Heh, sand blasting was actually recommended by a coworker. Seemed like overkill, but maybe I'll try to find a small blaster if I really need it.by TyCobb - Polymer Working Group
Bought Tuff Strip since it contained toluene which I heard may work. Unfortunately you cannot find just toluene in California. Tuff Strip was nothing, but an workable gel. Tried acetone just for the hell of it and yep... it did absolutely nothing. Bought a hand torch to test flame polishing. May work okay, but using white filament makes it really hard to see a difference until it is too late.by TyCobb - Polymer Working Group
I just started printing with PETG because I am pretty sure the ABS odor was causing the dog to get sick. I am loving the PETG so far, but I cannot find any good information on finishing and polishing it. It appears as though it is immune to acetone. Flame polishing would probably work, but I have no experience in that. I'd like to be able to paint it on or try vapor smoothing if possible. Hasby TyCobb - Polymer Working Group
What software are you running? I experienced an issue similar the other night when I tried to use Slic3r. It would extrude and then just stop and eventually I would have several layers missing. Swapped back to Cura and printed just fine. Couldn't find any issues with my settings, but haven't gone back to investigate. Maybe you're running into the same issue I had.by TyCobb - Printing
Thanks for the suggestion James. Will try to tie them away from it. Tried to adjust the pot last night. Think I just need one or two more prints to get it narrowed down. My misadventure last had that motor getting up to 111ºC yet it still didn't skip a step which utterly shocked me. The X was only getting to 56ºC and when searching on AliExpress for that motor, it looks like it should be 80ºC mby TyCobb - Printing
I don't think it's jerk after last night. They were set pretty optimally when I checked them on the printer and began a small print that does it a lot. It was printing good with a lot of jerk motions. Stuff is just getting too hot. I think the little screws on the board in front of each motor port is the pot. If I remember correctly, normally pots increase resistance turning counter-clockwise andby TyCobb - Printing
The motor is definitely getting too hot. I tried running it last night and it wasn't too long before I could no longer touch it. Here's a picture of the board: The board seems to be a Smoothboard as I had to install the drivers for it, but I think it is a customized version of it as it doesn't seem to really match the images or specs on their website (no ethernet, red instead of black, no sdby TyCobb - Printing
Ohhh... I wondered about those settings, but they appeared to be set only on the machine and not through the software so I figured I was better safe not touching them. With that said, I always thought a lot of those movements were too fast. Definitely going to see about adjusting those down because I think that has bit me on some support structures before.by TyCobb - Printing
I'll have to look when I get home if it is not listed on that amazon link. I'll be home in like 6 hours.by TyCobb - Printing
Thanks Matys, I thought about the stepper getting too hot because they all seem to get pretty hot. It just seems weird that it actually finished fine which made me think heat wasn't an issue. Do you happen to know where the pot is? I don't recall seeing anything on the board that looked like a pot, but perhaps it is just smaller than I am imagining. Will look when I get home. Hope that's it andby TyCobb - Printing
I can't seem to figure this one out. The belt is snug (not loose and doesn't seem too tight) and bed appears to move smoothly when hot. Been experiencing this the last couple of days. I let this go for about an 45 minutes last night before I went to sleep. It looked like it was going to succeed after making minor adjustments to the belt and anchoring the bed's wires off to the side in case it wby TyCobb - Printing