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It would be awesome if we could send drones to the moon or other worls and they would use this technology to make whole settlements from the available material. Space exploration would thus be made...

Don't worry that will never happen since one would still need Plutonium 239 or Uranium 235 and I bet it won't be available in form of filament anytime soon :)

I'm not afraid of 3D printed guns...

Hmm so what does Cura do so much better than slic3r when print time is concerned?
I would say that such drastic changes in print time can only be attributed to increased speed. Now I am really...

Thanks DrLuigi :)

Well I told you once slic3r rocks :D
You can also print .stl files directly, just link your pronterface with slic3r so there will be no need to export G-code with slic3r and...

Good job!

That's a nice print for such a small object :)
By the way, are you printing from Minecraft? Those cubes look familiar :D

Excessive speed or too high acceleration can be cause of this issue. I had similar problems with Sprinter but after I moved to Marlin and found speed that works well for my device prints are fine...

Hi Luigi,

Perhaps lowering your acceleration settings in firmware will give positive effects.
At what speed have you been printing the perimeters, oh and which firmware do you use?

- Filip

Maybe one possible use might be artificial muscles. Just a thought though.
Printing "muscles" would make a huge impact on robotics and prosthetic industry.

Thanks for sharing your recipe for warp-free ABS print Eric :)

As for the kapton goes I had roughly the same problems when I tried to print ABS, even cooling the bed down to room temperature...

I don't know how good Makerbots glow in the dark filament is but I can guarantee that glow bug yellow from Faberdashery is excellent. I also tried the one from Reprap world, it glows nicely but...

I saw this implementation of SCARA on youtube a few times. There are some enthusiasts in South Africa actively working on the project. If anyone would like to see it in action you can visit one of...

Hi Eric,

Do you use kapton tape or do you print directly to the glass?

That's a nice print, in fact you just gave me an idea to make something similar for lab test tubes. Those stainless steel holders for test tubes are kinda expensive here so why not print them :)

I...

Yeah, PLA parts can be very brittle when thin. From my experience you can make thin parts a bit more rigid if you use more perimeters (lets say 5 or more), normally I print with 2 or 3 perimeters....

True that, 40W bulb really shouldn't burn too much. I am running multiple machines at a time thus my favorite material is PLA. It even smells better and Faberdashery supplies colors that you simply...

Please accept my deepest condolences for such a nice print, it really looked well until it cracked :/

Another although quite wasteful solution would be to put one or two of those IR heating lamps...

Hehe I never saw anyone put a garbage bag over 3D printer but if it helps why not ;)

Well slic3r has option to print skirt more than one layer thick. It slows down printing a bit and uses more...

Well it depends a lot from the fact where you purchase your filament. Larger quantities of cheap filament won't necessarily produce more parts than lower quantity of pricy filament. I had a lot of...

Hi DrLuigi,

I haven't used ABS much since I prefer PLA but still I might suggest you to use closed heated chamber.
If is is possible add some acrylic glass sheets around your working area thus...

Those prices at ultimachine are a bit high in my opinion. You can easily get assembled RAMPS 1.4 kit for less than $45 on eBay but they are selling kit for that price. If you can afford to wait a bit...

Hello Fellow Reprap users,

I have been working with Repraps and other 3D printers for 2 years now and I built quite a few machines during this period. Recently I became a moderator here so I will...