3d Printers South Africa

[B-1]

Any idea where I can find Translucent pla? Preferably white, I see Rs have bit a bit pricy

Maybe one of these?

3D Filament South Africa - DIYElectronics

We stock a wide range of 3D Filaments, ranging from premium eSUN to cost-effective CCTREE - with a core focus on quality and affordability for South Africans.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

 

[xrapidx]

For a Google home mini.

 

[Kosmik]

Nice.

Dying here now, everything has arrived but the printer, which has cleared customs. Installed CURA last night and played with a few models.

Arb question, I assume one needs to adjust extrusion speed when decreasing nozzle size? Any rule of thumb? ie: 0.4 -> 0.3 , decrease speed by x

 

[eye_suc]

Nice.

Dying here now, everything has arrived but the printer, which has cleared customs. Installed CURA last night and played with a few models.

Arb question, I assume one needs to adjust extrusion speed when decreasing nozzle size? Any rule of thumb? ie: 0.4 -> 0.3 , decrease speed by x

I didn't adjust for extrusion speed. By speed, do you mean printing speed? like 50mm/s?

In cura, selecting a different nozzle size will adjust everything you should require, but to defaults. The only thing you might want to do adjust your flow percentages to get some form of dimensional accuracy.

 

[Kosmik]

I didn't adjust for extrusion speed. By speed, do you mean printing speed? like 50mm/s?

In cure, selecting a different nozzle size will adjust everything you should require, but to defaults. The only thing you might want to do adjust your flow percentages to get some form of dimensional accuracy.

Printing speed is how fast the head moves? Or is it how fast the filament is extruded into the nozzle? The second is what I meant as I would assume being a smaller aperture, keeping the same speed would cause blobbing etc?

 

[marine1]

Check out: http://www.buildvolume.co.za/
What kind of parts do you want to print?

They are great there, they dont play around, proper machines

 

[Werfetter]

Printing speed is how fast the head moves? Or is it how fast the filament is extruded into the nozzle? The second is what I meant as I would assume being a smaller aperture, keeping the same speed would cause blobbing etc?

Printing speed affects the speed of the nozzle yes not the rate of extrusion. I might be wrong here but the nozzle size will only affect line width which you set in Cura. The actual amount that should be extruded is calculated (by Cura) based on line width, line height, flow rate, and probably a bunch of other things as well. The printer firmware does another conversion of that required extrusion based on the e-step multiplier. Basically, there are a bunch of things that affect how much filament is extruded.

As mentioned you should calibrate for the smaller nozzle which would mean calibrating the correct flow rate and e-steps for the new nozzle but that is something you should do any time you change any part from the extruder to the nozzle in any case.

Pretty decent guide to calibrating your printer. https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#intro

 

[Kosmik]

Been a long night

 

[B-1]

Gotta love vase mode.

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[Kosmik]

Amazing how much distance fresh firmware makes. Stick on the sk3 refused to auto home or recognize the stops, first attempt at patched firmeare failed, shifted to stable release and recommended configs, all good. Now to print the bl mount and install.

 

[Kosmik]

I seem to be having an issue with filament reels. So I finished the temp filament that can with the printer and loaded up a sunlu pla black to do some mods. Pick having a similar issue as my weed water, every now and then the filament sits hot roll of because it's tracked on the spool. Do you guys roll portions of spool? Or just use the 1kg roll? Is this a cookbook problem or do I just have a bad spool?

 

[B-1]

I seem to be having an issue with filament reels. So I finished the temp filament that can with the printer and loaded up a sunlu pla black to do some mods. Pick having a similar issue as my weed water, every now and then the filament sits hot roll of because it's tracked on the spool. Do you guys roll portions of spool? Or just use the 1kg roll? Is this a cookbook problem or do I just have a bad spool?

Its hard to decipher that but if you are asking if a new roll of filament tends to unroll itself then yes its a pain with some of them being worse than others. A few prints in it should be fine.

 

[Kosmik]

Its hard to decipher that but if you are asking if a new roll of filament tends to unroll itself then yes its a pain with some of them being worse than others. A few prints in it should be fine.

Not just unroll, there's s twist in the winding so after a couple metres or less, it snags as the winding crosses

 

[B-1]

Not just unroll, there's s twist in the winding so after a couple metres or less, it snags as the winding crosses

You get that sometimes but its usually unlucky or crappy filament. Shouldn't happen often.

 

[Kosmik]

Actually trying to print the filament guide to help lessen the problem even

 

[Cosmic_Nomad]

I am in need of some help!

My main board has given up the ghost (2nd one in 3 months)

I would like to purchase a new one ASAP , I have cr10 v2

From DIYElectronics which would be the best to buy out of the following?

I don't want to buy the creality board which they do have in stock if possible.

What they have in stock are the following:

BigTreeTech E3 RRF V1.1 | WiFi Enabled Controller for Ender 3

Give your Ender 3 the boost it deserves with the E3 RRF V1.1 Controller, offering key features from BTT Boards, as well as native WiFi capabilities.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

BigTreeTech BTT002 V1.0 | 32bit Controller for Prusa i3 MKS3

The BTT002 V1.0 is a drop-in upgrade for Prusa i3 MKS3 3D Printers, offering 32bit 168MHz performance & advanced functionality at an affordable price.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

BigTreeTech SKR-CR6 V1.0 | Upgrade for Creality CR-6 SE

The BigTreeTech SKR-CR6 V1.0 is both a replacement and an upgrade for the CR-6 SE, designed as a drop-in spare that also adds extra functionality.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

This is what I wanted to get, but as usual no stock in SA have searched !

https://www.diyelectronics.co.za/st...-32bit-controller-for-reprap-3d-printers.html

 

[Kosmik]

I am in need of some help!

My main board has given up the ghost (2nd one in 3 months)

I would like to purchase a new one ASAP , I have cr10 v2

From DIYElectronics which would be the best to buy out of the following?

I don't want to buy the creality board which they do have in stock if possible.

What they have in stock are the following:

BigTreeTech E3 RRF V1.1 | WiFi Enabled Controller for Ender 3

Give your Ender 3 the boost it deserves with the E3 RRF V1.1 Controller, offering key features from BTT Boards, as well as native WiFi capabilities.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

BigTreeTech BTT002 V1.0 | 32bit Controller for Prusa i3 MKS3

The BTT002 V1.0 is a drop-in upgrade for Prusa i3 MKS3 3D Printers, offering 32bit 168MHz performance & advanced functionality at an affordable price.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

BigTreeTech SKR-CR6 V1.0 | Upgrade for Creality CR-6 SE

The BigTreeTech SKR-CR6 V1.0 is both a replacement and an upgrade for the CR-6 SE, designed as a drop-in spare that also adds extra functionality.

www.diyelectronics.co.za

This is what I wanted to get, but as usual no stock in SA have searched !

https://www.diyelectronics.co.za/st...-32bit-controller-for-reprap-3d-printers.html

Try these guys, got my skr 3 mini e3 from them, are local , instock and shipped within a day.

https://neotronics.co.za

 

[Cosmic_Nomad]

Thanks for the link !

 

[bar1]

Hi again.... What did I do wrong now and how do I fix it? I will replace the nozzle, have a spare one....

 

[Kosmik]

Hi again.... What did I do wrong now and how do I fix it? I will replace the nozzle, have a spare one....

my imagination or is a screw missing? Could be a mislignment?