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06-19-2019, 06:46 AM | #61 | ||||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: North Idaho
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DAMN!!!! Lots of great info here!!!! Out of filament and it is killing me!!! I order four rolls of PLA off of Amazon, three have come in but received ABS. I am not quite ready to take that hill just yet, some I sent them back and reordered PLA... Quote:
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Tape... I tried the smooth 3M tape, found out that filament does not like to stick to it. I am using Aquanet now, its ok, but I need to bring by bed temp back up to 60 to get good adhesion. I think this weekend I am going to get a big wide roll of the 3M tape, and see what that does for me. | ||||
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06-19-2019, 07:22 AM | #62 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st. louis
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If using Amazon basics filament, or Hatchbox, those are all re-brand of Chinese stuff. If you want some good budget domestic filament, look at Ziltech. Step up from that is Coex, step up from that Matterhackers and ProtoPasta. Other US based 3DFuel Atomic Filament COEX IC3D Matterhackers Ninjatech Printed Solid Protopasta Push Plastic Taulman3D |
06-19-2019, 08:52 AM | #63 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: My mothers basement
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Definitely try petg before abs, and maybe stick with petg for functioning parts if you print inside and dont have an enclosed system. Abs has some noxious fumes. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
06-19-2019, 09:04 AM | #64 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
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I leveled out the SooWay, and made my first test print, and like how it prints, the only problem is that I used the Cura software and tried to load another STL file on the SD card and it wiped it clean, all the system files are gone and my desktop will not detect the SD card, the printer says there is no files, now I got to e-mail them and see if I can get another loaded SD card or download the system files, there is not a lot on the website either, I really don't like or care for the SD card BS too be honest cause they suck and do exactly what it did, its not the first time I have had a SD card take a shit on me, my old Samsung Galaxy S3 went thru a few of them, the Ender 3 Pro you can re-download the SD card files and add a better card reader, looks like with the SooWay I'm going to have problems
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06-23-2019, 08:55 PM | #65 | |
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I have printed my first "functional" RC part... An ESC mount...! Untitled by Scott O, on Flickr So, here is my TRX4 before... Untitled by Scott O, on Flickr It worked, but I wanted the on.off switch, but had no place to mount it, so it just kind of flopped around. I added the mount. The holes were printed around 3mm, but it did not take much to get the screws to spin freely, so I backed them with nylocks. Untitled by Scott O, on Flickr And, here it is all mounted up. I need to do a little bit of clean up on the wiring, but I am already liking the mount. Untitled by Scott O, on Flickr The Mamba-X kind of locks into the mount, but I am sure one good hit would dislodge it. I cleaned the mount and ESC with some isopropyl alcohol and then slapped the whole mess together with some industrial servo tape. If you are interested, here is a link to the file on Thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3427458 And, for those running the HW 1080, here is the mount for that.... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3668792/files Now I am looking for a STL for a holder/case/bracket for a CC 10A BEC. I saw a couple of the damn things before I started 3D printing, but I'll be damned if I can find it now. Anyone have a link to an STL? | |
06-23-2019, 10:47 PM | #66 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: My mothers basement
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| Re: 3D Printers and Printing https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2507493 I usualy search on yeggi not thingiverse because it searches multiple sites at once. Usualy everything is on thingiverse though. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
06-24-2019, 11:51 PM | #67 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
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Thanks to the files on Thingiverse, the SooWay crashed and destroyed the magnetic pad after the Z axis suddenly dropped and crashed into the heat bed after printing the second layer, and my Ender 3 Pro only came with 2 tie wraps on the entire wiring harness and need cable management bad before I can print on it, and the only thing I can find is a cable chain from Thingiverse and screw that place and it has be printed, so there is 2 printers down and going no where, just pissed off and frustrated once again
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06-25-2019, 05:27 AM | #68 |
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The Ender 3 prints just fine without a bunch of cable management. I keep telling myself that I am going to clean it up, but I never do.
