Yeah it was Kisslicer, but I adjusted the print and fan speeds manually with the encoder knob when it got to that layer because I hadn't even realized I messed up the model/support until the print was almost finished. The inside did turn out quite nicely.by Eric Young - Tantillus
I messed up and printed this model without any support, so it ended up needing to do about a 3 inch bridge at the top as shown in the image. I thought for sure it would fail, but slowed it down to 50% speed and upped the fan speed a bit and sure enough, perfect bridge. It was like a 3 hour print, so I was really happy and felt like sharing. Maybe this is no big deal and people do it all the time,by Eric Young - Tantillus
Yeah there were around 5000 people in attendance, which was really nice to see and like 40% more than they were expecting. Sounds like there will definitely be another one next year. I just joined that 3D printing meetup too, hope they have another one soon. FabLab has a meetup every Saturday if you're interested. Not really 3D printer specific, but looks pretty cool. I'm planning to go this weby Eric Young - California / Southern California RepRap Usergroup
Worked at the Maker Faire today and it was great. I met these guys who are opening up a space in San Marcos soon, so a little closer to you than the rest of those previous options: Also met the folks who run Fablab and Ansir and both were super cool though I didn't ask about meetup spaces. The Fablab contact is Katie Rast and you can find her info on the Fablab website. Sounds like you're inby Eric Young - California / Southern California RepRap Usergroup
Just wanted to let everyone know there's a Maker Faire in San Diego this Saturday, Dec. 7th, from 10am to 6pm and it's going to be RAD. Come! And tell your friends so we can get a good attendance and do it again next year. (pleaseby Eric Young - California / Southern California RepRap Usergroup
Makerplace prob isn't a great space just to meet up - it costs that much because it's huge and they provide access to all kinds of machines for various making needs. Wish I had a space to let you know about - Maybe Ansir Innovation Center in Kearny Mesa or 3rd Space in University Heights, but I don't know if they do that sort of thing. Or possibly FabLab in City Heights? Oh and also there's a newby Eric Young - California / Southern California RepRap Usergroup
The Makerbot flex filament is either Capa 6500 or Capa 6800 resin from what I can tell (look at the MSDS's from each and compare - they're exactly the same except Makerbot omitted the "Capa" trade name from their PDF): They have 1kg samples and it's biodegradable and pretty non-toxic from the looks of it, in case anyone wants to do some experimenting.by Eric Young - General
Amazing surface finish indeed, yet another reason to upgrade to that Cable Z-axis (which I think is quite brilliant Sublime)by Eric Young - Tantillus
I use your default KS settings and depending on the temperature in the room and particular filament I might adjust flow rate and the nozzle temp a bit on the fly.by Eric Young - Tantillus
I was having a similar problem at one point and a quick tear-down / re-build of the extruder assembly fixed it for me. I think some extra friction had somehow been introduced to a certain part of the rotation, but not sure of the exact culprit.by Eric Young - Tantillus
Looking good, I really like the black. And beautiful pics too.by Eric Young - Tantillus
Awesome indeed. Nice test!by Eric Young - Tantillus
Sorry to post a new topic and then go MIA for 2 days... crazy death spiral of car problems had me all tied up. @Zedsquared - I like the QR idea a lot, but don't see a way to do it easily..maybe someone has a good method for applying them? Maybe they could be printed on paper and adhered?. Agree about the litterbug issue too, hopefully if the things that are printed are neat enough it wouldn't bby Eric Young - General
In the last month or so I've had 2 conversations about my 3D printer in which the other person referred to it as a 'Makerbot' when it's actually a RepRap Tantillus (you know, like how some people refer to copiers as 'Xerox machines', or tissue paper as 'Kleenex'). I'm not anti-Makerbot, but it's my impression that their marketing has more to do with their success than the quality of products theby Eric Young - General
Very sorry to hear of your loss DA. My thoughts are with you.by Eric Young - General
