What 3D printer...

[Bladevane]

@Screwdriver - I am watching your live stream (1,2 1,2) and observed there is no Z hop. Do you have retraction set in the slicer?

 

[Bladevane]

Great. As well as wasting time watching my printer I can now while away the hours watching others!!

 

[Screwdriver]

LOL. Just a test stream. Battling with YouTube to stop it monitoring my mic!

It's setup on a spare Axis webcam so I don't have to keep running in and out of the room.

Should be a Z hop. I'll check settings but if it ain't broke...

<edit> Just for @Bladevane I'll pop in and wave at the camera, see what the delay is.

<edit> no delay detected. cna't run in/out of the room quick enough. Must be a second or two at most.

 

[Bladevane]

You've managed to mute the mic. No sound now whereas there was a few minutes ago. Carry on swearing.

 

[AndersK]

Thanks for the input @hooblah @daedalusminos and @Bladevane

The Prusa is still top of my list.
I want flex plate bed, e3D hot end, Bondtech direct drive extruder and possibility to run different materials. I know the multi material is an add on but it has all the others.
Seems like the latest now has the Misumi bearings as standard.

Neither the Ultimakers are trouble free despite the price tag is like x4 for similar build volume.

 

[Bladevane]

The Prusa Mk3S+ will give you all that you require. So will the Caribou but at a greater cost and with a bigger menu for upgrades. The boss of Caribou seems to be developing upgrades at an amazing rate, and customers appear to want what he is offering. Look at the Facebook group for inspiration (https://www.facebook.com/groups/caribou3d) or the Prusa site for blogs and Knowledge Forum (https://www.prusa3d.com/). Happy hunting.

 

[Onoff]

That's what I use for PLA and acetone/abs slurry for ABS Pro.

My lad's very resistive to printing ABS, worried about his delicate electronics in the printer being subject to too much heat. I need to convince him to flip the machine over so we can see how easy to extend wires and mount everything outside the enclosure.

 

[DAPPH]

My lad's very resistive to printing ABS, worried about his delicate electronics in the printer being subject to too much heat. I need to convince him to flip the machine over so we can see how easy to extend wires and mount everything outside the enclosure.

Insert a computer extractor fan half way up in a simple three sides conduit that has inlets at top & bottom of the enclosure & vent it out side via some 2 - 3 inch ID pond water piping print your outlet flanges & use simple printed plastic blocks to fit the conduit to the enclosure to keep it removable if needed.

 

[ukracer]

My lad's very resistive to printing ABS, worried about his delicate electronics in the printer being subject to too much heat. I need to convince him to flip the machine over so we can see how easy to extend wires and mount everything outside the enclosure.

I actually run a Heater in my enclosure to heat things up. Lol

 

[Screwdriver]

Nozzle is brand new.

Finally managed to get a set running late last night, not that late so it's still going.

I dare not go in there. I think the draught from my going in and out is causing (among other things) the parts to lift. So even if I can get the stupid thing to stick, it might still get bored and curl up like a Pringles. I hate this stuff. I am convinced it's a bad batch of plastic. Nothing should be this difficult to make work.

Anyhow, it should be done in a few minutes. That will be a massive relief.

 

[Screwdriver]

I actually run a Heater in my enclosure to heat things up. Lol

Yeah, I really must build a little tent for mine. This is a very old draughty house and it may be that my 3d printing is extremely susceptible to variable weather especially the opening and closing of doors generating even more of a cooling draught.

 

[ukracer]

Nozzle is brand new.

Finally managed to get a set running late last night, not that late so it's still going.

I dare not go in there. I think the draught from my going in and out is causing (among other things) the parts to lift. So even if I can get the stupid thing to stick, it might still get bored and curl up like a Pringles. I hate this stuff. I am convinced it's a bad batch of plastic. Nothing should be this difficult to make work.

Anyhow, it should be done in a few minutes. That will be a massive relief.

Why not print with a shield....I think it might even be a cura feature..

 

[Screwdriver]

Why not print with a shield....I think it might even be a cura feature..

One more thing to go wrong, more time spent in the early layers before I get to see if the part will be successful.

It was a bed adhesion issue with this filament which does not behave like regular PETG. When I came back after it had just finished, the parts were held down by gravity! Probably stuck ok with 85ºC bed but as soon as it cooled, it just pinged off. It did try lifting too but I thnk the closed door policy really helped. I'm just glad they're done.

 

[ukracer]

 

[badabec]

I'm going to put off buying a 3D printer until I can afford one of these printers, I doubt if a draught will put it off.

3dprintedhouse: News - First resident of 3D-printed concrete house receives key

The house The house is a detached single-story home with 94 square meters of net floor area, a spacious living room and two bedrooms...

www.3dprintedhouse.nl

 

[DAPPH]

I'm going to put off buying a 3D printer until I can afford one of these printers, I doubt if a draught will put it off.

3dprintedhouse: News - First resident of 3D-printed concrete house receives key

The house The house is a detached single-story home with 94 square meters of net floor area, a spacious living room and two bedrooms...

www.3dprintedhouse.nl

It is definitely draught resistant as it uses a fine concrete cold extruded paste out of a cold nozzle not hot melt addition materials . Hellishly fast for 150 hour build . I bet the groundwork and putting in the services take longer that that when totalled up.
Looks like it could make a great cheap mancupboard once it is spray insulated & lined inside.