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The 3.4 OLD Cura has its own folders and settings
The latest two (numbering has thrown me ) share the profiles by the looks of it
The newer stuff definitely has some hidden defaults that screwed up the print quality for me
Probably the 60mms travel that accidentally over rode because flow didn't keep up
I just pump the layer up to 0.3 for quicker stuff
0.1 for quality and 0.2 in between
Trick is don't hurry
No matter what you do building plastic out of layers as thick as a piece of paper it'll take an age for anything big
The latest two (numbering has thrown me ) share the profiles by the looks of it
The newer stuff definitely has some hidden defaults that screwed up the print quality for me
Probably the 60mms travel that accidentally over rode because flow didn't keep up
I just pump the layer up to 0.3 for quicker stuff
0.1 for quality and 0.2 in between
Trick is don't hurry
No matter what you do building plastic out of layers as thick as a piece of paper it'll take an age for anything big
i do seem to remember there being a blocked nozzle clearing procedure in the instructions
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It may appear a bit money wasting, but after trying the nozzle, and ptfe tube clearing, I found it a lot easier just to replace them. In fact, with my CTC printer, I just built up 3-4 nozzle, block, and tube spares units. If they ever block up, I just change the whole unit over. I can then build up new units out of the useable old bits.
Life’s too short to be frugal over these parts.
Thanks for that. That was my thoughts also...i just needed speed. I cant seem to find a shop i can walk in and buy ANYTHING for 3D printing. Lol
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Nozzles and tubes can be a bit of a learning curve. I have a few I bought in the early days that are useless to my machine, but at the time I was sure they were the right ones. As to finding a proper shop, never mind a decent shop, well......
I can’t quite tell how the filiment is fed into the nozzle, but is the gear/hobbed bolt/thingy clean. Tiny, wee bits of filament in the grooves can affect the feed quite dramatically. And no, you don’t always hear the clicking as the gear slips on the filament, not until the clogging gets too much.
I can’t quite tell how the filiment is fed into the nozzle, but is the gear/hobbed bolt/thingy clean. Tiny, wee bits of filament in the grooves can affect the feed quite dramatically. And no, you don’t always hear the clicking as the gear slips on the filament, not until the clogging gets too much.
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True, but my nozzles are 100£ each (+ VAT) and dual extruders makes a couple of hot push and cold pulls worth it
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True, but my nozzles are 100£ each and dual extruders makes a couple of hot push and cold pulls worth it
And I winge about £5 for a set of 6
Mine is a Bowden drive.
why are they that expensive??True, but my nozzles are 100£ each (+ VAT) and dual extruders makes a couple of hot push and cold pulls worth it
what on earth do you print with that thing..?
Is that a hundred quid for that complete or just the nozzle on the end?
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Complete, they don't sell the little bits as spares anymore.
Doing prototypes and visualization models of new designs.
Also buying prints when needed. Did a large one a while ago of an existing product that had to loose a couple of kg's to be handled at a trade fair.
A 100 kg casting printed in PA, then hand tapped a lot of holes, M6 to M32 ...
Painted and then assembled rest of the real components. You should have seen people's faces as I carried it from the lab shop to the office
Doing prototypes and visualization models of new designs.
Also buying prints when needed. Did a large one a while ago of an existing product that had to loose a couple of kg's to be handled at a trade fair.
A 100 kg casting printed in PA, then hand tapped a lot of holes, M6 to M32 ...
Painted and then assembled rest of the real components. You should have seen people's faces as I carried it from the lab shop to the office
