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3d Printers South Africa
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howardb
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Crazy. Mine keeps defaulting to the Centurion store every page change. If no stock at that branch, it removes the item from the cart... Aaaahhh!
Mine is also now defaulting to "Germany" as a country and address details lol.
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SAguy
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It's pretty fun though - I'm just amazed how you can think of something, and then a few hours later you can have the object. I'm eyeing the fancy filaments though, like the wood and metal filaments - but I don't see the flashforge branded ones available on our local sites.That's a good print!
Phew, thanks for that. I'm keen to learn FreeCAD but my time is limited, and Fusion 360 is pretty awesome.
xrapidx
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Ffs. Five hours later, I notice there's literally a .5mm gap between the bottom layer (where the screw is) and the rounded cap I put on....
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You're gonna have to start thinking about design orientation and designing to minimize support structure. Fun times
. Doing your own stuff is great. A 3d printer really shines when you can start making your own stuff with it.
xrapidx
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Came out OK, but I printed it flat with a brim, which looks rather untidy once removed.You're gonna have to start thinking about design orientation and designing to minimize support structure. Fun times
saor
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Can always split parts and glue together if the design is tricky. So maybe like this...print that small piece flat and then print the bulk of it also on the flat with all the detail in the Z direction.
(Arrows indicate facing up direction on build plate.)
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Came out OK, but I printed it flat with a brim, which looks rather untidy once removed.
If you want to make some stuff closer to commercial products you will need to post process things. It depends on the filaments you use but with PLA wet sanding, some filler, colour paint coat and a clear coat usually gets me a solid finished product.
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Not too worried about looks - as long as its functional - don't think it'll last that long anyway with the heating of the frother.
Had to change the design slightly anyway, besides the screw at the bottom - nothing holds it it to the frother, and my wife doesn't want me gluing it to the metal - so I've increased the height a little, and made it clip over the top.
Next time I'll print it upside down with tree supports, won't be too difficult to sand the top down.
Had to change the design slightly anyway, besides the screw at the bottom - nothing holds it it to the frother, and my wife doesn't want me gluing it to the metal - so I've increased the height a little, and made it clip over the top.
Next time I'll print it upside down with tree supports, won't be too difficult to sand the top down.
Just a quick question: what is the going rate printing for someone else? I own a printer and at the moment enjoy printing stuff either from the Web or own designs, but was wondering what to charge if someone were to ask to print for them.
xrapidx
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Thought this was too easy, I've run into an issue.
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The nozzle seems to hit the print - I occasionally hear something when working - and now saw it first hand - it seems to the higher the print goes, the more the chance of it happening, it hit the print hard enough today, after 8 hours, to break it.
2.) May or may not be related - the back right of the heat bed (without print bed) seems be about 2-3mm higher than the other corners (with springs fully compressed) ... not 100% sure what's causing it. If I check the bed with a metal ruler, it looks 100% flat.
And now, for the life of me - after discovering the above to issues, I'm struggling my ass off to get decent prints - something always goes wrong - levelling the bed has also become a mission, every time I go round - it seems to loose its position again... either too close, or too far... tried heated and not heated levelling...
Giving up for the evening, leaving it to print a benchy to see how it comes out (just failed a temp tower - because it got knocked over) - might end up disassembling the entire printer and re-assembling if I can't figure it out.
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The nozzle seems to hit the print - I occasionally hear something when working - and now saw it first hand - it seems to the higher the print goes, the more the chance of it happening, it hit the print hard enough today, after 8 hours, to break it.
2.) May or may not be related - the back right of the heat bed (without print bed) seems be about 2-3mm higher than the other corners (with springs fully compressed) ... not 100% sure what's causing it. If I check the bed with a metal ruler, it looks 100% flat.
And now, for the life of me - after discovering the above to issues, I'm struggling my ass off to get decent prints - something always goes wrong - levelling the bed has also become a mission, every time I go round - it seems to loose its position again... either too close, or too far... tried heated and not heated levelling...
Giving up for the evening, leaving it to print a benchy to see how it comes out (just failed a temp tower - because it got knocked over) - might end up disassembling the entire printer and re-assembling if I can't figure it out.
howardb
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That sounds like the frame is not entirely square, or the X gantry is slipping g do you have dual Z motors?
Is your retraction setting good/high enough? If too low, this sometimes causes the nozzle to not lift enough and hit part of the print on the travel movements.
The springs should not be fully compressed, you may have to adjust the Z stop switch or add a small clip to the bar where it hits the switch, to raise the bed slightly. Will try to find what I used and post shortly. Bed springs are now about halfway in my case after adding the clip. Just check if your Z switch plate can be adjusted first though.
EDIT:
Used this one: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2845489
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xrapidx
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I tightened and loosened everything where necessary, and put the original spring's back... Seems to be levelling a bit better.
Now I'm dealing with qualify issues.
I'll have to check the retraction settings, bit of a pain because I'll only know long into a print if its a problem
xrapidx
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Also thought so - retrying at 190 - weird thing is - before I started picking up issues, it printed fine at 200.
Think my better half (the house dragon) - is ready to kill me - been in the office for two days
I think you're more inclined to be killed for calling them a dragonAlso thought so - retrying at 190 - weird thing is - before I started picking up issues, it printed fine at 200.
Think my better half (the house dragon) - is ready to kill me - been in the office for two days