> It feels like you could hit the parts with a > hammer and they would just bounce it off. - Maybe > I'll try that Most definitely try that Thanks for the helpful info!by Eric Young - Tantillus
That's just amazing. From the pic it looks like warping is an issue at all scales. Viktor maybe you know this, but there are some people (who seem very knowledgeable to me) playing with light-curing resin formulations and cure times in this group, which is mainly focused on DLP style printing. :by Eric Young - Tantillus
Wow that Eiffel Tower is impressive. Menandore - Here's another DLP style printer that might be good for jewelry, though I don't know much about it: [3dmicroprinter.com] Also, you probably know this, but some resins don't have the best burnout properties for lost wax castings. I read the B9C resin is good for burnout, haven't heard about the others though. Have you guys seen this '2PP' prinby Eric Young - Tantillus
I have some models made up for a 100mm x 200mm x 100mm build area Tantillus if you want them. They are based on some of the the old Metric Tantillus models from WWFP and may have some minor dimensional issues that have since arisen. I should fix them up anyways though, so if you want to build it I can take the time to fix them up and send them your way. I don't know who else is working on a biggeby Eric Young - Tantillus
Thanks for the input on this everyone. I've yet to try the nylon and probably won't get around to it any time soon as I don't want to mess with my machine, but this last week I've been printing a number of parts with the white Impact Modified PLA or IMPLA from Diamond Age (I bought mine from Printbl.com - the US distributor) and it seems to have some unique properties that I've tried to describeby Eric Young - Tantillus
Also on mine a couple of the Printed LM8UU bushings are not completely tight within the XY Ends and I thought that might be causing it too. The LM8UU bearing friction fit in my carriage is also not super tight, so that could also be it.by Eric Young - Tantillus
Maybe a clogged hot end building up backpressure? You could take the extruder motor off the extruder and run a test print with it still hooked up to RAMPS, that way you can isolate the electrical from the mechanical. If the motor runs the whole time then I'd think it's probably a jam/friction or something else mechanical. Also seems like it could be a loose/intermittent electrical connection,by Eric Young - Tantillus
I have the same issue and it hasn't bothered me enough yet to try fixing it, but I've been thinking it's most likely because my hot end is a little loose. I can easily wobble mine back and forth a bit within the carriage housing using my hand, so I figure it's got to wobbling a little during prints as well. I think the Z-axis screw sounds like a good candidate too.by Eric Young - Tantillus
lol adhesives are a tempting mistressby Eric Young - Tantillus
Has anyone tried printing the Taulman Nylon 618 filament with a Tantillus yet? I really want to give it a go. Sublime do you have any thoughts about this - namely is it a bad idea for any reason you can think of? Melt temp is around 240-250 Celsius, I guess retraction has to be changed a bit compared to ABS, ilder tension needs adjustment. Other than those things it sounds like all else is tby Eric Young - Tantillus
That rod movement you're talking about is exactly what I believe caused my problem. I think the cables and gears were trying to square themselves up more and the Y-axis rod wanted to move in the positive X direction a bit, so the upper gear on the Y-axis rod was pulling in towards the machine and causing the motor gear to move along the motor shaft in that same direction over a long period of timby Eric Young - Tantillus
Well it ended up being that the motor gear on the Y-axis had 'walked' along the motor shaft towards the acrylic until it was pressing up against it and causing all kinds of friction in certain spots of the rotation. Crazy. Back in business!by Eric Young - Tantillus
Thanks ronderful, good to keep in mindby Eric Young - Tantillus
Thanks for the late-night tips guys, what great service Sublime - Forgot to mention this but I've had my crossbars lubricated as well. It does seem there may not be much Vaseline getting into the LM8UU's due to the rubber seals (I didn't put any lube inside before assembly, will have to try that). I also re-lubed the the bars and hand-cranked the carriage back/forth for like 5 minutes right aftby Eric Young - Tantillus