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06-25-2019, 05:57 AM | #69 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Raleigh-ish vicinity
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My Monoprice mini did something similar as I was running a test print to set the Z offset. The offset is supposed to adjust in .01 mm increments and in one press it went from about -.2 to -10 jamming the nozzle into the print bed. Luckily I shut it off before it could do more damage than tearing the buildtak. | |
06-26-2019, 03:58 PM | #70 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Minden
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I just scored a free table to set my printers on and my laptop and still have room to work, got to love free shit
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06-26-2019, 04:52 PM | #71 |
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06-26-2019, 04:56 PM | #72 |
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I didn't think about that I will have to cover them when not in use, my garage is the only place I have room for them at the moment unless I move stuff around or get rid of stuff and set it up in one of the bedrooms maybe
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06-26-2019, 05:21 PM | #73 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: My mothers basement
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If you throw out the womenfolk they look good in the kitchen. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
06-27-2019, 07:32 AM | #74 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st. louis
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If they will live in the garage, make up an enclosure for each and a dry box for the filament. Filament will suck up the humidity. The moisture content gets to high, will print like crap. Then you are either putting the filament in the oven to dry it out (normally not wife approved) or putting it in a modified dehydrator to get the filament dried out. The enclosures will help to even out the temps for the printer. Large temp swings will affect your bed level. |
06-27-2019, 10:10 AM | #75 | |
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06-27-2019, 11:16 AM | #76 |
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I only run single colors, and run in room that has stable humidity. The rolls I buy come sealed with desiccant. Once I open a roll, it only lasts a couple days. If I know I'm not going to print enough to get through the roll in a couple days I will seal it back in a large bag with couple large desiccant packs and keep it in a cool dry place.
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06-27-2019, 12:29 PM | #77 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Orange County, CA
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Im a noob to 3d printing and online services. I found some things I want on thingaverse. I then found treststock.com which will print the thingaverse files for me. But it has a HUGE list of media types I can choose. What is the best media to use for RC parts? Ideally Id like to have a smooth OEM like finish. Some of the things Ive seen 3d printed look "rough" or very course. Can anyone tell me whats best? Here are the choices. Resin Nylon polycarbonate high performance plastic polyester PLA ABS Thank you! |
06-28-2019, 03:24 PM | #78 |
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The more confusing part is some of those names are interchangeable and are website specific or printer types. Hard to explain the difference between them with out explaining how all the different printers work. Usually the services offer their own exinations of what to use. Nylon is rather durable but that dosent refer to the smoothness at all, that depends on the printer. Resin is a method of printing that is generally pretty smooth. But that dosent tell you anything about the strength / durability. Pla is hard and kinda brittle. Less flex Petg less hard less brittle, stronger than above Abs less hard less brittle, stronger than above Nylon less hard less brittle, stronger than above more flex Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk |
06-28-2019, 10:40 PM | #79 |
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Slicers... I just bit the bullet and bought Simplify 3D.... Yeah, there is a lot of stuff in there. First, anyone know of a good tutorial sersies to go over the ins and outs of the program? Second, in Cura, getting a part flat to the bed is fairly simple. The process seems to be a bit convoluted in Simplify 3D. I found a great video that greatly speeds the process up, but for such a basic function in a $150 program, it seems like there should be a short cut key to do it more easily. Here is the video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dul_EwQ-Hg0 |
06-29-2019, 09:11 AM | #80 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st. louis
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its not convoluted in S3D. Its 3 clicks, Edit -> Place Surface on bed -> Click the face you want on the bed. Done. If you want to use the short cut its CTRL+L Now if for some reason the face isn't 100% flat on the model, and you want it to be. Just click the model, then the move icon (or W key) on the left, then lower the Z position number until the surface is below the build plate. The slicer will ignore it, and slice as if it wasn't there. boom flat bottom. as for videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQP...VYWZXnQ/videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj9Woql9iHE <- more on his channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1EX8mImRQ <- more on his channel Last edited by BUBBA069; 06-29-2019 at 09:17 AM. |
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