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Yea I need to play around with the fan 100% on my ABS prints.
I ordered some 1mm thick ceramic blanket material, plan to wrap the head in that, should help some.

I have a Prusa 10" i3V, with a clough42 Z Probe for auto leveling, and clough42 extruder cooling shroud.

I am looking for a good solution for a print cooler.
Below is a photo of my current setup....

Opps, sorry, I am using Cura 15.04.6
I found this, which has alot of info, but I dont see any of those settings in Cura at all, except flow....

I have a Prusa i3v 10" printer that I have had quite a while and have most things dialed in and working well with it...
Except, sizing.
Doesnt matter if its something I design or downloaded online....

I ended up getting that 5.5w diode laser engraver from Ebay.
I didnt want to bother with the water cooling of the CO2 laser for my first one, and I needed the large engraving area this one has.
...

The one I had my eye on was this 5.5W version, with a very large engraving area and open bottom....

I have had my 3D Printer a while and would really like to gea a laser Engraver / Cutter to compliment it.
I would like to get one that can do a fairly large area, and also like the ones that dont...

This thread reminded me that I wanted to get some threaded inserts.
I have alot of M3 screws for my RC hobby, so I got a bunch of M3 inserts from HERE just now.
Should be fun to incorporate into...

Yea I may have to get some of those samples sometime, like you said, you could actually make something with that large of a sample.

Thanks for the input and advice.

oops, double post.

Thanks for the links I will check them out.
Am I missing something, or does GlobalFSD not really sell just,,, regular PLA?
Seems they only have translucent, glow, flex, and other specialty...

Yea UK suppliers wont really help me, shipping is always an issue. Thanks for the offer though.

I have messed with the tension on the hobbed bolt, I have had it pretty tight before, to the point...

Thanks for the input, yea noticed the size/weight differences.

Was a bit frustrating to go back to order filament, and basically every place and brand I had, it no longer available.
I think I...

Saw SainSmart mentioned a couple times here, good price on it also.
http://www.sainsmart.com/3d-printing/pla-filament/sainsmart-1-75mm-imported-pla-filament-for-3d-printers-1kg.html

Its been a while since I ordered any filament, and all the places I ordered from before are now closed, or out of stock.
I have tried a few brands now, nothing expensive (Im cheap) and so far the...

That is what was shown in one of the vids, but, without a true mirrow function, that will not work for all situations.

The 3D software hunt has been extremely frustrating. I even have decent...

I have used alot of design software the last couple years, and so far I like DesignSpark Mechanical the best, by far.
Combines the 2D aspects of CAD that I am used to, with the push pull kinda...

What is the coiling a sign of?
Mine will coil, like mad. Pretty much always has.
If I have recently cleaned out the tip with the guitar string, its a bit better, but generally, will never fall...

Been a while since I really read up on all this, so I might be mistaken...

But, I though that if the upper end of the hotend, where its fins are, got too hot, that it would cause the filament to...

Thanks alot, that solution really makes sense.
Now, I just hope I can find the right size tube !

But, if its kinking due to jamming, I still need to figure out the cause of the jam also.
Though,...

This is plain PLA filament. (though I have had it do it with ABS also)
I run PLA at 190. I have not played with the temps all that much, I have sliiiiight stringing, so I dont think I should raise...

I have the origial extruder setup, looks like this.

With this cooler setup installed.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:335613

And this fan duct.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:351280
...

Ever since I have had my Prusa i3v 10" I have had alot of issues with the Filament slipping, and I am recently thinking that its due to the filament jamming in the extruder.
Since abbout 60% of the...

For the most part, mine works well, but I have alot of random times it fails.
Sometimes auto homing will not safe home in the middle, just homes in the corner, if it does this, then the 9 bed...

Hmm mine acts a bit differently than that.
Like I said, sometimes it safe homes, other times it just homes in the corner.
If it homes just in the corner, the 9 location grip that it tests for...