A fan on PLA prints helps you go faster. In my experience, a fan on an ABS or Nylon print does harm.by rsilvers - General
Here is a photo:by rsilvers - Delta Machines
When you were at QU-BD, did you see their printers?by rsilvers - Delta Machines
Here is the only Yoda I printed, on a Printrbot that I paid $250+shipping for as a kit: And other prints:by rsilvers - General
The 645 ones have 17% more mass, which had to do with how I calibrated the printer. Notice in the video the white ones lifted the car, whereas the blue ones got compressed more. That may partly be due to the difference in quantity, and possibly the white T645 is just more rigid.by rsilvers - General
Sorry for the unedited video - iMovie was not cooperating.by rsilvers - General
I dried my line at 180F for ~20 hours, twice.by rsilvers - General
Going from 230 to 235C - I ran this over with the Focus with no damage. I then ran it over a second time, to get it on video, and it did split on one layer. But the 230C split on multiple layers the first time. So now I will try 240C.by rsilvers - General
For the first test, I printed both at 230F. Had a jam with the T645 so the top 1/2 inch or so was missing. Ran over with Ford Focus - they both split on layers. But it seems like if the layers were to bond better, than they could have survived. So I will try at 5 degree increments up to 250C, and repeat.by rsilvers - General
Trimmer line is: $16.13 per Kg: T645 is $64.35 per Kg: Printed with the following specs: 0.3175 layer height. 5 permimeters. 5 top and bottom. 0.05 honeycomb infill. Solid layer every 50 layers. Speed 30 perimeter, 45 infill, 15 small perimeter, accel 250. 10mm brim. Printed on 65% Polyester / 35% cotton fabric glued to glass with 3M Hi Strength 90 spray. No heated table. No fan. No supby rsilvers - General
Made on a Printrbot Simple from SuperTrim(TM) brand 1.7mm trimmer line: Material is $16.86 per KG delivered. Bolt used $1.34 in plastic. 5% honeycomb infill. Print times at 30/45mm/sec: 4:11:55 for the nut. 5:02:26 for the bolt. Strong as a mofo. Not good for any part with lots of stops/starts or retraction, but good for stuff like this that is continuous. Printed onto 65% Polyester / 35%by rsilvers - General
You can also just set up 16 parts in a grid, or however many will fit, and do that many per night. Take that to the next level and do them 10 layers high with support in between. You could do over 100 at a time.by rsilvers - General
The monitor arm is for mounting the extruder.by rsilvers - General
I plan to mount my extruder on this arm, above the printer, to keep the Bowden tube as short as possible (for better feeding and fewer retraction problems).by rsilvers - General
miso Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @rsilvers: That way commercial TV stations work, > but you can't expect corrupted national TV station > to work this way, they wont survive a year. And > they have to, because its matter of public welfare > and national prestige I know. We need to defund NPR and PBS.by rsilvers - General
No, but I use Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi with a WiFi adaptor. Cost me about $75 for the computer, Wifi, and SD card. I printed a case for it, and it makes my printer wireless.by rsilvers - General
I have an idea.. Instead of charging people to watch TV - get companies to sponsor the broadcasts and let them show their products to the viewers between segments of the shows.by rsilvers - General
QuoteThe critical method of detecting TV licence evaders is through the use of a database system known as LASSY,[52] which contains 29.5 million[53] addresses in the UK. This database is routinely updated with licence details and with details submitted by dealers in television receiving equipment, all of whom are required by law to provide TV Licensing with identifying information about everyoneby rsilvers - General
miso Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > aduy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > tvs really? > > In some countries there is a tax associated with > owning (operating) TV and radio receivers, so yes > you have to register them so you can happily pay > the tax. There even used to be special vans to >by rsilvers - General
I am not extruding your data-dots. I would just get a filament maker.by rsilvers - General
Maybe a spool would sit right on this:by rsilvers - General
This one has a spool holder built in:by rsilvers - General
This is mine: For now, the extruder is sitting beside it. I would like to get it over the printer to shorten the tube. Maybe an 8-inch c-clamp on the table: And then clamp the extruder to that.by rsilvers - General
This is the Bowden setup I created:by rsilvers - General
thejollygrimreaper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > thingiverse if anything should put a blanket ban > on solid-works and inventor files being uploaded, > even STEP files, > those formats are really a cheeky way of being > able to say "this project is open-source" without > in practical terms actually being open-source, I am doing a Bowden convby rsilvers - General
ThanhTran Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I use 500 acceleration in my printrbot. It > improves the look significantly when I print at > 70mm/s. Did you over-ride the firmware limits? I am speed testing my Printrbot and the normal firmware is capped at 60. I over-rode them and tried a print at 120 and - no chance - the steppers skipped like crazy. I am wby rsilvers - General
You can view the gcode in any number of viewers. I use Repetier. Or just drag the file into this web page:by rsilvers - General
1000 means that you are saying it is ok for the extruder to go from 0 to 1000 mm/sec in one second. That is pretty quick. Maybe try something in the 100-300 range. I have been using 30 for perimeter and 60 for infills just to be sure, but expect to raise that with more testing.by rsilvers - General
I PMed you the file fixed up for printing.by rsilvers - General
I strongly prefer to use Slic3r as being called from Repetier Host. You can move and rotate models, copy them, etc - then slice them, then see the g-code preview.by rsilvers - Slic3r