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This is a really smart approach, I think this will open a lot more possibilities with shapes and sizes.
@Feign, What about cutting the openings out after the printing? And closing tops could be...

Ah right I didn't recognise the screen, glad to know you came to the same conclusion.

Really nice work Geoff, I also like the package presentation.
With painting you are the king, I'm anxious to see your next models ;o)

Looks great, I like the placement of the screen and other electronics on top.
Looks like Marlin on the screen, right? You might wanna give Repetier a go, I found it has some nice options for...

Hi Darky,

I think the guys from Opiliones asked about € 2500,- for their printer, but that was a year ago.
For 10k you might be able to get a milling machine that will do the size you...

Don't forget SketchUp, and lately I'm playing around with Sculptris, low learning curve and great for quick sculpting.

Some shameless self promotion here, I like my own extruder best ;o)

My original extruder was made from laser cut acrylic parts that looked really nice but wasn't strong enough for my hands. It...

They are printing houses so there are big enough printers, but for normal plastic FDM printer the biggest ready to print machine I know of is this one but there might be others out there.
If you...

Thanks, I will try if I can find that somewhere.

@CaptainObvious, want to share the brand of glue stick you use, might be that i'm using the wrong one.

Nice, but I was more interested in speeds to be honest. My thought was that it should be able to run at higher speeds because it looks so sturdy.
I see you use Repetier as firmware right?

Nice, all aluminium! But we want specs, what can this sturdy beast do? ;o)

Yeah that's why I'm looking into wifi on the printer, would be nice to have all connected.

btw did you try Repertier Host as a alternative to Pronterface? I'm not even sure it works well with...

Nice, that looks promising, thanks for sharing. Now I only have to wait for a OSX version.

Hi Roxy, so you kinda print stand alone because you have a dedicated and fast enough laptop ;o)
I still use my laptop for tweaking because the Repetier Host software gives me all the options I...

Yeah stand alone printing is a big advantage, I'm checking wifi possibilities to make it even more convenient ;o)

I disagree, I would prefer a printer without auto calibration, because to me this would mean the printer is well build, level and doesn't need this feature.
Consumer friendly in my eyes is leaving...

It's in the second tab, Advanced, Retraction Distance.
You could try playing with this value to check if you can get better prints.
But like the others already mentioned, this can be also some...

I know some people who only heat up the bed to 40C to make this work. I also read that there is no need to clean the glue from the building plate but just spread it again with a bit of water and a...

For some vases I used 0.4 mm (the size of my hot-end opening) this works really well if you use a spiral motion to print.
For all other work I mostly use 0.5 mm, I tried 1 mm but I didn't have the...

Solidworks and SketchUp for me mostly, 123D Design and Sculptris are fun new programs I like to play around with.

It's about 50cm long with 6 parts round 15mm, 6x 17,5mm, 6x 20mm and 3x 22.5mm and the head and tail so 23 parts in total, but it is printed pre assembled so one part really...

I switched from Marlin to Repetier a few days ago and wish I had done it more soon.
I got a simple 20x4 screen on my delta printer but I can do anything directly from the printer now,
no more...

Great idea, thanks for sharing!

Snake,

Another pre assembled animal for your kids, or yourself ;o)

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