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There is a setting in Slic3r that helps avoid dribbling, its effect is to retract the filament slightly, a settable amount, it then automatically adjusts itself on continuing.

The dribbling...

Have you tried pva glue ? the white woodworkers glue. I've just got my new hot end fixed up and I'running some trials with it also with ABS glue and finally with Pritt Stick. I'll report back when I...

I'm hooked on Slic3r too and to be honest, DrLuigi, your printing is so much better with Slic3r so why not stick with it? It doesn't make sense to use a program because you like it if it's not doing...

Oops, sorry Luigi, I spelt it as it's known in English, that's rude of me, I should only spell it like that if talking to another Englishman, speaking to you I should have spelt it with two O's, my...

I have to say it, sorry but it still looks bowed to me. I had a similar problem back when I first started in 2010 and at that time I slowed the print speed down to 40mm/s instead of 60 and it fixed...

Yes, I'm an Englishman to the core :) I've not been outside England for 50 years, when I was about 9 our family went on a touring holiday across, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. I remember...

Wow, that looks like the bees knees to me, I've definitely not seen this before, how have I missed it ! Even better they're in England so postage is a dream. I'll be buying one of these in the next...

@DrLuigi - I've been looking for a full metal hot end, the one I got in a hurry which will do for the interim is a standard J Head with peek insulator, it cost me £13 which I found good. I don't like...

Well it's happened. I left my Mendel i1 happily printing late on Friday afternoon while I nipped over the road for ten minutes, I came back and it wasn't laying any plastic, everything was merrily...

First point, I'm wondering why there are so many variances between machines running the same products, I use Kapton when printing with ABS and find that I can pull off the finished print with my...

My apologies Simon I was asking Wired1 and I got his name and saw his printer from his link to Thingiverse in the post.

It's spooky that there are two Simon's in the same thread, maybe Simon Le...

Awesome Simon, that is one nice design, very neat clean lines. Have you increased the height from the Mendels and what is the print area?

I built my machine over the space of a couple of weeks. I bought a plastic part kit from Nophead back in 2011, it was the first iteration of the Prusa. I went to my local engineers supplies shop,...

Indeed Tom is right, I never use a fan on ABS and it certainly helps the lifting situation. Another method I use which combined with not using a fan is a small fan heater, it doesn't need to be an...