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Once you have done a few you will get the hang of it, every day is a learning day.
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Once you have done a few you will get the hang of it, every day is a learning day.
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I can't afford this, but due to unreasonable and unrelenting peer pressure, I have just parted with £170 plus £17 for a Kilo of PLA. This is the 32 bit silent model with Carborundum glass.
Creality Official Ender 3 V2 Upgraded DIY 3D Printer Kit 220x220x250mm
It's not the microstepping as such that gives the silent drive, it's the switching frequency is increased so it's above the human audible range, so you no longer hear the motor windings ringing.
Microstepping is nothing new, it's just the ability to switch outputs at over 20KHz for minimum cost is relatively new.
I should add, that switching to a silent board makes a very big difference to stepper motor sound.
First time I ran mine after installing the BTT Mini E3 board, I set it to print, and only realised it had reached temperature when I heard the first homing microswitch click. Normally you'd hear the steppers as soon as they energised and started to move, but the silent drivers are pretty much silent.
First time I ran mine after installing the BTT Mini E3 board, I set it to print, and only realised it had reached temperature when I heard the first homing microswitch click. Normally you'd hear the steppers as soon as they energised and started to move, but the silent drivers are pretty much silent.
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Assume the position and I'll explain!He seems a bit too keen about the subject to me.
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If you use Cura there's a setting to manipulate holes, since they always come out smaller.
Hole Horizontal Expansion
Wall settings
Note: Shell and top/bottom settings are separated into two categories. The top/bottom settings can be found here. Wall extruder This setting defines which extruder should print the walls. It can be...
They don't actually go hand in hand.True, but goes hand in hand. It is marketed as microstepping and a lot easier to find information and get a bit of understanding with that wording for electronic illiterates, as me
You could have a silent full step drive if you wanted, it's just the motors would sound mechanically 'clunky' at lower speed due to the sudden steps, rather than the sound you get from a pwm drive making the motor windings ring in the audible range.
As with lots of subjects popular with hobbyists, there is a lot of nonsense posted on various sites by 'experts' who quite frankly don't have a clue.
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Is cura different, better, easier than matterconttol?If you use Cura there's a setting to manipulate holes, since they always come out smaller.
Hole Horizontal Expansion
Wall settings
Note: Shell and top/bottom settings are separated into two categories. The top/bottom settings can be found here. Wall extruder This setting defines which extruder should print the walls. It can be...support.ultimaker.com
I was taught how to use MC, I’m no expert but seem to have grasped the basics
as a very beginner amateur will cura bring me any advantage?
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When ever you fill out those official forms, there’s never an option for **** artiste ?
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Yeah it's an Ender 3 pro. TBH I'm happy with how it works but I would be happier if it was quieter. I looked up that bigtreetech board and it's virtually the same price as the 32 bit Creality one. Watched a review vid and the guy went rocketing through instructions about downloading files from github and editing configs then compiling formware. I'd rather spend the extra fiver or so and have a drop-in board ready to go.
The BTT board is a drop in replacement.
You only need to compile firmware if you want to change something from stock.
They're all very similar, some are better at some things and other slicers are better at other things, but all slicers are designed to do the same job. It mostly comes down to personal preference, so best way is to give it a go and see what you think. I tend to use prucer slicer as I liked it when I tried it, you may prefer cura or MC.
The e3 mini was designed to be a direct replacement for the ender 3 series of printers, hence the e3 name, but even though the option is there if you want to mess about with the firmware, you don't have to. BTT also do other boards, but the other ones are larger so won't fit internally on the Ender 3.
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ahh minor detail. Just build an extension .......
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