prusas. The I3 and Mini were on there for a while, and Lulzbots (way more expensive bedlsingers) are still there.>I'm looking for reliability and ease of use above all elseAt the consumer price range, MK3 or MK4. Others currently on the market may get there, but the I3 has a long history of reliability in print farms that newer printers don't. If the wait on the MK4 is too long for you, a MK3S+ may be the way to go, though that would be giving up both print speed and various ease of use features.
>>2688297But the bait is so enticing, anon. Behold the dance. Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?
>>2688502>Starting with absolutely nothingNo experience or no money?
>>2688502Elegoo Neptune.They got a $300 one.
>>2688228>I'm looking for reliability and ease of use above all elseYou're going to want a Bambu then. P1P if you don't need to print ABS or something without an enclosure, it's $600 and you'll have it in a week.Get the P1S if you want to print things requiring an hour enclosure, it's $700. It's just outright hard to beat for a no-compromise tool. Cheap, fast, reliable. Pick all three.
From the multiple printers I have bought over the year I have accumulated allen keys, all of the handled ones are dumb, and accomodate to people that cant/wont cut the allen keys, and had a shitty swivel that was 3d printed, and not properly done with a bearing. However, I did find this mini screw driver that was inspired from EDC tool.https://www.printables.com/model/354777I modified it to fit 4 size of free allen keys I had duplicates of.I also printed matching grips.https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:732019With the tools being free, I figured why not.
>>2688516No experience and no equipmentI can probably throw 500 to 800 at it US
>>2688532Thx it gets the job done?
>>2688544Any size/material requirements? Anything over 260x260mm and bedslingers turn quite messy. For entry level ABS/ASA, you're rather looking at a P1S or DIY at your budget.
>print cube>bottom bulges out>top bulges out>even when its clearly too far away from the bed the bottom bulges>top seems almost overextruded>no matter what I do I just can't get this shit sortedI HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS I HATE 3D PRINTERS
>>2688545Spits out plastic in the shape you ask it too without much fuss. It runs auto-calibrations so you don't have to "tinker" or anything.You hit print, it prints and then you're back to your project.
>>2688292What?
>>2688539>cut allen keysBut why? Did your dad never show you how to use an allen key, with your thumb? I don't wanna be too mean, but you simply posted broken tools.
>>2688568did you calibrate the esteps?
>>2688610not him, but he probably means direct drive
>>2688568What material are you using?What settings?What printer setup?Did you calibrate everything properly?Is it properly tightened and aligned?What's your home address so I can come fix it?
>>2688618YesI get better results with SuperSlicer maybe PrusaSlicer just has wank settings. Pic related is a diagram of what happens with my cuuuubes. Even when the first layer is clearly too far away this happens, it just makes it more exaggerated cos of the bottom layer being too far away>>2688627Overture PLA200c seemed like the best from the temp tower testEnder 3 NeoYes (I think)Yes (I think, I cleaned and lubed the lead screw and everything)308 Negra Arroyo Lane
Also I'm convinced this overture PLA is pure poison, my throat is fucky and I'm not even in the same room as the stuff while it prints. Its also slightly transparent. when printed for the temp tower test. Do you think I got PETG instead? The box says PLA
>>2688629Try putting a few layers with 100% infill in the middle of the cube, does it also bulge out?
>>2688637How do I do that with SuperSlicer?
>>2688637>>2688638Nvm I found it, I'll do 100% monotonic for a mid section
>>2688631Doesn't really matter, if it fucks with your throat, ventilate the room. Don't listen to muh fumes no danger faggots.
>>2688660Not had plastic this acrid its got me from the other room before
>>2688637It does bulge where the 100% infil is. Any ideas what I do to fix this?
>>2688691Calibrate E-steps I guess.
>>2688693
Any tips on printing tensile specimens that wont break at the arrow?
What reasons would there be to get a Neptune 3 Pro instead of a Sovol SV06, other than price (which seems to be a pretty small different)?
>>2688709This is a top-down view, right? Increase wall count instead of infill.
>>2688711Yes.>Increase wall countSame happens, the single little corner in the infill initiates a crack and breaks at the neck.If i bump up the wall all the way like pic related it will break there.
>>2688611These were Allen keys that came with printers I bought. The ones I cut where the ones in the white handle.
