I’ve been spending 5-6 hours a day in Solidworks and I’ve been able to rework almost every part of this custom printer. Learning so much and appreciating every bit of practice and knowledge in gaining.
I am starting to get confident enough to start designing my own printer from scratch...
2021-01-06 07:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As I wait for the last of the Voron 0 parts to print I’ve been brushing up on CAD because sooner than later I will finish a printer design.
I have a custom printer that’s been waiting to be upgraded so I decided I would sit down and practice the little I know in Solidworks and make a n...
2021-01-03 07:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This thing is so cute! Shout out to Jason from LDO for setting up a test kit in purple for me. I don’t love ABS so I’ve begun printing all the parts in Fusion Filament HTPET. Specifically the Red and Black HTPET. Been drying it overnight and first plate in red is going down.
Stay tuned...
2020-12-29 20:44:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Overhangs. Overhangs suck. Well... extreme ones. If I increase cooling it helps squat since too much cooling causes curling and so does too little. In the end not a product you want to use for anything over a 45 degree overhang.
Overall the material is very easy to print and it’s extreme...
2020-12-28 22:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Ugh... this stuff prints great but it’s tolerances are 1.71-1.62. I bought mine during a $40 per kg sale and it’s normally $80 a kg. Basically it’s poor for tolerance but it prints really well.
So far I’ve been testing the Buildtak Nylon sheet to great success. No warping with plen...
2020-12-27 18:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Not the fanciest of Christmas gifts but I ended up snagging a Buildtak Nylon sheet to compare against my plain garolite sheet when it comes to printing... Nylon!
I already have a stack of flex sheets so I saved some cash by stocking up through the years.
After some very successful pr...
2020-12-25 03:47:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Need to get back into making more profiles and seeing as Prusa has pushed back any news printers for a while it’s time to get a stock printer running once again.
Give me a couple weeks to get parts together and thanks to some donations of things I don’t have additional stock of that I ...
2020-12-22 19:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t have much that I can truly tell yet besides that retractions are super sexy.
Not sure why but retractions are just super clean. I don’t notice this on my hemera build but I could be mistaken.
Going to run the gauntlet on print tests and see what all happens from here an...
2020-12-20 16:38:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Been sitting on testing this filament out and I have to say I’m quite happy with it.
Fusion Filaments who make epic HTPLA+ filament started making HTPET+ aka High Temp PET plus filament. It’s like higher deflection temp PETG without the G.
Why?
PETG added the G to be more ...
2020-12-19 21:28:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Shout out to a Patron here mr Frank Dixon who’s not only been teaching me Solidworks but hammered out the prototype universal LGX mount.
The first print shows a few tweaks but hopefully some time later today I’ll have a mount printed with the adjustments needed and have a test cube. 2020-12-19 08:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This seems pretty epic to me. Quick changing to any extruder setup you Dream up or just having spares ready when things go badly is pretty darn exciting.
As always Kickstarter can be too good to be true but I’m really digging this and want to incorporate it into the SKR Bear project or a...
2020-12-19 05:11:16 +0000 UTC View Post
If you haven’t kept up with the GitHub I’ve been updating all the profiles like crazy for Ideamaker.
Every single profile has been updated to a V2 and includes PLA, HTPLA, TPU, PETG, CFPETG, 1.8mm nozzle, Etc and etc. Coming soon will be more speciality filaments like Nylons, Metalfill...
2020-12-18 17:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Had an interesting discussion with someone who was talking about how difficult it is to create profiles for these self drilled nozzles you see on the social media’s.
“Magic”
Using words like magic takes so much away from the fact a 3D printer is a just a glue gun strapped to a ...
2020-12-09 08:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post
With trying to keep myself as neutral as possible all I can say is this is heavier (con) than expected but it also feels incredibly durable and well built (pro).
As a complete hotend it comes in at 270g but in a palm size form factor which is insanity. All together it’s smaller than a He...
