Is there a way to send your g-code files to the SD card on this smart LCD? It seems I wore out my SD slot, and it is not working anymore. If I replace it, I don't want it to wear out again. Plus I think it's just silly to take out the SD all the time to load a g-code on it, we should be able to send it right there. Sorry for my ignorance if there is an answer. Using a makerfarm prusa i3 with rby Antslake - General
I managed to successfully print the bushing. The bushing is a replacement part that is now obsolete. It goes between the seat and frame on an ATC250R 3 wheeler. I am mak8ng a few different parts and selling them on my website www.apshobbies.com The filament is Stratum3D 12-64 nylon which is excellent btw. Going to do a write up on it soon.by Antslake - General
QuoteA2 In MeshMixer there is an Analysis button, within it there is an Inspector button, and within it is an Auto-fix option. If you're designing mechanical objects, best to use a solid modeler, it has none of the problems that a surfacing program has like Sketchup. With a solid modeler, your model is always 100% water tight. I did make the part in blender and had the same exact problem. I alsby Antslake - General
Holy crap, I figured it out this time. It only took like 12 hours. So sketchup doesn't like making follow me tubes in small demensions. The trick is to make the piece large, then scale it down. :/ I am still curious if there is another way of making this. Gonna start the FreeCAD tutorials this week I think.by Antslake - General
Are all your electronics in the heat chamber as well? I just went to the mini maker faire in CT, and there was a fortus machine with the heated build chamber. This would ideal for printing nylon.by Antslake - General
All day to make a stupid bushing, lol still don't have it yet. I just downloaded sketchup 2014, which I see is more geared towards makers, good. But it still doesn't make the bushing I want. Then I downloaded a plugin called CADspan, where you upload the file to them and they "fix it" for printing use. What I got back resembled a blob LOL. Wonderful...by Antslake - General
IDK, sketchup is always making holes and weird things all the time. If you don't build things perfect they won't work in a slicer, and sometimes no matter what they won't work. I spent so much time getting good at sketchup only to hit walls like this all the time. It's so time consuming to learn new programs, and sometimes the tutorials or instructions are written so poorly. I uploaded the file hby Antslake - General
Need help getting this part sliced. I've been messing with this for 2 days. I've tried designing it in sketchup and blender. After spending a year with sketchup only to find out it's not really good for solid objects, I just spent spent a whole week trying to learn blender only to find out it's not really good for making precision parts :/ Anyway, I can make it in sketchup but when I slice it, itby Antslake - General
QuoteMiguelKendrick Taulman T-Glass is one of my favourite, I'm personally using this: --Link Removed--. It has a brilliant luster and great complimentary industrial material. To stay away from any hassle, always follow the standard heated platform when printing Taulamn (temperature of 110C and a Nozzle temperature of 212C). I definately would not recommend those temps. At 70C bed temp t-glaseby Antslake - General
I am finding that out. It seems everytime I try to design something I run into a wall with sketchup. Looks like I am going to have a learning curve in front of me again, took me long enough to get good at sketchup. I have blender, is that just as good? What's a good line on tutorials? They seem scattered to me. I want to go in order and assume I know nothing.by Antslake - 3D Design tools
For the life of me I can't figure this out. I am designing a simple cap, on the top of the cap I want there to be an engraving of letters, so in sketchup I use the 3D text tool and make it. When I place the object in Cura, either face up or face down, the letters either disappear, or just the top of the cap disappears, and the letters remain. If I place the object on it's side, everything is therby Antslake - 3D Design tools
TOmmm is that a JT guitar as in James Taylor?by Antslake - General
QuoteuGen From your images, the t-glase looks quite pretty and the more complex objects are rather intriguing due to the translucency. I have a spool of PET from plastic2print which also prints very nicely - it is very transparent like glass and getting it to stick to the heated bed is very easy. However, the PET is very brittle and will shatter (or more like explode) into a million pieces whenby Antslake - General
Lookin pretty! Oh and the netting is tricky also. It can sometimes get hung up, so I am open to ideas. BEfore I knew what the netting was when using the nylon, I actually respooled some of it on a bigger spool. The nylon isn't as bad, but once you heat it to dry it, it starts unraveling.by Antslake - General
Oh! one very important tip, because if you are half witted like me, you might miss it. The spools come with some netting on them....DO NOT TAKE OFF THE netting. It will quickly unravel, and you will have a mess. The filament is meant to feed out from under the netting. Same thing with the nylon spools. Make sure your spring tension for your idler is good and tight, and that your extruder motor isby Antslake - General
