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Onoff
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Continuing the learning curve!
Lad is printing a "connector" to pair two Oculus Rift controllers for one of his mates. A 7-piece print. (Adds a new dimension when you're playing Beat Saber).
Halfway through printing the single piece which is now the 'V' in the picture, he ran out of RS Pro PLA filament. Switched to Steadytech PLA. The finished print just snapped, with little force, in two, right at the junction of the two different PLAs.
RS Pro on the left (much glossier), Steadytech PLA on the right:
Lad is printing a "connector" to pair two Oculus Rift controllers for one of his mates. A 7-piece print. (Adds a new dimension when you're playing Beat Saber).
Halfway through printing the single piece which is now the 'V' in the picture, he ran out of RS Pro PLA filament. Switched to Steadytech PLA. The finished print just snapped, with little force, in two, right at the junction of the two different PLAs.
RS Pro on the left (much glossier), Steadytech PLA on the right:
brewdexta
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Our Ender 3 pro has arrived, it came with 2kg of PLA, a spool of black a nd another white. I also have a kilo of dark blue (Tardis) colour PLA and some ABS. I bought a self levelling kit at the same time, that has also arrived, but I'm waiting for bits for the Octoprint monitoring pi. I can't build it until the kids are up for it as educating them was the main excuse for buying. Normally they would be chomping at the bit, but we have chicks hatching in the incubator so no chance of getting them to concentrate long enough to build it and absorb any information at the moment.
So I can't get it up and working, which is a bit frustrating, but only because I'm impatient when new toys are around. So I thought I would get to grips with the software needed. For slicing I will give Cura a go first, not sure about the CAD yet, on my shortlist at the moment is TinkerCad (free version of AutoCAD specifically for 3d printing I think), fusion 360 and simplify3D, possibly OPenSCAD as the kids know a bit of Python. My criteria is not too steep a learning curve and free/low cost and easy for 11 and 13 year old daughters to get to grips with. Ideally it should run on Linux and Windows, my youngest has only got an Ubuntu Linux PC at the moment which she likes.
We will begin with existing thingiverse Dr Who models so probably won't need CAD to begin with but if they get the bug then.......
Cheers
Andy
So I can't get it up and working, which is a bit frustrating, but only because I'm impatient when new toys are around. So I thought I would get to grips with the software needed. For slicing I will give Cura a go first, not sure about the CAD yet, on my shortlist at the moment is TinkerCad (free version of AutoCAD specifically for 3d printing I think), fusion 360 and simplify3D, possibly OPenSCAD as the kids know a bit of Python. My criteria is not too steep a learning curve and free/low cost and easy for 11 and 13 year old daughters to get to grips with. Ideally it should run on Linux and Windows, my youngest has only got an Ubuntu Linux PC at the moment which she likes.
We will begin with existing thingiverse Dr Who models so probably won't need CAD to begin with but if they get the bug then.......
Cheers
Andy
Onoff
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He was on it changing the reel as soon as the first one ran out. I thought subsequent layers would have just melted/bonded to the slightly cooled one.
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If i have to swap filament out I always turn the hotend up 10 or so degrees for the first couple of layers after restart, the biggest problem I get is slight layer shifts if I have to move the nozzle away from the print to get the new stuff in.
Onoff
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Yep, there was a slight layer shift.
I did the same as you bought a 3d printer (geeetech) then got the bits for OctoPi, it’s excellent, add the psu control and you can switch it on/off as well. Whilst your waiting print yourself a case for the RPI. I use Fusion but for me a steep learning curve but some excellent resources on YouTube if you have the patience. I switched to Cura, bit of faffing to get configured but pleased I did.
3D printing isn’t plug and play, you need lots of patience in my opinion.
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I too use Linux, Fusion 360 won't run on it. I had to resuscitate an ageing laptop and update to Windows 10. Now I'm watching Lars tutorials on the telly whilst using the laptop. Using the firestick remote instead of the mouse doesn't work.
Onoff
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Will Fusion 360 run under WINE?
Just to let you all know I've probably done about 100hours of printing so far. Nearly gone through 2 complete rolls of filament.
One pla and one petg, and think my extruded nozzle is starting to wear slightly.
Is there any differences in nozzles etc
Or just keep with the original 0.4mm creality ones. (Being used on an ender3x)
One pla and one petg, and think my extruded nozzle is starting to wear slightly.
Is there any differences in nozzles etc
Or just keep with the original 0.4mm creality ones. (Being used on an ender3x)
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I've used virtual box before, far better that HyperV, whoever designed the networking side of HyperV needs therapy.
Onoff
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Linux users can try Solvespace:
http://solvespace.com/index.pl
(It's multi platform btw so Windoze & Mac users can use it too).
http://solvespace.com/index.pl
(It's multi platform btw so Windoze & Mac users can use it too).
Dev
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Don’t buy Simplify3D. 5 years ago it was worth it but not now.
As well as the ones you’ve thought of already I’d add meshmixer. Autodesk did have a program halfway between tinker and and fusion called 123d design but I think they retired it, which is a pity as it’d be ideal for you.
Don’t use sketchup.
yeggi.com is a search engine for 3d printing models, just to get some ideas.
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If you don't mind your models being publicly viewable, try onshape.com - it runs in a browser and hence works on Linux. It's free for non-hidden models. It is better than Fusion (in my opinion), although if you want to keep your models private (for commercial reasons or whatever), it's very expensive.
tflnemesis
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Any brass nozzle will fit, 0.4 seems the standard although wood/carbon fibre/glitter etc may need a larger nozzle to prevent clogs.
Smaller nozzles will give finer details but extend print time hugely depending on how small you go.
I have a range of nozzles from 0.1-0.8 and only ever seem to use 0.4...
Dev
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Any of the ‘exotic’ filaments Like glow in the dark, wood, metal fill will wear through brass very quickly. You shouldn’t get noticeable wear after a roll of pets and pla unless it’s made of cheese. Which it might be I suppose, reality had to save money somewhere. 
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What makes you think your nozzle is worn?
Very unlikely it's worn, if you're seeing a change in print parameters it's most likely due to a new reel of filament.
If you're printing exotic filaments hardened steel nozzles are available.
