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01-04-2015, 08:24 PM #1
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what's the longest you should run a print?
I have a print thats 19 hrs, I need 100% infill, I was worried about it running that long as I am pretty new to this. Is that okay to run 19hrs or more?
Is there a max time it should run?
It's a flashforge creator pro
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01-04-2015, 08:41 PM #2
My thought has always been that you need to run it until it's done...
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01-04-2015, 08:42 PM #3
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01-04-2015, 09:11 PM #4
Seeing as I doubt you will be there for the entire print, your biggest concern will be a birds nest. If it happens, it happens. Clean up and try again.
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01-04-2015, 09:22 PM #5
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Cool, so I guess its fine to go for 19 hrs, sorry noob @ long prints, first long print ;-)
Just started it, thanks guys!!!
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01-05-2015, 03:18 AM #6
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100% infill ? What are you trying to print ? :-)
I had jobs running for 40 hours and more (on a 55x55x55 cm printer) ...
Never ever used 100% infill ! (30% seems more then enough for most of my "strong" prints)
good luck,
Kris
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01-05-2015, 08:17 AM #7
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Great, its just a machine part replacement that I may need to sand or cut some off to make it fit afterwords. so def needs to be solid, I can't get my calipers where its at to get exact measurements.
Well it sounds like 19 hrs is not that long then for these things, cool!
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01-05-2015, 11:15 AM #8
Just make sure you have a well calibrated extrusion volume if printing at 100% infill. I would probably print a part that is 10% infill with 10 outlines first for fit. It might take 1/4 the time to do a prototype for fit then adjust your design. Then print a functional part at say 50% infill with 5 outlines.
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01-05-2015, 11:28 AM #9
36 hours was my longest single print so far. Generally, I have confidence in our machines and the filaments we are using and don't mind them running long. On one or two rare occasions, I return to a birds nest but I just chalk that up to the nature of the beast.
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01-06-2015, 08:03 AM #10
I thing the longest was maybe 30 odd hours for a full size T-800 head, but I could have gotten away with much less infill, it was in my green days of printing where I thought everything needed a tonne of infill.
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