Wanhao Duplicator i3 .... my ramblings

[proto-typer]

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 were OK and the small detail picked up nicely, but the larger flat faces were just the wrong thickness for my settings. I ended up with thin walls and hollow cores which basically peeled itself apart. Will reprint them with a much more solid setting

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As an interesting aside .... the ribbing on the arms actually gives them surprising rigidity in the direction they actually take load.

[Roberts_Clif]

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