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Slightly clogged nozzle? Maybe try a cold pull when changing filaments...
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I don't think that I would be allowed to show you today's creation! It is a pen holder but rather than a chameleon, it is more Human based. That is all I can say.
This'll be right up your street then:
Print your own SEX TOY: Generator lets people build toy from scratch
A hacker in Berlin built the website, which lets anyone design a bespoke sex toy to either print it out themselves, or take the computer model to a printers.
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This library is worth looking at. There are some very detailed and high quality items on there. I think that @bigegg might have already referred to it? All sorts of things on there including a hidden ahem... Specialist section where I found my pen holder. For those who would like an item from the library, but don't have a printer, there are options for commercial printing at the checkout. Some models are free of charge, some have a small fee for downloading.
The Cults 3D library.
This is nice... Free VW Golf model
/https://files.cults3d.com/uploaders/17982145/illustration-file/fee9a56f-b992-4cc8-94a3-192bc10f3ca0/IMG_1904.jpg)
The Cults 3D library.
This is nice... Free VW Golf model
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One or two pens? And it just shows how creative 15 year olds can be.I don't think that I would be allowed to show you today's creation! It is a pen holder but rather than a chameleon, it is more Human based. That is all I can say.
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Two, much to the surprise of 'indoors!
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Came back to find this..... have adjusted the bed and started again....
The brim looks much more solid this time
Have upped the temps a bit .. had got the hang of the 1st roll of filament.. this seems different.. less stringy between things but also less stick on the bed
The brim looks much more solid this time
Have upped the temps a bit .. had got the hang of the 1st roll of filament.. this seems different.. less stringy between things but also less stick on the bed
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My Ender 3v2 is absolutely bog standard and I use the Creality Slicer app that came with it. I’ve only had one failure and that was after a period when I hadn’t used it for a while and the bed was not adjusted correctly (The print didn’t stick properly and moved so I ended up with a birds nest).
So generally no problems at all - I’ve never made any adjustments to the software, and never had any delamination. I find that if I leave a print to cool down it frees itself from the bed, and if I’m impatient it takes what feels like unreasonable force to unstick it. I use the default settings of 200/60°C and have only used PLA, (although I have tried to set it at 205 but it never stays there).
I just wish my Samsung laser printer worked straight out of the box like the Ender3 does.
So generally no problems at all - I’ve never made any adjustments to the software, and never had any delamination. I find that if I leave a print to cool down it frees itself from the bed, and if I’m impatient it takes what feels like unreasonable force to unstick it. I use the default settings of 200/60°C and have only used PLA, (although I have tried to set it at 205 but it never stays there).
I just wish my Samsung laser printer worked straight out of the box like the Ender3 does.
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The temperature is set in your slicer, so any adjustments made to the printer during a print will only work for the duration of that print.
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That’s worth knowing, thanks. I assumed I could set it as a default from the printer itself. I was actually setting it before printing, but presumably that is overridden by a temp setting in the g code that the slicer produces.
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The slicer defaults to sensible settings which you can tweak in the software. Once it is printing, you can adjust the parameters on the printer's control panel but they will only last for the duration of that print, or until the slicer makes a change. I had to do that just today because the rainbow PLA that I was using required 180-200 which I hadn't realised until the print began. I normally print PLA at 205, but 190 gave a decent print.
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I have the opposite problem, I can't get the prints to release. Bed now down to 50C which seems to help. I was using 65C with the standard extruder.
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The filament lever in the lad's Anycubic i3 Mega S extruder has cracked.
Printed a new one found on the web but how do you remove the old one?
It's free to pivot but doesn't seem to want to pull off of the shaft being pointed to:
Printed a new one found on the web but how do you remove the old one?
It's free to pivot but doesn't seem to want to pull off of the shaft being pointed to:
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Is it screwed on, about 3/4" down from where you are pointing? Or is that just for a guide wheel?
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No it just pushes on over a bearing, it was just on there tight. Pulled it off in the end.
The recess in the back of the print came up a fraction under the 8.5mm bearing diameter. A quick whizz round with a bit of emery wrapped around a drill bit and job done.
All changed and up and running again now.
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Of course, you could have just broken the remains away!
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Lad's been playing with PETG with excellent results imo. Stringing can be an issue. I was thinking use PETG for the replacement draws for better chemical resistance against oils and grease:
On the left the drawer that @ajlelectronics kindly printed in translucent PLA at 0.2mm layer height.
In the middle, translucent PETG at 0.3mm and 210degC. A bit stringy and slight gaps.
Then on the right, translucent PETG at 0.15mm and 215degC:
The 0.2mm PLA on the left, the 0.15mm PETG on the right:
Happy with that, he can get on with bulk printing replacements for me.
Not sure how long each one took. I'd ask him but he keeps different hours to the rest of us! Going to be a bloody shock when he gets a job...start looking might be an idea!
On the left the drawer that @ajlelectronics kindly printed in translucent PLA at 0.2mm layer height.
In the middle, translucent PETG at 0.3mm and 210degC. A bit stringy and slight gaps.
Then on the right, translucent PETG at 0.15mm and 215degC:
The 0.2mm PLA on the left, the 0.15mm PETG on the right:
Happy with that, he can get on with bulk printing replacements for me.
Not sure how long each one took. I'd ask him but he keeps different hours to the rest of us! Going to be a bloody shock when he gets a job...start looking might be an idea!
