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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #480 on: December 01, 2017, 10:26:45 am »
when you hear that extruder clicking you know you have the bed too high...

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #481 on: December 01, 2017, 10:46:24 am »
when you hear that extruder clicking you know you have the bed too high...
Yep.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #482 on: December 01, 2017, 11:46:20 am »
I leveled it with a bare bed, then put down painter's tape, so I think that screwed it up.  It seems like the nozzle was actually slightly dragging on the first layer.  Pics are the bottom layer and then the top layer.


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #483 on: December 01, 2017, 11:58:09 am »
Make sure you guys do a legit extruder calibrate before messing with the flow rate. Its simple just measure and mark 100 mm of filament from the top of your extruder and have the system feed 100 mm. See if the line levels out or if it come up short or feeds to much. Then adjust the steps in marlin or what ever firmware your using.

My second printer was coming up way blobby no matter how low I had the flow rate. Found out I was extruding 150  for every 100.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #484 on: December 01, 2017, 12:41:56 pm »
Make sure you guys do a legit extruder calibrate before messing with the flow rate. Its simple just measure and mark 100 mm of filament from the top of your extruder and have the system feed 100 mm. See if the line levels out or if it come up short or feeds to much.
There's a slightly different extruder calibration procedure here that works for over-feed and under-feed.
- Measure and mark at 120mm
- Feed 100mm
- Measure where the mark falls
-- If it is at 20mm, the setting is correct
-- If not, use the formula    (Expected feed length / actual feed length) * current steps setting = new steps setting

For example, if you expected to feed 100mm, but only fed 96mm (120mm start position - 24mm end position) with a current steps setting of 150, you would need to adjust the steps setting to 156.25.

(100 / 96) * 150 = 156.25


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #485 on: December 01, 2017, 12:50:50 pm »
I leveled it with a bare bed, then put down painter's tape, so I think that screwed it up.  It seems like the nozzle was actually slightly dragging on the first layer.  Pics are the bottom layer and then the top layer.

Slippy, if your using Cura, make sure the filament size is correctly set to 1.75. The default is larger.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #486 on: December 01, 2017, 12:59:06 pm »
Slippy, if your using Cura, make sure the filament size is correctly set to 1.75. The default is larger.

Yep, I'd taken care of that.  I'm gonna try the extruder calibration that these guys are talking about.  Hadn't heard of that before.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #487 on: December 01, 2017, 02:47:33 pm »
Hmmm wonder what this is....


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #488 on: December 01, 2017, 03:35:50 pm »
Nut shaving harness?

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #489 on: December 01, 2017, 03:51:12 pm »
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #490 on: December 01, 2017, 08:31:50 pm »
Nut shaving harness?

I thought we were too good for this mayhem in this thread...

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #491 on: December 01, 2017, 09:09:01 pm »
Nut shaving harness?

I thought we were too good for this mayhem in this thread...

Yuks are fine when related to the topic at hand.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #492 on: December 02, 2017, 02:51:32 am »
I still wana know wtf a Nut shaver is relating to Arcadey stuff lol

I have big ballz but I dont think ide need a Gillette quite that big!!

Not sure whats in the box though... Still un-opened maybe ile look later....

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #493 on: December 02, 2017, 10:24:56 am »
I have big ballz but I dont think ide need a Gillette quite that big!!

I see your confusion.... below is the nut shaver


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #494 on: December 02, 2017, 10:30:06 am »
And bellow is my new toy 90% built up:



I need a wider table lol


Ime also waiting for my isopropanol to come before I stick the PEI sheet to the glass bed.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #495 on: December 02, 2017, 10:53:13 am »
Glad you didn’t say ‘huzzah!’ I’d have to kick you in your freshly shorn testes.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #496 on: December 02, 2017, 11:00:10 am »
Here’s why I love 3D Printing. Every year, we have a Christmas party with a killer white elephant. Every year we make the little slips with numbers and such.

I had a brainstorm the other day on a way to make the process easier and have some fun. I jumped in to Tinkercad, and voíla!



A nice, cute, fun and permanent way to do our white elephant. We’ll use these at Our party, and then two weeks later at our family Christmas party. Then we have them already for next year! Thanks, additive manufacturing!
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #497 on: December 02, 2017, 11:28:53 am »
Top layer looks on point prowski nice job.

So I've been selling those badges, made a google sheet so my wife and I can track how much we've actually made. At 70 bucks right now.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #498 on: December 02, 2017, 11:48:30 am »
I have big ballz but I dont think ide need a Gillette quite that big!!

I see your confusion.... below is the nut shaver



Is that kind of like a trunk monkey auto theft system?  Except for your nuts?

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #499 on: December 02, 2017, 11:51:09 am »
I have big ballz but I dont think ide need a Gillette quite that big!!

I see your confusion.... below is the nut shaver



Is that kind of like a trunk monkey auto theft system?  Except for your nuts?

LOL

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #500 on: December 02, 2017, 12:10:32 pm »
Top layer looks on point prowski nice job.

So I've been selling those badges, made a google sheet so my wife and I can track how much we've actually made. At 70 bucks right now.

