The Everything 3D Printer Thread

[AndyL]

More clamps & hold downs printed. 24v relay added - so grbl now can control that spindle on/off at least. Swapped bad mgn12 bearing, Y still noisy in spots - spent hours tramming the bed; need to dig more into it.

Thinking about it's future home (aka get it off my desk). Looking at that cobalt tool cart - mount electronics under the wood top, maybe small shopvac enclosed in the lower tray?

 

[Jehannum]

Finally wrapped up the Holley Sniper install in my '67 GTO, and needed somewhere to mount the handheld unit. Normally I'd just stash it in the glovebox, but the Vintage Air's replacement glovebox was too darn small (also it's kind of nice to have a coolant temp reading that isn't pure fiction). So, I went through my stash of old weird stuff, found a ball-mount cell phone holder, and 3D printed an adapter that gave me a nice wide, flat face to glue the sleeve for the handheld unit to, and mount to the original head of the ball mount (where a springloaded arm was formerly mounted to pinch cell phones).



I also bought a CR-10 for bigger prints (it helps I found it on clearance for $200). I migrated as much of my TH3D stuff over to it as was applicable for moving from a 24V Ender 3 to a 12V CR-10, and printed up stuff to mount spares to the Ender. I had forgotten what a pain it was to shoehorn automated bed leveling into Creality's babyduino boards, so I'll probably pick up another TH3D/Paquette board here shortly. As it stands, they both run E3D v6 hot ends with tungsten carbide 0.4mm nozzles (Dyze brand) in petsfang mounts with BLtouch bed leveling servos. The CR-10 comes stock with a glass bed, the Ender has one because I've always liked them.

So, now I've got a regular old print farm. I moved it all out of my office (which my wife and I decided to repurpose into an office/guest bedroom) down into the laundry room. It's a good move, as there was a previously unused counter there, and space for shelves to stick all my filament. I also recently converted the house to refrigerated air, so I don't have half the issues printing now that I did when I was running the swamp cooler.

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

So I have had an Ender 3 V2 for 17 months now and love it. Over the weekend we were scavenging the bulk pickup piles 2 towns over and found this vintage beauty! It's a Creator Flashforge with a dual extruder. It boots and loads the menu at startup.

There was an SD card in the machine - I want to see what's on it to see what the last thing they printed was.

I'm not sure I want to do anything with it but it was too cool to get trashed.




If nothing else it has about $20 of metric cap head screws holding it together.

Cheers

Jim

 

[Cruzan80]

Jim, that is what I still run. Works beautifully. If you need advice, let me know. I have torn down most of it at one point or another.

Personally, I am much more a fan of these Core XY designs than the Prusa design with a moving Y buildplate.

 

[vwpieces]

Anyone have any tips on how to do two-tone text? Seems like it might be applicable to the Garage Journal world to label things. For example, I modeled some socket organizers that I want to print black, but have either engraved or embossed text a contrasting color like white that calls out the sizes. I'd rather not mess with a filament change, but wondering if anyone has had success with painting or filling details like that with PLA, and what products you use?

Cura can be set up to stop at a set layer to make a filament change. Actually multiple layers and multiple times.

 

[AndyL]

If nothing else it has about $20 of metric cap head screws holding it together.

Cheers

Jim

Nah you keep it ever seen what a dead c64 goes for these days?

 

[Jim_No_Garage]

Nah you keep it ever seen what a dead c64 goes for these days?

Point taken . . . But guys like me tossing them are the reason they are scarce and valuable.

 

[AndyL]

Story checks out

 

[bugnut]

Printed a dust collector attachment for a planer dust collector.

 

[jstroede]

Cura can be set up to stop at a set layer to make a filament change. Actually multiple layers and multiple times.

Can you explain how to do this in Cura? I am pretty good with basic stuff, but this is the type of thing that goes to the next level.

Thanks.

 

[vwpieces]

Can you explain how to do this in Cura? I am pretty good with basic stuff, but this is the type of thing that goes to the next level.

Thanks.

Same method can be used to change color on raised lettering for name plates etc. Need to babysit the printer though and be ready for the color change.

 

[vwpieces]

Printed a dust collector attachment for a planer dust collector.

One of the first useful things I made was an adapter to fit the hose to the dust collector on blast cabinet. Some good customizable downloads to make a fitting for anything vac related.

