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3d Printing Offshoot Thread: WHEELCHAIRS FOR TODDLERS

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I was chatting with the guy that did the original design and he mentioned that with a H series printer, the footrest can be done in one piece and the wings can be printed standing up which makes them look nicer. They'll also fit 4 wheel sections on a plate and all of the tires at once.

I wish it reduced total print time, though

high flow nozzle and high flow setting on PETG really ticks the time down.

.8 HF nozzle is the ticket to reducing time. or .6 HF

 
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at the end of the day you gotta move the material. the faster you move the material the better.

I plan to do an H2 series of plates as well for longer print times.
 
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0.6mm High flow hot end for the p1s is $115 :( 0.8mm isn't listed as an option

It was out of stock when I ordered my current 0.6mm hot end, otherwise I would have grabbed one

the p1s doesnt have enough heater to flow .8 HF.

you know whats just a little bit more? a p2s. its girl math im told.
 

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the p1s doesnt have enough heater to flow .8 HF.

you know whats just a little bit more? a p2s. its girl math im told.
It would help to know print quality on a 0.8

I'm getting another printer, don't worry. But for now, the one I have is a P1S and the $400 price point is quite appealing.

Now, if someone came through with their promised discount, that might speed things up...

Maybe I'll splurge for a microswiss HF hot end.
 
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Nice. I'm at 11 hours for just the handle part. The rest are a bonus. So not a fraction of the time, but a few hrs saved

for my print files with .6 and .8 nozzles right at 100 hours. With the makerworld settings I think its pushing 380 hours?


Default: 360 hours

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PETG- 90 hours
TPU - 10 hours

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for my print files with .6 and .8 nozzles right at 100 hours. With the makerworld settings I think its pushing 380 hours?


Default: 360 hours

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Mine:
PETG- 90 hours
TPU - 10 hours

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How in the hell is the tpu down to 10 hours? The make good files have it around 120
Edit... That's 10 hrs for the one plate
 

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The rear footrest section was 9 hrs with 0.4mm nozzle and generic Petg, 7.75 hrs with 0.6 and generic Petg, 7 hrs with 0.6 and generic Petg-HF and 6 hrs with bambu Petg-HF.

That was with grid infill, for some reason. Gyroid dropped another 15 min off the time and going from 15-12% infill (should be comparable strength with the increase in nozzle size AFAIK) cut another 25 min. So all in 9 hrs down to 5:20 (if it works)

I'm going to let it run as if it's Bambu HF tonight and see how it comes out
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The rear footrest section was 9 hrs with 0.4mm nozzle and generic Petg, 7.75 hrs with 0.6 and generic Petg, 7 hrs with 0.6 and generic Petg-HF and 6 hrs with bambu Petg-HF.

That was with grid infill, for some reason. Gyroid dropped another 15 min off the time and going from 15-12% infill (should be comparable strength with the increase in nozzle size AFAIK) cut another 25 min. So all in 9 hrs down to 5:20 (if it works)

I'm going to let it run as if it's Bambu HF tonight and see how it comes out
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Quality was good at 0.30 layer height.

I did another part at 0.36 layer and it's not meaningfully different. I have another running right now that has more curves, so we'll see how that goes.

Parts are releasing without any effort, too. It's nice, but hopefully doesn't mean a part will dislodge during printing.

0.30 on the left, 0.36 on the right. Both HF settings
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This is 0.30 with the non-HF settings
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First bad part with the 0.36 settings. It's oriented at a 45 degree angle to fit the printer (I need a H2S...)

I'm going to do the next couple that are similarly oriented in 0.30 and reprint this one as well.

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Unfortunately the next part is **** as well.
Not sure if it's the settings, the fact that these are printing on a 45 degree angle or the filament. The filament was dried at ~68 degrees for >12 hrs.

I'm going to switch off the HF settings for an overnight print and see what happens with another very similar part.

Frustrating, but that's part of figuring out how to speed this all up
 
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What happened to your thumb? I pretty much always have a smashed up digit or two. Right now all that I can complain about is that that my hands are all dried out from doing tile work.
 
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Unfortunately the next part is **** as well.
Not sure if it's the settings, the fact that these are printing on a 45 degree angle or the filament. The filament was dried at ~68 degrees for >12 hrs.

I'm going to switch off the HF settings for an overnight print and see what happens with another very similar part.

Frustrating, but that's part of figuring out how to speed this all up
I would think more about overhang combined with larger layer height and flow, so less cooling per layer for given speed. Might also check that it didn't get switched to outer walls first.
 

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I would think more about overhang combined with larger layer height and flow, so less cooling per layer for given speed. Might also check that it didn't get switched to outer walls first.
thanks for the suggestion. On the part in 6048, i definitely messed up and disabled auto support, thinking all the support it needed was painted, so it was set to manual. I'm going to reload all the completely unmodified files and compare them setting by setting. Unfortunately, when changing layer height, i'm finding that some things are changing and i may have missed one

I'm switching to a new roll of red PETG and am running another copy of the wheel quarters now.
 
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I am fully in support of this wheelchair idea (currently talking with someone my my school district)... But...

Do we want to spin it off into its own thread, so people who need support/troubleshooting can find it easier? Rather than interspersed within a 150+ pg thread, along with other comments?

Not trying to be a naysayer, rather the idea was like going from the general CM drill press thread into Frank's How-To-Fix ideas.
 

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I am fully in support of this wheelchair idea (currently talking with someone my my school district)... But...

Do we want to spin it off into its own thread, so people who need support/troubleshooting can find it easier? Rather than interspersed within a 150+ pg thread, along with other comments?

Not trying to be a naysayer, rather the idea was like going from the general CM drill press thread into Frank's How-To-Fix ideas.
I was kind of wondering when/if someone would get sick of this 😂

I do think there is a lot of generally useful stuff in these mods/troubleshooting, but it people feel like it's too much, I'm good with splitting it out
 

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I am fully in support of this wheelchair idea (currently talking with someone my my school district)... But...

Do we want to spin it off into its own thread, so people who need support/troubleshooting can find it easier? Rather than interspersed within a 150+ pg thread, along with other comments?

Not trying to be a naysayer, rather the idea was like going from the general CM drill press thread into Frank's How-To-Fix ideas.
Agree... Maybe we can get a moderator to sift the last few pages... into its own thread
 
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I am fully in support of this wheelchair idea (currently talking with someone my my school district)... But...

Do we want to spin it off into its own thread, so people who need support/troubleshooting can find it easier? Rather than interspersed within a 150+ pg thread, along with other comments?

Not trying to be a naysayer, rather the idea was like going from the general CM drill press thread into Frank's How-To-Fix ideas.

i'm fully on board. seems like that's in progress. sorry all!
 

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I did start to move the posts , however I goofed ever so slightly ... figured I could move them in groups... not thinking that changed the post #'s of the later posts , so everything got screwed up because I was going by post numbers that Mike931 supplied me...they were no longer accurate ... I moved them all back, Will have to start again fresh tomorrow .
 
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I did start to move the posts , however I goofed ever so slightly ... figured I could move them in groups... not thinking that changed the post #'s of the later posts , so everything got screwed up because I was going by post numbers that Mike931 supplied me...they were no longer accurate ... I moved them all back, Will have to start again fresh tomorrow .

Can we just abandon the posts in place. I'll make a new thread and away we go?
 
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