3d Printers South Africa

xrapidx said:
If you order from them, order the spool sides, much quicker/easier than printing.
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The reuse makes sense. I still have a few more empty spools to check, maybe I have more that I can take apart. Guess Ill save R60 or so
 
karnuffel said:
The reuse makes sense. I still have a few more empty spools to check, maybe I have more that I can take apart. Guess Ill save R60 or so
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Lucky, I was thinking of cutting two of my old spools in half and then just designing/printing a center piece to hold them together again.
 
B-1 said:
Lucky, I was thinking of cutting two of my old spools in half and then just designing/printing a center piece to hold them together again.
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If only I could remember what brand used that spool.
 
karnuffel said:
If only I could remember what brand used that spool.
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I have a couple that can easily disassemble:

  • eSun (Clear Spool)
  • Verbatim (White Spool)
2 Screws and it comes apart
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Simply clicks in and out, screwdriver to pop it out
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eye_suc said:
If you are going to be trying Funkiments, be aware that you might run the risk of the spool not being the right dimensions. If this happens the filament can lift over the sides of the spool and then you will be having great fun with tangles. The Funk spool was designed to a very specific size to work on their own cardboard cores.

The splitting of a normal spool can work, if it is a big ass spool, but all of those we tried tends to fail when the spool is still full. Even the eSun spool (which I have loads of) didn't want to play ball.

I'll see if I can dig up some old pics that shows the results of using the wrong spool.
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I had exactly this with the silver ABS :D Fortunately because if my setup it was easily reversible.
 
Anyone know where I can have a DXF file sent to be CNC'd? They need to provide the material and cut to size and drill a couple holes.

Looking for Polycarbonate and Aluminium?


Edit: Gauteng I don't mind driving a bit to get good service!
 
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valiente said:
Anyone know where I can have a DXF file sent to be CNC'd? They need to provide the material and cut to size and drill a couple holes.

Looking for Polycarbonate and Aluminium?
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Probably help if you mention where you are.
 
I bought an Ender 5 Pro about 2 months ago. My first 3D printer, and I must say this is a rather addictive hobby. :)

Upgrades I've made so far:

  • Bed supports - I found that when the X and Y axis travelled quickly a slight shudder would go through the bed. A result of the bed only being connected on one side. This sometimes resulted in the head slamming in to the print and lifting it. Reducing travel speed helped, but I wanted to make it as solid as possible.
  • Chucked the magnet bed thing after a few weeks. Could not get PLA+ to adhere the first layer perfectly. When it did adhere, I struggled to get it off. So now printing on a 4mm mirror cleaned with isopropyl alcohol between prints. Working perfectly.
  • BL Touch - one of the best upgrades I reckon you can do. The 5 Pro ships with an MB that already has the plugs, so installing was easy. Note: the cable needs to be at least 1.5m long to reach, but 'side cutters + soldering + heat shrink = perfect length' as well. ;)
  • Designed and printed mounts for LED strips to see what's cooking. Also designed a box to hide the wires and mount the switches for the LEDs that fits in the corner around the aluminum crossbars.
Future updates include moving the front cross bar down with this as it is in the way when trying to see first layer adhesion properly. Printing those as I type.

Living at the coast I was a little apprehensive on humidity having an influence on the PLA. Started designing a drybox to permanently store the PLA+ rolls, but couldn't find a large enough transparent container in our little town...so in the end found these 'cake boxes' at PEP for R18.99. Few bolts and nuts later, they work really well. Clearance inside is perfect for the eSun rolls. Remixed an existing design on Thingaverse.

If you want to try it yourself: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4939764

This 3D printing thing is a good game. :)

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Looks great.

What tupperware are you using there? Like where did you buy it, price, name etc?
 
Is there someone in the Cape Town region who can print something for @Pineapple Smurf .

He is looking for a banana container.

Banana Box Please

My bananas get bruised every weekend on my hikes, and so do my fellow hikers. Where can I buy cheap banana boxes in this country? Not interested in importing them as I do not have an Importers Code
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So printed these over the weekend. The original lens caps for my DSLR break very easily, and the genuine Sony items are not exactly cheap.

Printed the 55mm ones first. The left one at higher speed 80mm/s, 0.28mm layers. The right at 60mm/s and 0.12mm layer heights. Very impressed and happy with the first layer finish. Picture doesn't do it justice.

They are 'print in place' so the little springs break free the first time you use them. Going to print one for each lens. They are cheap, light and don't take a lot of space in the camera bags. There is even one for my 400mm lens. If anyone else wants to have a try, you can find the design here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3241700 STLs for lens cap sizes from 37mm to 105mm.

I was sceptical at first, but they work really well!

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avk said:
So printed these over the weekend. The original lens caps for my DSLR break very easily, and the genuine Sony items are not exactly cheap.

Printed the 55mm ones first. The left one at higher speed 80mm/s, 0.28mm layers. The right at 60mm/s and 0.12mm layer heights. Very impressed and happy with the first layer finish. Picture doesn't do it justice.

They are 'print in place' so the little springs break free the first time you use them. Going to print one for each lens. They are cheap, light and don't take a lot of space in the camera bags. There is even one for my 400mm lens. If anyone else wants to have a try, you can find the design here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3241700 STLs for lens cap sizes from 37mm to 105mm.

I was sceptical at first, but they work really well!

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Thanks... Needed one and didn't even occur to use my printer for one. Lol
 
I fitted a CR Touch in the hopes of resolving my constantly shifting bed.... but, pretty much sitting with the same issue.

The Z-offset keeps changing slightly. If I set it to -1.48 - rehome the z-axis - and check again - it needs to be moved to -1.6.... rehome the z-axis again - and then its at -1.54.

Where/what can be causing this? Only thing that's moving is the z-axis.
 
xrapidx said:
I fitted a CR Touch in the hopes of resolving my constantly shifting bed.... but, pretty much sitting with the same issue.

The Z-offset keeps changing slightly. If I set it to -1.48 - rehome the z-axis - and check again - it needs to be moved to -1.6.... rehome the z-axis again - and then its at -1.54.

Where/what can be causing this? Only thing that's moving is the z-axis.
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Have you got dual Z axis stepper motors? They may be going out of sync and causing the Z axis to drop slightly on one side or the other. I fitted a Z-sync belt setup to S4 to prevent this, and rarely have to re-level the bed now (only when the nozzle is changed)
 
howardb said:
Have you got dual Z axis stepper motors? They may be going out of sync and causing the Z axis to drop slightly on one side or the other. I fitted a Z-sync belt setup to S4 to prevent this, and rarely have to re-level the bed now (only when the nozzle is changed)
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Nope, just the one, bed also has silicone spacers which a pretty tight.
 
Got my ender 3 yesterday and completed the assembly but struggling with the prints not sticking to the bed. My bed is levelled I think. Any advice?
 
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