What's your google sheet for expenses at?
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #501 on: December 02, 2017, 01:51:38 pm »
Top layer looks on point prowski nice job.

So I've been selling those badges, made a google sheet so my wife and I can track how much we've actually made. At 70 bucks right now.

What's your google sheet for expenses at?

If I was using this purely for making money I would take the time to figure that out. I know for a fact that the filament for each badge is only 12 cents, electricity probably .01 cents if that, printer 330$
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #502 on: December 02, 2017, 03:07:44 pm »
Not as interested in making money as much as I am having the machine pay for itself.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #503 on: December 02, 2017, 03:21:46 pm »
I don't know if it was brought up in this thread already, it's too long for me to want to read it all. But... turn your prints into metal parts:
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #504 on: December 02, 2017, 03:38:49 pm »
What's that yot up to now?

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #505 on: December 02, 2017, 03:44:13 pm »
Ball shaving jig

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #506 on: December 02, 2017, 03:52:22 pm »
Ball shaving jig

Maybe for your lil' balls...
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #507 on: December 02, 2017, 03:58:25 pm »
So I think Yots switched out his bearings before he started printing so he may not know, but has anyone compared the roller bears vs the polymer bushing ones? Mainly looking to see if the noise is reduced.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #508 on: December 02, 2017, 05:34:53 pm »
I did the Ingus upgrade. The cooling fans are noisier than the carriage rails.
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #509 on: December 02, 2017, 07:46:29 pm »
Not as interested in making money as much as I am having the machine pay for itself.

I hope the guy I bought the 3d printed NES rpi case off etsy is paying for his machine cause this little guy is beautiful.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #510 on: December 02, 2017, 08:51:50 pm »
I have big ballz but I dont think ide need a Gillette quite that big!!

I see your confusion.... below is the nut shaver



Is that kind of like a trunk monkey auto theft system?  Except for your nuts?

LOL

Fun fact.  That monkey with a razor is from a little known 80's horror film called creepers.  It's well worth a watch.

I printed out one of the carts for the snes classic last night, only I hollowed the model out first.  I think when I moved my printer the other day I threw the calibration out of wack because it got some crazy bad z-banding and one side lifted... something I haven't had happen on this printer yet.  I'm going with pbj's idea... make it hollow and when/if I decide to do a usb expansion, I can put the stick in the cart. 

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #511 on: December 04, 2017, 12:31:24 am »


Yay rolling your own Christmas party decorations!
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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #512 on: December 04, 2017, 01:44:26 am »
Cool lol

Well I tried to get mine to its 1st print yesterday but found the glass is warped and I have a huge dip in the middle!

Wish I discovered that before sticking the PEI on :(

So I am going to try some tin foil under the glass later to see if that helps but I suspect I may need a new piece of glass! :(

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #513 on: December 04, 2017, 02:59:20 am »
Cool lol

Well I tried to get mine to its 1st print yesterday but found the glass is warped and I have a huge dip in the middle!

Wish I discovered that before sticking the PEI on :(

So I am going to try some tin foil under the glass later to see if that helps but I suspect I may need a new piece of glass! :(

Must be a Creality thing. Good idea on the tin foil though, i just ended up putting some tape in the middle. I should be getting my casting plate this week.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #514 on: December 04, 2017, 03:14:05 am »
Cool lol

Well I tried to get mine to its 1st print yesterday but found the glass is warped and I have a huge dip in the middle!

Wish I discovered that before sticking the PEI on :(

So I am going to try some tin foil under the glass later to see if that helps but I suspect I may need a new piece of glass! :(

Must be a Creality thing. Good idea on the tin foil though, i just ended up putting some tape in the middle. I should be getting my casting plate this week.

Yeah I gather the commonly provide warped glass!! :(

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #515 on: December 04, 2017, 05:27:44 am »
Well I tin foiled the underside and it made quite a difference!
Still not perfect but should be useable.

I attempted to print the decapacat, It started off good but it started to peel after the first layer or 2 and ended up catching the nozzle.

I am hoping thats because my bed is dirty. My Isopropanol has not yet arrived so the bed has not been cleaned properly yet.



This was what came out so far lol


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #516 on: December 04, 2017, 05:41:16 am »
Looks like the nozzle is to high. Did you slice the Gcode or was it the one provided?

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #517 on: December 04, 2017, 05:59:09 am »
I sliced it with the settings it suggested in the pdf.

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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #518 on: December 04, 2017, 02:17:43 pm »
Pickle Rick!


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Re: So ... 3d Printers....
« Reply #519 on: December 05, 2017, 06:59:21 am »
So I need to ask you guys using PEI.

What sort of settings and tricks are you using etc?

Ime really struggling to get this printing properly.

So currently I have it set at 0.2 with a speed of 40mm.
My bed temp is set to 65 (actually about 50-55) and nozzle temp 196.

It always seems to start peeling at the same place (back of the cat) and catch on the nozzle before being pulled off the bed.

Ive re-levelled the bed several times and cleaned with isopropanol 90%.