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Little dinosaur being nice enough would lead me to believe it's not mechanical though, plus due to the nice progressive acceleration on each axis doing circles I find they are one of the nicer finished parts. Definitely not pretty.
That said I just installed later Cura and first print is a bit pants - one thing though I accidentally used 60mms not my usual 50.
This is why I hate upgrading things that work. Though I would give it a try but turns out maybe no benefit.
That said I just installed later Cura and first print is a bit pants - one thing though I accidentally used 60mms not my usual 50.
This is why I hate upgrading things that work. Though I would give it a try but turns out maybe no benefit.
Interesting comments....that was sliced with Cura 15.02 i stead of tbe latest version.
I do believe the default setting was 60 not 50 but would need to check. Out of interest i will do the same with the latest version that sliced the Dino. Without altering any other settings. See what happens.
But i know what you mean. The laptop is in need of recovering to new settings again but i know i will loose so many tweaks and alterations not to mention bits du jour programs. Lol
As above i used a different version of cura BUT i did have to clean the hotend due to blockage caused by too hot settings in the old version of cura i installed. It wanted to print PLA at 240 with a bed of 70.
I had to use a new nozzle slightly different so i had to reset the height and took the opportunity to level the bed.
Oh no...something else to learn about chords and exporting.
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the curiosity will get to you
If you have an old PC ATX power supply the connectors fit.
As mentioned earlier the two outside connections I have cut away the plastic case on the wire
So these two thick wires that heat the bed now have PC connectors and once slid into the pin I flooded the connector to pin joint with solder
As mentioned earlier the two outside connections I have cut away the plastic case on the wire
So these two thick wires that heat the bed now have PC connectors and once slid into the pin I flooded the connector to pin joint with solder
Interesting read...……. https://support.3dverkstan.se/article/38-designing-for-3d-printing
I have decided that its way way easier using a lathe...lol.
After I printed that test piece I tried a different small dinosaur and boom.....problem after problem. 48 hours later and up till 4am then fitted a visit to the Wookey hole I am convinced either the STL or the ini file I imported altered the heat settings and this had the effect or melting the PTFE in the Heat Break or Throat. It will print nothing now.
and ....back to the ebay thread . I cant find a local supplier of consumables. Arrrggggh.
STL doesn't contain any printer info
Early cura I am still using
Later one too many setting and clearly from finishes they need tweaking as don't suit mine.
I think on issue is between settings (defaults if you like) and preferences (the stuff you configure that you prefer. I saved my old cura profile and imported it and it still messes with stuff and pointed out there the preferences deviated from settings.
E3d print heads are popular. They do an E3d lite. Trouble is you now don't have the ability to print the carriage parts for the E3d lite.
Consumables just load up from Ebay or Amazon and get a selection of colours in advance.
I will get the later Cura sorted, just not yet...…………… and sometimes if the existing tool does the job I don't need to waste time on the later software.
Early cura I am still using
Later one too many setting and clearly from finishes they need tweaking as don't suit mine.
I think on issue is between settings (defaults if you like) and preferences (the stuff you configure that you prefer. I saved my old cura profile and imported it and it still messes with stuff and pointed out there the preferences deviated from settings.
E3d print heads are popular. They do an E3d lite. Trouble is you now don't have the ability to print the carriage parts for the E3d lite.
Consumables just load up from Ebay or Amazon and get a selection of colours in advance.
I will get the later Cura sorted, just not yet...…………… and sometimes if the existing tool does the job I don't need to waste time on the later software.
I checked the ini file I imported and it set the temp for PLA at 200 so something seems to make it spike. OR as I was watching the temp graph it had a consistant drop in temp at the same point all three times. I did so much I would not trust myself to be accurate let alone the INI file. lol
I have a suspicion that the PTFE has melted somehow and possibly blocked the nozzle eventually.
It did seem like the PLA was sticking higher up the heat break tube AND the model I printed did seem to retract a lot of times. Perhaps that was an alteration the INI file made.
I have had a bonus in that i was able to test while my grandson was here so I will have more tubes etc when he goes home...so all was not lost.
By consumables I meant nozzles and tubes. V6 hotends complete from Aliexpress ar a no brainer so getting a couple of spares for quick changing etc.
Its just once again I would hve purchased local if they had a shop local.....I see why there is not one. With China churning out everything in vast quantities they get no returns as who in their right mind will spend 5 quid sending back something that cost 9 dollars even if it does not work.
My problem with Cura was the new version printed the little dino I posted up here just fine.
The new one I installed did not fare as well.
But going back to the new one did not seem to solve everything......I think it was a catalogue of small issues mounting up.
I think I need to slow down with what is already a slow and long winded process......
Take my time and catalogue what I am doing to get a stable base of settings to keep falling back on etc. 