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Yesterday, 11:03 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Which FDM printer ~£2000~ (more details in post) in 3D Printers (Hardware)Nope - that's pretty much too thin a layer. 0.1mm is as low as you should sensibly go. The sweet spot is usually around 0.16-0.2. This is not a...8 replies | 447 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:26 AMI occasionally get it on my phone. And yeah, it's seriously annoying. No idea what it's down to. I've used pretty much every browser and...11 replies | 360 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:10 AMyou've actually said the problem. the belts slipped. You need to tighten the grubscrew on the stepper motor gear. They don't slip, but...1 replies | 37 view(s)
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03-07-2021, 12:10 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread flash forge creator pro printing problem in Tips, Tricks and Tech HelpYeah sounds like dodgy file or corrupted sdcard3 replies | 317 view(s)
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03-06-2021, 03:34 PMAll sorted and printing fine. In all my NEWBness I did not seat the Bowden tube fully into the hot end and did not tension the extruder so I had a...5 replies | 461 view(s) -
03-04-2021, 10:10 PMFirst test print the small box. Started fine but when it reached the top of the print... the filament was no longer coming out of the nozzle. I...5 replies | 461 view(s)
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03-04-2021, 09:39 AMThank you Aardvark! PM sent. Don't understand why there are so many issues with assembly on YouTube. I completed in about 2 hours. Parts were...5 replies | 461 view(s)
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03-04-2021, 07:36 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Recommendation for Printer/Material/Technology to print small cookie cutter in 3D Printers (Hardware)Just look around the forum. pretty much every single day there are new: 'wjy won't my ender 3 work' posts. I know some people like banging their...18 replies | 1574 view(s)
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03-04-2021, 07:27 AMyeah ! (lol) Good choice, minimum mods, and just an awesome machine. So glad you didn't go down the creality rabbit hole. send me your...5 replies | 461 view(s)
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03-04-2021, 07:14 AMwell looking at pictures I'd say it's a single extruder replicator clone. which is probably going to cause you some issues. What firmware...14 replies | 8935 view(s)
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03-04-2021, 07:08 AMhow strong do the parts need to be - ie: what kind of stress does the most stressed part take and in what directions. Fdm printers can make very...7 replies | 591 view(s)
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03-03-2021, 07:24 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Seeking high speed printers, good quality/resolution, for repetitive prints in General 3D Printing DiscussionThere are several new-ish approaches to injectionmoulding thse days. You can use a 3d printer capable of printing with PEEK. And actually print...4 replies | 463 view(s)
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03-02-2021, 01:53 PMJust ordered the Two Trees Sapphire Pro based on a recent post by Aardvark. Thank you... sounds like with your mods I will be happy with it as a...5 replies | 461 view(s)
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03-01-2021, 06:06 PMI dont have as much money as the last few posts to spend. Looking at 300 or less. I'm a software architect and found an M3D cube at my local thrift...5 replies | 461 view(s)
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03-01-2021, 10:50 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Does your Kid's School have a 3D Printer Yet in 3D Printing in Educationunfortunately the ubiquitious 'health and safety' is what's stopping many schools getting 3d printers. It has to be safe, it can't have any...9 replies | 7711 view(s)
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03-01-2021, 06:55 AMyep we need more information. well actullly we need SOME information :-) Those little phone stands are brilliant prints I've made a lot of them...2 replies | 321 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 04:49 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread can you cure/ anneal pla in a food dehydrator ? in General 3D Printing DiscussionIf you'd like to play along at home. This is the box set I'll be printing and curing next. It's a square box and a cylindrical box. ...2 replies | 445 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 03:33 PMwell that's about as incorrect a statement as you could have typed. NO warehousing costs, NO manufacturing costs, NO distribution costs. The...25 replies | 2144 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 03:24 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread can you cure/ anneal pla in a food dehydrator ? in General 3D Printing Discussionwell I never made it back in here saturday so the part had about 40 hours or so of curing at 68c. So has it changed. well yes it has. This is...2 replies | 445 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 02:55 PMoh yeah that would be an absolute doddle to make with openscad. The stepping might not be necessary, in which case you're looking at 'funnel'...7 replies | 849 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 02:41 PMActually the printer side of things is about 90% there. You CAN buy an off the shelf printer that does not rewuire any assembling, and you can get...25 replies | 2144 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 02:06 PMwell given how easy it is in china to get a mainboard made for you - it's not unreasonable to think that tronxy have done just that and wreitten...6 replies | 1683 view(s)
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02-28-2021, 01:52 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Anybody have experience with this website? in General 3D Printing Discussionpretty sure that's whare my he3d k200 delta came from about 5 years ago. On that single case scenario I was happy, The printer arrived on time and...1 replies | 436 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 05:33 PMcurious aardvark started a thread can you cure/ anneal pla in a food dehydrator ? in General 3D Printing DiscussionI'll let you know tomorrow. I did some reading on curing pla recently. And while you can do it in an oven - most ovens aren't that precise at...2 replies | 445 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 05:20 PMINteresting, I remembered 3d builder and had aquick loook yesterday. Kind of non-intuitive, but looks like it might have its uses. I guess...9 replies | 1100 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 02:45 PMI will add that i did buy a £100 3d scanner. If you should ever feel tempted to do the same. Go buy 40 euro lottery tickets instead :-) That way...7 replies | 849 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 02:25 PMsome of the slicers will turn a jpg into an extruded stl file. Flashprint does a great job and I would imagine prusaslicer would do it as well. ...1 replies | 469 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 02:14 PMwell, I do sympathise. I think when we all started we thought the answer to copying an existing thing would be scanning. it isn't :-) Many print...7 replies | 849 view(s)
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02-25-2021, 01:37 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Recommendation for Printer/Material/Technology to print small cookie cutter in 3D Printers (Hardware)They will ALL have good print quality. these days that's pretty much a given. Some will produce results at a slower print speed, but generally...18 replies | 1574 view(s)
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02-24-2021, 08:23 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Seeking high speed printers, good quality/resolution, for repetitive prints in General 3D Printing Discussionwell there is only one type of fdm machine that is suited to continuous production printing. You want/need a belt printer :-) Production...4 replies | 463 view(s)
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