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Great. If you could upload or link some pictures that would be great

[printing724]

I'm going to try linking to publicly shared Google+files since I can't seem to upload any sizeable files using this forum's software.

This is a pic of parts produced by F306 and TAZ4. Light blue on left is TAZ, darker blue on right is F306. Right now, the F306 is running 0.2 mm layers and the TAZ is running 0.28, so the TAZ is running a bit quicker but the F306 is making a better print. Later on as I tweak the F306, I'll do another head to head with both of them running more equally sliced parts.

https://plus.google.com/107006741353...ts/GyPP4qNxmow

These are two videos showing the F306 and the TAZ running the same part. The first one is at the beginning, the second is about 30% complete.

Something interesting is that both printers are running over usb from one laptop. There are two instances of Pronterface running on the laptop driving both printers at the same time. We put the gcode files on our server at design time, then pull them to the laptop at print time. Been running the TAZ that way for a while, this is the first time for the F306. Seems to work fine, but we'll see if there are finished parts on the print beds at the end. I hate walking around with sd cards.

https://plus.google.com/107006741353...ts/iNGHzZWo3Es
https://plus.google.com/107006741353...ts/VFTAwj3oMrQ

Another thing to note is that the TAZ part was sliced using a standard Slic3r profile I developed. We're making PLA parts of our own design for manufacturing machines here, so our priority is to make consistent functional parts with a minimum of tweaking. Design, slice, print, install. We're willing to sub-optimize the slicer settings for quick consistent results. The TAZ/Slic3r combo required a week or so of finagling slicer settings, playing with temperatures, etc. until we got a stable combination. The F306 made a functional part with the first print, and hasn't failed yet. I'm working with the slicer profile in minor ways, but compared to what we went through with the TAZ, the F306 has been a cakewalk.

Let me know if these links worked. If they did, I'll update on Monday morning with (hopefully) finished parts. Have a good weekend.

Update: Here are the finished parts, TAZ left, F306 right. TAZ finished quicker but is doing 0.28. F306 made a higher quality print at 0.20. Both are serviceable parts for our purposes. Today we're going to bump the F306 up to 0.28mm and see what it does.

https://plus.google.com/107006741353...ts/6SUUKVyNzvj