You may look at the t-glase and say cool! But then if you are like me you look at the price and go "darn". On to how I decided to start using t-glase. I was trying to print quadcopter frames that I designed in taulman 618. 618 is some amazing stuff, but very difficult on certain prints to keep from warping, even after you lift it off the build plate. My frames are one of those prints that presenby Antslake - General
QuoteHappycamper QuoteAntslake Well my printer is back up running. The extruder stepper sounds little funny, but prints are fine. Going to replace that, just in case. I had to repair 8 burnt plugs, and the ramps board. For the time being, I placed aluminum tape along the ramps board to cover the wood and act as a fire barrier. I went to the hardware store to buy a smoke alarm, and they had 2 kinby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Well I did several prints with it, including a 10 hour print. I am sure retraction suffers due to bunching of the filament in the 3mm tube. After more than 15 hours of printing, it finally jammed, I don't know why. But it worked for the most part. Got to get me a 1.75mm hotend.....by Antslake - General
I figured there would be some problem with that of course. But after I wrote that, and since this ebay company sent me the wrong size, I decided to try it anyway. Using a Prusa i3 and Greg's reloaded with an E3D hot end .4mm nozzle. First print came out pretty good. Trying another one now. I also print at high temps because I go for maximum adhesion, that probably helps push it through. I print 5by Antslake - General
What happens if you feed 1.75mm filament through a 3mm hotend? Can it be done?by Antslake - General
So funny, I thought I was being inventive thinking along these lines to make an extruder that would do this, and here is a whole forum dedicated to it.by Antslake - Wire and Thread Embedded Extrusion
Quotebytemedwb Which garolite variant did you purchase? Garolite LE. My piece from mcmaster was not flat. I purchased the 1/4" piece. I think if I were to buy the Garolite again I would get a thin piece and laminate it to something flat. Next in line is a piece of 1/4 nylon I got from mcmaster carr. My theory with that is there is a temp you can print were the layers stick very well but when prby Antslake - General
Well my printer is back up running. The extruder stepper sounds little funny, but prints are fine. Going to replace that, just in case. I had to repair 8 burnt plugs, and the ramps board. For the time being, I placed aluminum tape along the ramps board to cover the wood and act as a fire barrier. I went to the hardware store to buy a smoke alarm, and they had 2 kinds, a general one, and a more sby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Thanks cnc dick. As far as mmin_temp goes, would it be easy to change the code so that once operating temp is reach, min temp changes until print is done?by Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Two things, one is under a load the magnets will slip unless they are strong enough for the task. 2, there is an incredible amount of resistence with that setup. But nice job, looks fun to spin it around.by Antslake - Look what I made!
Quotebrnrd I'm not saying that metal is not better. My point is that UL listed devices don't have to be in metal enclosures. Perhaps my statement was too general, but when I wrote it I was thinking more along the lines of similar items, like power supplies, and 120v junction boxes. Obviously I am not an underwriter, but I did fire proof NYC hospitals for 11 years. We took them apart and put theby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Quotetjb1 Instead of hanging your wires from the top, attach them to one of the carriages that the Z screws go through. That way height changes don't change the length of cable going to the extruder carriage and you just need enough for the X travel. This is what I am going to do, but with a wire chain. Got my parts intoday, and if everything else is ok, the first thing I am printing is the wirby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Quotebrnrd QuoteAntslake I am definitely building a metal enclosure for the RAMPS. Think about it, any UL listed device that has that kind of power going through it is in an enclosure. I wonder if these are even UL listed. This is not true. I can think of many household items that use much more power (kw or more) that are in plastic: electric drills, blow dryers for hair, iron for clothes, wafby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices
Quoteumdpru QuoteI also think the thermistor should have a failsafe in the firmware to guard against it being dislodged. correct me if I am wrong but Marlin uses the Min_temp setting in that exact case. You need to set it to the right temperature though. The default value is 5C. It should be much closer to your hotend working temperature, though. the thermistor will rapidly detect a decrease inby Antslake - Safety & Best Practices