I am hoping to finish my Makerbot Build next month . My plan to to go into full serial production of Mendels. My goal is to have 3 Mendels, and 1 Makerbot all going full blast producing Mendels. Most people I see printing Mendels are printing 1 part at a time, but is that the most efficient way? What I WANT to do is print my Mendels this way -Segment my prints into 2 hour chunks. Try to organize the parts into groups that -Utilize 90% plus of the print area on each print -Figure out what is the most efficient number of Mendels to print at once. Is there an advantage to printing 6 of 1 part at a time? Since different parts have different tolerances for variation, would their be an advantage to using different aperture extrudes for different parts? https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,30380,30380#msg-30380 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 22:04:17 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,30380,31289#msg-31289 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,30380,31289#msg-31289
I try to avoid grouping prints that take more than 4 hours. My machine is still new and I haven't gotten it super reliable. The odds of a failure in a 6 hour build is high and all the parts on the bed would have to be junked (unless some are short). Printing one object at a time reduces the cost of failures.]]> mccoyn Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:59:50 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,30380,30380#msg-30380 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?88,30380,30380#msg-30380 . My plan to to go into full serial production of Mendels. My goal is to have 3 Mendels, and 1 Makerbot all going full blast producing Mendels.

Most people I see printing Mendels are printing 1 part at a time, but is that the most efficient way? What I WANT to do is print my Mendels this way

-Segment my prints into 2 hour chunks. Try to organize the parts into groups that

-Utilize 90% plus of the print area on each print

-Figure out what is the most efficient number of Mendels to print at once. Is there an advantage to printing 6 of 1 part at a time?

Since different parts have different tolerances for variation, would their be an advantage to using different aperture extrudes for different parts?]]> spacexula Let's design something! (I've got an idea ...) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:38:05 -0500