Any clue what the 'magic setting' was. Mine works better with a smart extruder+, but I still can't monitor it using octoprint or similar software.by servant74 - General
Have you gone any further? ... I have a makerbot mini I would like to refit and would like to hear of some others experiences refitting Generation 5 printers.by servant74 - General
I think the ideas from MB could be made/incorporated into a DIY version of a extruder, but I doubt it would be as compact. I just don't want anyone to find out how litigious that MB could be. But being a bit bigger is OK, if it makes it maintainable and easily useable by folks and properly 'hackable' with relative ease. ... I would even like to see how to make a 'plug compatible' extruder to puby servant74 - Printing
JamesK, Thanks for the great reply. With all the 'printing for dummies' and nice engineering, they did leave many of the adjustment 'knobs' that other printers allow to be used (like additional tension on the idler, access to the throat for additional 'polishing' or smoothing. REVIEW Addon comments: Oh yes, I did want to mention that the extruder is held on with 4 rare earth magnets, andby servant74 - Printing
This is the confession of a new Makerbot Mini owner. Once some initial birth pangs are over (part of printer broke in initial shipment, etc) it prints OK. I purchased several rolls of filament from Makerbot. Good filament, but very expensive. $18 for a half pound roll. I did a purchase of another brand - esun3d.net 'premium' 1.75mm filament from SamsClub. It was OK, but jams every few minutby servant74 - Printing
I too am a noob, and found the build process a bit frustrating, so I purchased a 'kit' of parts and a 'kit' of electronics (not from wired1), and still had frustrations. The instructions sent were good 'general instructions' but several of the printed parts had been 'upgraded' but no explanations of the upgrades. This added a lot of frustration to the build experience. Also, eventually I foundby servant74 - General
Updated spreadsheet of requestsby servant74 - General
Did you ever get your foldable printer going?by servant74 - Look what I made!
Probably something similar to not having a heated bed at all, just not as pronounced. The heated bed is to get over an issue that happens with differential cooling between the plastic and bed. The 'lower layers' cool off much faster and can warp an entire base if the bed is not heated. This seems to be more pronounced with ABS than PLA. The warping seems to not be much of an issue when printiby servant74 - Look what I made!
If you want 'practice' by making parts. if they are 'high quality', keep them and once you have a bunch of 'sets', do a quick test market by selling them (with your bundled instructions) on eBay or similar. ... Or donate them to a 'maker group' to do a build for a library or school. ... Just a thought.by servant74 - General
The reason is to make it easier to adjust how 'level' the platform is vs the print head. Without it, it would be more of an issue than it is now.by servant74 - General
Is a sorted copy of the list. ... We'll see if I can keep it updated -Remote Print Queue. Something like Google Print to at least put it on a print queue, for later printing like when I get home, or with a software queue manager. ... Would be OK with an automated build platform to auto-print. -Simplify for 'kiosk mode'. This way 'little things' could be printed by anyone in the household, ifby servant74 - General