3d Printers South Africa

eye_suc said:
Just completed another project and video. Still have a lot to learn but slowly figuring it out.

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Wow, what a neat idea! I've also been thinking of doing my own slider but the printable stuff I've seen seems a little wonky. I like the 2020 profile idea - I think I even have all the parts here to make one!

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eye_suc said:
So the firmware has thermal runaway protection but that only seems to come into effect if it involves a malfunction on the thermistor, or so I assume.
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Firmware based thermal runaway won't help you squat if you've got a shorted SSR. That's a hardware level event and the way it needs to be protected is by fitting a thermal fuse to the bed.
 
gbyleveldt said:
Firmware based thermal runaway won't help you squat if you've got a shorted SSR. That's a hardware level event and the way it needs to be protected is by fitting a thermal fuse to the bed.
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Pretty much why Vorons use those fuses. With an AC powered bed and one of the many conditions that can happen where you have thermal runaway, you are petty much guaranteed to have a smoky situation. At around 150 the heater usually starts to fall of the bed and smoke. RIP heater.

I should add that Klipper is a LOT better at this, it crashes when the heating mat heats or doesn't heat "at the expected rate".
Ofc. that doesn't help when the SSR can't be turned off.
But it is good to know that it would bitch at you the minute you turn on the printer.
 
gbyleveldt said:
@Gnome my man. You're a freaking artist!

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Thank you very much, they came out beautifully! For anyone that's been reluctant to go for a Voron because you have no way to print the ABS parts, speak to @Gnome and he will hook you up!
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The sides are not terrible but they could be better.
ABS has a tendency to have lines that stand out when something changes internally due to shrinkage.
I'm playing with external perimeters first to help with that.
And eSun ABS doesn't have consistent filament width, so I'd like to get a filament width sensor which will get rid of some of the very tiny artefacts.
Around the screw the overhang is a bit meh for my liking, but I'm already running 65% fan (on ABS), so not sure more fan will do it.
 
Gnome said:
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The sides are not terrible but they could be better.
ABS has a tendency to have lines that stand out when something changes internally due to shrinkage.
I'm playing with external perimeters first to help with that.
And eSun ABS doesn't have consistent filament width, so I'd like to get a filament width sensor which will get rid of some of the very tiny artefacts.
Around the screw the overhang is a bit meh for my liking, but I'm already running 65% fan (on ABS), so not sure more fan will do it.
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Don't sell yourself short bud, I've seen some of the PIF parts in Discord and they're no better than what you sent me. Lighter colours will also show lines up a little more than darker would. These are perfect!
 
Hi everyone. Been lurking on here for a while. I started my journey with a Flashforge Finder 1 bought about a year and a half ago.

Really great printer albeit the build size is lacking.

I recently, as in January, got an Artillery Genius (non-pro). Just headaches ek se. The Finder spoilt me with assisted bed levelling. Couldn't level the Genius properly as I had a warped bed, this I realized after installing Klipper and voiding my warranty by doing do (have to open up the printer).

I delved into custom firmware in order to create a manual bed mesh and be able to babystep but each firmware had issues of their own.

I decided to watch some tutorials and made my own firmware based on Marlin 2.1.1.

My friend that's working in the Netherlands, came down to SA and brought me 3d touch and CHT nozzle (he forgot the adxl) FOR FREE!

I recompiled my firmware and loaded the digant tft. I eventually want to get Klipper installed again but at the time I only had a spare pc I used and it's lan port was iffy. I have a raspberry 1 but that's a no go.

Working on the Genius I've only ever experienced problems. Getting Klipper to work was a 2 week headache lol as I had 0 knowledge of printers or Linux.

All in all when you're printer is dialed in its worth all the problems and issues experienced!

I'll post some pictures later!
 
Finally I'm done with the play bench in the garage. This took a lot longer than I thought (considering the water side project I had to do). It's the first time I made drawers as well and I'm pretty happy with how those came out. Now I finally have some space! (storage and work). I was planning on starting the Voron build this weekend, but power's been off since Thursday and the weather was too overcast for the solar system to keep the batteries charged. Pity, as I was looking forward to get started this weekend...

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gbyleveldt said:
Finally I'm done with the play bench in the garage. This took a lot longer than I thought (considering the water side project I had to do). It's the first time I made drawers as well and I'm pretty happy with how those came out. Now I finally have some space! (storage and work). I was planning on starting the Voron build this weekend, but power's been off since Thursday and the weather was too overcast for the solar system to keep the batteries charged. Pity, as I was looking forward to get started this weekend...

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You handy you!
 
Hello folks, been lurking on this thread for a while now. I guess I'll be bugging you a bit if you don't mind as I just bought my first printer. Too many hobbies, what have I done :ROFL: :ROFL:
 
I've been spending too much money on coffee, so decided to get an espresso machine.
But to keep beans fresh, you only want to grind as much as you need for your espresso shot. (called "single dosing", love how it sounds like drug dealing).

Anyway to reduce the retention of my bean grinder to less than 0.1mg I printed an angle stand and attached some left over feet I had over for a Voron printer.
Had to drill some holes in the bottom to fit the feet with heat-sets but this thing is super stable now.

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AfricanTech said:
This will be the next thing I print.

I'm constantly looking for things 'cos I dont have decent storage spaces.

Now that I have a proper inverter system I can resurrect the 3d hobby.
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That honeycomb storage wall works pretty well hey. I’ll post some pics tomorrow of how it’s populated so far. Once I’m done with that I want to do the gridfinity system for the drawers. I have a lot of little screws and fluff that needs sorting
 
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