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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 | 1448 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 | 366 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 | 8892 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 | 352 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 | 427 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 | 7626 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 | 301 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 | 402 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 | 2023 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 | 402 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 | 755 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 | 2023 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 | 1639 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 | 400 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 | 402 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 | 994 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 | 755 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 | 418 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 | 755 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 | 1448 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 | 427 view(s)
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02-23-2021, 02:14 PMthere are an increasing number of ready built plug-n-play printers around. Some actually do what they say they do. The original makerbot...25 replies | 2023 view(s)
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02-23-2021, 01:37 PMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Best 3D printer for me? Comment advice. in General 3D Printing Discussionhave a look at the tronxy 5sa PRO...98 replies | 70804 view(s)
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02-22-2021, 11:28 AMthe x5sa PRO. ...25 replies | 2023 view(s)
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02-22-2021, 11:23 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread New and I haven't figured out proper scaling and proportions for multiple piece. in General 3D Printing Discussionnah, this particular issue is purely down to how some slicers react to very small parts.6 replies | 641 view(s)
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02-22-2021, 09:13 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread 3D printing hobbiests, What got you started down the path? in General 3D Printing DiscussionAn advert for makibox 3d printers popped up on - facebook I think. back then 3dprinters were kind of in the news, but cost an arm and a leg and a...2 replies | 253 view(s)
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02-22-2021, 09:01 AMOh - now that's an interesting offer. And, personally, having seen his work over the last few years - I'd take autowiz up on his offer. With...25 replies | 2023 view(s)
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02-21-2021, 10:13 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Person who Invented BL Touch - Are they a sadist in 3D Printer Parts, Filament & Materialscreality are the kings of clone. So, probably genuinely made in a genuine shed :-)9 replies | 1189 view(s)
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02-21-2021, 07:42 AMthe corexy design is easily the fastest of current fdm designs. And there are some big print volumes and decent machines around. Speed is partly...25 replies | 2023 view(s)
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02-21-2021, 07:33 AMcurious aardvark replied to a thread Recommendation for Printer/Material/Technology to print small cookie cutter in 3D Printers (Hardware)well if it's going in your living room - you might want silent stepper drivers. I used my delta for the first time in a while yesterday - wow,...18 replies | 1448 view(s)
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