 

[Not So Legendary]

Printed a dust collector attachment for a planer dust collector.

When you export to stl in the settings you can change the number of polygons so that it come out more round rather than being segmented.

 

[nicholam77]

Cura can be set up to stop at a set layer to make a filament change. Actually multiple layers and multiple times.

Thanks, this is what I ended up doing. "Pause at Layer Height". Not the easiest thing to pull off but after some practice I got some decent results.



Here's the whole squad... trays for 3/8" Tekton socket set:





Another thing I designed and printed recently were some shims for Blum hinge plates (made a cabinet door 3/16" too narrow and needed a quick fix).

 

[Jswain]

Picked up a new to me millermatic 250 and wasn't a fan of just wrapping the leads around the front handle so made up some lead hangers out of black PETG. All factory holes so I didn't have to break out the drill

Threw in a helmet holder for the bottle, should have made the hooks for it a hair longer, but it fits and works well

 

[racer8432955]

I use 3dps at work and at home. At work we do form tooling for light gauge sheet metal. Use PLA, works really well.
At home i have a ender3. Make lots of simple fixtures, etc for making project easier. This is really the wheelhouse for my home application.
I recently had to drill counterstinks into some long aluminum strips. My little hobby mill doesn't have the table travel to do this w/o repositioning / re-indicating from hole to hole. So.... I printed up a quick template to (semi) accurately advance the material, not move the table. Since the most important feature of the hole positions was visual consistency. I didn't need accuracy to be with 10ths or anything. drilled about a hundred holes, much quicker than the tape measure - layout fluid - center punch.....

 

[Keyblazer]

Struggling with my Creality Ender 3 V2.
Suddenly it started printing odd... the prints are.... struggling to describe.
They are soft... I can easily crush them with my hand.
The layers seem rough, and barely attached to one another.

Here is an example..

I changed the filament, nozzle, purged the hot end, to no change..

Anyone tell me whats going on?

 

[Cruzan80]

I wpuld check belt tensioning and the level of the plate.

 

[Keyblazer]

Thanks,
Belt tension is good, and checked level, no change.
It seems to be an extrusion issue to my mind... I change nozzle temp, and no difference.

 

[Cruzan80]

Take off the front of the extruder, and make sure the gear isnt clogged, so having trouble grabbing? New roll of filament, or middle of am existing roll?

 

[gregs]

Did something get changed in your slicing software? It looks like the way supports are printed, very light and easy to break off and remove. The fill rate looks very low as well.

 

[Keyblazer]

Printing from the same file on the card as I have done previous identical prints, so I dont think its a software issue.

I looked at the gear on the extruder and it looks clear.
Filament hase been on the printer maybe 6 m, so swapped it, same issue.
Noticed when it is printing, the extruder clicks every now and again, like it cant push the filament in.
Marked off 100mm, on the filament, told it to extrude 100mm, and it only did like 20mm instead 100.
Took the nozzle out, ran it in increments of 25mm, and it was off... going like 20mm.
Increased transmission ratio from the stock 93 to 100, and it seemed about right.
Put a new nozzle in, heated to 200c and ran it again for 100mm and it consumed like 20mm... so 80mm too little.
Ran it again at 215c, consumed about 20mm.
The extruder is turning steadily....
Feels like the problem is in the hot end...
Anyone?

 

[Keyblazer]

If I was to replace the hot end, what should I buy?

 

[Keyblazer]

Is the new Creality direct drive extruder/hot end kit any good?
Seems like its a complete fix to any possible issues in one box.
Its $39.99 on amazon and I can get it here tomorrow...

 

[Jswain]

You need to pull out the Bowden tube and make sure it's clear/clean or replace nozzle

If you want a cheap fix for the hotend get an all metal thermal heat break for yours, that will give you essentially a microswiss clone all metal hotend.

Printing PLA you will have to adjust your retract settings, start at 2mm and if you need more increase in .5mm increments to no more then 4mm or you will have clogging issues

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TCD4M1S/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Note that if you want to make use of the all metal hot end printing 250c+ you will need upgrade thermistor and over 260c you will need to flash your firmware

Also make sure you are letting the printer stay running and cool preferably fully or at least until where the remaining temp on the hotend wont creep up and make the filament soft inside the Bowden tube

 

[draco_1967]

That looks like the issue I started having on me E2 V2.

