when I started printing I didn't use a cooling fan and prints were coming out very bad (looked floppy on overhangs etc....so I hooked up a fan on constant and the prints came out perfect every time after that, heated bed is off with no heat in it at all...this is for PLA and works great for me..by Silverstalker - General
Dizzybear can you use an SD card, I also tried printing using the USB cable and it came up with errors etc, but saving to SD card worked fine with Cura.... Slippyr4 I have the printer runner perfectly now thanks, I am getting used to knowing right away where an issue is just by looking at the first few layersby Silverstalker - General
Really appreciate all the feedback so far I am taking all this down as notes just in case anything does go bad on it and I know now in the future that the knowledge on here can get me back up and running if anything does go wrong. As it is for now everything works just fine and I am getting some decent prints out of it.. really not a bad way to start learning about printing for £159... I am usinby Silverstalker - Reprappers
Some useful information there many thanks, the more I can learn about its components the better I can take care of it and replace anything that may go bang! the frame on this one is already a laser cut ply and quite strong, I can however see room for improvement and will soon upgrade that frame to make it stronger and more ridged, the printed parts on it seem ok I have taken the values of it geoby Silverstalker - Reprappers
just a question really about spare parts, I go this its a clone of the Prusa I3 printer as far as I can make out, I thought it would be a good entry level printer to start learning with and so far after a lot of trouble shooting and set up its producing prints, I think I need a bit more tuition in some aspects of this as I am not always getting good results but anyway seeing as this is a clone oby Silverstalker - Reprappers
Solved it the temp on mine likes it high 220 degrees as its happy, I also stripped the hot end down and found it was clogged with some machine slag left over from production, its took a while to get it out using a jewelers magnifying glass but in the smallest bit of metal came out, I also used a small blow torch to melt out all the bunched up PLA that had gone black and solid from my previous atby Silverstalker - General
More than likely yes, thanks for the advice yes Cura does indeed work fine. I managed to get a print yesterday as the filament turned up.....I know and understand there is a lot of setting up involved to find the sweet spot and I am slowly going through the motions, I have encountered that ''clicking'' issue I read a lot about. I started a test/calibration pyramid, at first nothing come out theby Silverstalker - General
QuoteDeuxVis Yes you can. Well that's enough said I wonder why the seller was so adamant that only windows 7 and only their Cura program?? I have Cura on my laptop now, its on windows ten, I have an Item on the grid from Thingiverse and playing about with the scaling options.... I see I need to change ''A lot'' of settings, temp' speeds, height all sorts I guess this is where I will find theby Silverstalker - General
Hello to you all I am Craig from Swindon England, and like most new starters to 3D printing I am having trouble getting off the starting block. I have been a fabricator for well over decade making movie props, models etc all manner of things but I need to expand my tool box a bit and decided to get into the world of 3D printing as there seems to many usefully applications for this. I am howeverby Silverstalker - General