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    Technologist Kingoddball's Avatar
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    i3 - Finally extruding correctly! Nearly time to print!

    Not really post worthy but!
    My i3 has finally extruded correctly from both hot ends, the LCD panel is working (again, finally).
    I need to correct my end stops and then I can FINALLY get a test print made... then the inevitable configs

    Been stalled on this printer for awhile and my trust backup (i2) is now living in a new home going unused - what a shame!!

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    Awesome! Be sure to show us your results once you start printing some stuff

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    Hmm..

    First print - I'm actually happy with it [yes, miserable failure]... Although I can't get any fans to work! No idea why... :S

    One extruder is a mil or two lower than the other so it was dragging on the hotbed.

    First failed.jpg

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    Congrats on that first print,it's a good feeling to finally see it move !

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    Yep - But I have now destroyed it and started again... :S

    Stripped the entire unit and rebuilding on a redesigned frame (metal) and simplified the extruder - Single with herringbone.

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    Congrats! We love our aluminum framed i3s. We also have a Replicator XL with a dual extruder but after the first couple of weeks of novelty, have never done a double extruder print.

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    I had a similar thought process - Use the dual for everything... In the end I could find no use except for something like use a different colour for support prints.
    Would have slowed the prints down. Now I have a spare J-Head!

    My frame is slightly different - It composite alloy - Metal/Fiberglass/metal - Strong, but in a similar shape to the wooden frames - Super strong!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kingoddball View Post
    In the end I could find no use except for something like use a different colour for support prints.
    Didn't someone recently start selling (to hobbyists) a dissolving filament for making supports?

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    pva and hips are both used as dissolvable support material. you can even use abs as dissolvable support if your printing nylon.

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    NICE IDEA! Dissolve the supports! Brilliant! Will look into this! thanks!

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