If the metal extrusion gear isn't worn (it is an item you need to replace every so often), then it could be the plastic extruder housing. It cracks and causes the extruder gear tension to be off. There are a few kits on Amazon that have aluminum replacement parts for the extruder housing and include better quality Capricorn tubing.

 

[AndyL]

That looks more like hotend than anything else - heat it up remove Bowden with the filament - bet you'll see a raised area about the diameter of the Bowden in the filament when you pull it out. (That's typically what I find)

Usually means you need to cut a 1/4" off the Bowden (use a jig so it's dead straight). Clean up the cooling fins on the hotend, clean the fan, reassemble, make sure Bowden is fully seated (I almost always swap the fitting too at this point)


Saying that looks typical of heatcreep / partial clog.

 

[purplezr2]

What is everyone using to print multiple colors?

 

[slodat]

These Fogbuster mounts leave a lot to be desired. Always falling, etc.



James Clough (clough42) did a video some time ago on adapting Loc-Line to the Fogbuster nozzles. I modified his parts so they would bolt up to the mill using existing mounting holes on each side.




There's a captive nut on the back side of the mount. This allows the clamp to cinch down tight on the Loc-Line.



So much better.



The other side.
.




This is where a 3d printer really shines. They are just crazy useful in the shop, on the shop.

 

[Keyblazer]

Just bought the direct drive upgrade.


Installed it yesterday.
Went from this:


To this in about an hour.


It’s working on a big print overnight.

 

[kaymccampbell]

That seems to have cured your weird extrusion problem. What is it that you're printing?

 

[Keyblazer]

Yes, its looking good!
Its the Makita/Dewalt drill holster...
Like this..

DeWALT / Makita drill gun shelf hanger holder by elcarlos

Lets hang your DeWALT / Makita drill gun under your shelf! Designed for DeWALT DCD791, but it works also with Makita 6270D and probably with other similar models from different brands.Be sure to check also my other DeWalt hanger holders:For DCD7xx Drill Gun -...

www.thingiverse.com

 

[IndyGarage]

Just bought the direct drive upgrade.


Installed it yesterday.
Went from this:


To this in about an hour.


It’s working on a big print overnight.

That print does not look as good as what I get out of my creality ender. I wonder if you have adjusted the rollers on the axes so they roll smooth but do not bind? Each axis has one roller that is on an eccentric so you can tighten or loosen it. You want them to be snug but no drag when they roll.

 

[gte718p]

I’m tired of projects to fix my 3d printer. Just order a Ratrig corexy printer today. https://www.ratrig.com/3d-printing-cnc/v-core3default.html


Should be a huge upgrade from my china standard pos Tevo Nerous.

It took a few weeks to get here, but I am 95% if the way through mechanical assembly of the RatRig Vcore 3. Expensive, but I think it will be worth it. It is a tank.

The kit was absolutely worth it. There are a ton of fiddly little pieces and screws. Everything came cut, and the screws were all bagged and labeled.

Instructions for the frame were top notch. I am a little disappointed in the instructions for the extruded though. The official instructions are out of date, and there are a lot of options. Also a lot of little parts that require a specific order to make them work. Still think that it is going to be worth it.

So far I am probably 10 hours into assembly. I probably have another 5 to 10 to get the electronics assembled, installed, and tuned.

I can’t wait to be able to print 400x400 at 200mm/s.

 

[MadeByMiller]

Here's some recent prints of mine. My logo on a custom badge for a new hat and some custom knobs I designed for a new-to-us cabinet we got for our living room. More details on the knobs in the most recent post on my shop thread in my signature.

 

[Jswain]

Quick and easy, but solves a problem that was literally a pain in the *** since I bought the shop press many moons ago. Handle always ends up on the floor because there's nowhere to store it

 

[Jswain]

Grinder water tray

 

[kaymccampbell]

Grinder water tray

Nice. That won't rust.

 

[bj383ss]

Here's some recent prints of mine. My logo on a custom badge for a new hat and some custom knobs I designed for a new-to-us cabinet we got for our living room. More details on the knobs in the most recent post on my shop thread in my signature.

That is freaking awesome! The fit perfectly with the style.

Bret

 

[MadeByMiller]

That is freaking awesome! The fit perfectly with the style.

Bret

Thank you very much! It was a fun little project.