A few general questions for a beginner April 12, 2011 07:48AM |
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1) As someone who has just finished building a Prusa Mendel I would personally recommend it. The build is pretty straightforward and the fewer parts appeals to my sense of efficiency
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2) I started off with a 0.5mm, and just received a 0.35mm hot end, so my experience is pretty limited, however the 0.35 should produce objects at a finer resolution, but will take longer to complete. You can get pretty good results with a 0.5mm but you have to fiddle with the settings of the program that converts the 3D model (in STL format) to instructions for the printer (called gcode).
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6) Speed plays a part, but also the skeinforge settings (layer height), and nozzle size too.
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Didn't know you could get a 0.35mm. Is that the finest? If not what is the smallest as speed really isn't a much of consideration for me over detail and quality?
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So what are ALL the things I can do to enhance the resolution to its maximum and can I do these things with both the Mendel and the Prusa Mendel? What is the lowest practical layer height setting?
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