2020-12-04 17:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up awesome humans. I've FINALLY fixed the Discord server connection with Patreon. If you have Discord setup it will add you AUTOMATICALLY. You have access to your own section where we can chat and ask questions.
Why? Patreon chat and messages suck. Discord is much more friendly...
2020-12-04 06:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who caught the stream last night we worked in Solidworks to make a tray for when I’m lure building. Added some magnets to help keep the parts in their compartments during wild arm throwing style discussions. Everything fit like a champ the first time too!!
I’ve uploaded the de...
2020-10-02 13:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
If you didn't know there is a very cheap way to get Solidworks student edition for $36 a year. I signed up after the whole Fusion360 changing it's license thing for the 400th time and I actually enjoy it. I have a few things to make in CAD today so let's see if what I've learned has paid off.
2020-10-01 18:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If you missed it Joel Telling with the help of the evil Dave Randolph sent me his original Taz 6. Shipping was rough and broke the stock extruder body and mounting plate.
What’s interesting is how the swappable hotends work on the Taz printers. It had a huge carriage with basi...
2020-09-25 17:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I was mysteriously sent a package from Joel Telling himself. I was given no prior information and it arrived this afternoon. All I know is that I've been told to open it up on stream and that it's possibly 3D printer related.
Join the fun and let's see what's in the box! Feel free to let m...
I hopped onto youtube and made the first working Marlin 2.0.6 SKR project firmware and pushed it to github.
For those willing to test their skills the base firmware is on the link provided. I'm still testing and if all goes well I will port all the base firmwares to 2.0.6.
2020-07-28 23:46:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry I haven’t been updating everyone on the cool things but thanks to my buddy Dan I’ve been inspired to follow in his footsteps and print some speakers.
This is the brainchild of Paul from www.polymate3d.com 2020-07-21 03:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday July 18th at noon central USA time Joel will join me On the Hotbed!!!! Join us and let’s have a discussion with the man who basically got everyone hooked on this amazing hobby.
2020-07-18 03:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve ported the most popular stuff over to Ideamaker and am supporting ABL out the box. If you’re running a stock prusa or UBL I have start gcodes prepared for you that’ll make the transition work for you. Just change what you need for your setup!
Stay tuned for more and more!
2020-06-30 16:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Going forward I’ll be keeping an official Prusa Slicer GitHub going to support profiles. It’s not complete as you can tell but I’m slowly porting over everything to use the new Prusa Slicer filament overrides so you don’t have to keep changing the printer profile.
Stay tuned!!!
2020-06-30 16:11:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve spent a lot of time refining these profiles for the SKR bear project. I’m going to make sub folders as I port them to different machines but for now these are for ABL SKR bear printers.
To get them to work on a MK3 you’d just need to edit the start gcode to match prusa better. S...
2020-06-28 19:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Today at 12pm central USA we have the crazy man himself David Randolph from Printed Solid! Come spend an hour with us and don’t forget to bring your questions!
2020-06-20 13:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On your traditional hotends with a screw in heatbreak there is a lot of air space between the grooves. This air gap acts as a thermal barrier preventing heat from transferring efficiently from the heatbreak to the heatsink.
Here was a quick... 3 hours of tests... test to show the differenc...
2020-06-15 15:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post
We have Wolfgang from Zaribo on stream tomorrow Saturday at 12pm central USA. Come and hangout with us!!!
2020-06-12 21:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post
After a lot of headache I’ve resorted to switching to Ideamaker to get cleaner parts due to some tool path issues in prusa slicer.
Prusa slicer is still my 💯 go to but for practical parts like these Ideamaker does a way better job. I have a base profile but it’s only for SKR on the ...
2020-06-11 18:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post
SKR Bear project has all new refined firmwares with tons of fixes and new ABL (regular 7x7 mesh) firmwares which is now the default option. A total of 22 variants with more coming.
Thanks to beta testers we’ve debugged nearly every main issue and have everything running as smo...
2020-06-11 18:45:41 +0000 UTC View Post