I like the idea of those clips ...... but I had one of those epiphany moments. I have been stupid with a capital STUPID. So stupid in fact I physically had to give myself a slap.
I need some kind...
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I like the idea of those clips ...... but I had one of those epiphany moments. I have been stupid with a capital STUPID. So stupid in fact I physically had to give myself a slap.
I need some kind...
I am going to get a piece of glass cut to fit.
My flatness hunch was proved when I started getting similar pickup issues with out the PrintBite after I re-levelled the bed. When I checked all 4...
Damn .... that's where I was going wrong ... the language I was using was turning the air blue.
I'll whisper sweetly in it's USB port about what a wonder it is. I just hope it speaks English, cos...
I was checking my bed VERY carefully.....and I don't think the metal bad is flat. If the bed was bowed up, the clearance could have reduced to virtually nothing...causing the extruder to block and...
This is driving me slowly really rather insane....
The first layerjust isn't even starting to adhere.
The part I am printing is basically a 37mm diameter disk. Layer one has gone most of the...
Cool... I guessed that there would be a need for different setitngs.... Thanks for the tip. I'll give that a try tomorrow. I could see the hotter temps I was using already gave a better flat surface...
After having a few issues with over-adhesion to the bed, and some resulting messy printing I havew bought myself a sheet of printbite.....which I am told is a much better surface for printing on.
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Really starting to feel I have got the hang of hte basics of 3D prinitng and am getting pretty reliable results with my printer.
Now I want to experiment with different filaments, but I am pretty...
Thanks :) more stuff to experiment with!
I have been printing around the 190-200 mark at present so I will ramp it up a bit and see if that improves.
To be fair, by modifying the design of the...
Right...well...
on the good side..I found a place that had some PrintBite in stock. So I have a piece on the way!
On the less good side, I have been discovering the limitations of 3D printed...
Thanks for the tip :) I'll pick up a few cheap gluesticks and see how that goes :)
Printbite currently not available ..... website soon to be updated. So I guess I will just have to hold fire until the stuff is available again :(
I had registered that for POOR adhesion.....but now it sounds even more tempting :)
One thing I had not noticed was the fact that I had to select M in the STL exporter in Lightwave, not MM ..... or I got micro prints again.
Anyways that was easy enough. I hadn't even noticed the...
Print settings are important....learned that today!
I printed some nice suspension arms for my tank, but left the 'fill' settings at 30%. This was fiine for a lot of the parts, as the large blocks...
Last night, I began work on a serious scratch build project.
One of my other hobbies is RC. A few years back I had a go at modifying and improving a 1/16 RC tank, and that was fun. So much fun, I...
Well....been learning a LOT about how my printer works.
Just finished making a fully articulated warrior bug from Starship Troopers. Looks great...but the body was a real challenge.
Started...
I will play about with the print speed and the various settings I can mess with in Simplify .... that may well help get the initial layer nice. The larger areas printed OK, but the finer stuff did...
Just to set out the stall a bit here ....
This is my first ever 3D printer. I had done a bit of research, but as far as practical experience goes, I had none. I did not have a huge budget either....
Been busy over the weekend and am just about to glue together my first build. Went pretty well. Discovered a few parts printer really badly if laid out one way, but really well flipped up, which has...
Not sure...that was the sample print they include. No idea on settings, but I guess it's the best quality. Going to try some stuff from scratch next. See how I get on
update:
Going like a...
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we have pictures :)
Well..I have officially popped my 3D printing cherry :)
The Wanhoa test model 'hand' has been printed. I am pretty pleased with the result. The definition on the model is pretty good, and the...
offer gratefully received :)
@curious aardvark ... wow ...loads of things to print and add! The braces and cooling stuff look handy! In fact the only thing I won;t need is the thumbwheels for the wingnuts as Wanhoa have now...