Is it worth the hassle to configure input shaping on marlin on an ender3?It's the very first model, with some mods (dual z with rails, bmg direct drive, pei bed surface, skr mini)It prints flawlessly, literally fire and forget, but I wouldn't mind some extra speed since I often print stuff to sell and it can cause quite the backlog.I've not touched the firmware in like 4 years
Anyone know what the deal is with the prusa slicer on the tolerances, why are they gay? There are 3 settings, inclusive, middle and exclusive, according to the wiki the exclusive is the most loose but the first print was the opposite, worse than middle. Who the f designed this crap lol. The print in place just fused the two separate walls together.
ded bread but>do you really need a hotend cover?I have the silicone socks, what benefit does a hot end cover add? Is it necessary? Just upgraded my hotened to dual extruder and idk whether to print a hotend cover or just leave it open. I am printing tpu/petg if that matters and I've found there's no point in print cooling for larger prints also don't use print cooling with tpu.
>>2688746I couldn’t explain why, but it prints better with it on. Also easier to clean. And once my ender had the thermal runaway alarm go off when i printed high temp filament without it.
>>2688748Disregard, misread your post and thought you meant socks. No idea.
>>2688748Yah, but ender 3 hotend cover is literally a fan. Now that the cool end fan is directly attached to the heatsink, why add a cover?
>>2688767Maybe to direct airflow? Maybe just for aesthetics? Not sure. Try printing one and do some testing with and without, and report back with your results.
>>2688724That doesn't answer ~why~ you mutilated your tools. Look up how to use an allen key.>>2688743>I've not touched the firmware in like 4 yearsSo you do have a backup of your last state already? I say go wild.>>2688746Part cooling fans? Might answer your cover question as well.
>>2688860>That doesn't answer ~why~ you mutilated your tools. Look up how to use an allen key.There has been many instances where I needed to loosen a bolt in a tight spot and those allen keys weren't long enough, and if they were long enough the short end would always catch on something or I think I found an angle to loosen the bolt but I didn't.T-handles same reasons as above except on both sides of the T, I printed those handles and cut the short end of the allen so I can actually get this in a tight spot and actually be able to turn it without fucking around trying to find an angle if possible or not have the short end catch on stuff.Thats my reason its a Quality of life for me, even if you still think its invalid reason, tough shit, autistic asshole.
>>2688860I mean ffs anon do you not know these exist?https://www.amazon.com/INJORA-Screwdriver-Crawler-Helicopter-Airplane/dp/B08TC1ZNNF
>>2687803Probably will be buying a A1 mini come March, but started tinkering with the Ender conversion anyway. I'm thinking of designing it to use either a Prusa mini bed or annex k3 bed. The goal would be to have a side pack to keep the majority of the mass down low, tidy, and safe. Should also be easily converted in the future to an enclosed printer.I like the idea of one very rigid central backbone to the printer, on its y and z axis.Any ideas on how possible it would be to introduce another cheap mount point for the free floating end of the x axis? There will be at least a 2020 frame under the printer bed, connected to the frame backbone, for the print bed assembly to mount to.So far my parts list is sitting around $150 for rails, new mainboard, and some fasteners and small parts I'll probably need.
>>2688903Forgot pic
>>2687803>>2688903>>2688904You started as edgelord and ended as retard, bravo. Good luck in college, you'll need it.
>>2688713Not all the way you fucking retarded
Does the CC non-commercial still aplly to the model if i just sell the paintjob and provide the printed model for free?
>>2688952>>>/tg/3dpg
>>2688745Might want to try PrusaSlicer instead of Cura if you want to use PrusaSlicer.
>>2688952If you charge more then the model's price (purchased or manufacturer) you're going to get fucked
i think i'm gonna bootstrap my way to a cnc router by converting my ender 3 into an edm machine to make precision metal pieceswhat linear rails do you guys recommend?
>>2688974>what linear rails do you guys recommend?Frankly, the cheapest you can find with local warranty. Test them immediately after arrival and send back if crooked.>but i want bestIgus, Misumi>but i want cheapestAny aliexpress. Read a proper guide on rails first, for example you need to clean and grease your rails on arrival. The "pre grease" is just anti rust. Good luck!
>>2688903Why would you put in so much effort just to slightly reconfigure a cheap chinese bed slinger and its power supply? Fix the ender for $20 and be done with it.