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[jeepxj]

Now with 100% more basement. for now. in time I will build a house with my shop.

until then:

operation 3d printer farm expansion




where we at currently: all the other **** out. shelf up. lights in. art covering mistakes. drywall big sheets up


gotta get these two things out. but can't move them to the other place until I move the shelving into this one. which I can't do until I spray foam the rim joists.


got a cheapo spray foam kit coming.




need to pickup the big table and a 72" rack for the main back wall. I think. I can fit in in there.

 

[loganb]

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[jeepxj]

uline 72" table:



racking:

 

[XJSuperman]

Alrighty, here we go!

 

[rharman]

 

[PelicanPines]

Knock the walls down... build it bigger.

 

[mike93lx]

The gun cleaner helps keep it alive during the project, but you'll likely fine it still gums up. I'd get all the foam you want to put in and do it at once.

Subscribing for shenanigans

 

[jeepxj]

im calling that good enough on sheetrock.

 

[jeepxj]

first piece of equipment installed. finally a real place for it.

spray foam tomorrow night I hope for all the rim joists. can feel the breeze thru them

 

[jeepxj]

there we go.

 

[MadeByMiller]

spray foam tomorrow night I hope for all the rim joists. can feel the breeze thru them

Sounds like you're sealing off some nice ventilation! That room will get toasty, I can definitely feel the difference when just my three are running. Even more stifling when the dryer/s are running too. Thank you for starting a thread so we can get a peek behind the jeepxj curtain.

 

[larry4406]

first piece of equipment installed. finally a real place for it.

spray foam tomorrow night I hope for all the rim joists. can feel the breeze thru them

We spray foam our band boards as well.

We encapsulate the sill and overlap the foundation by about 2". Lots of air leakage comes thru the "sill seal" between the pressure treated sill plate and concrete foundation.

 

[jeepxj]

Sounds like you're sealing off some nice ventilation! That room will get toasty, I can definitely feel the difference when just my three are running. Even more stifling when the dryer/s are running too. Thank you for starting a thread so we can get a peek behind the jeepxj curtain.

that room is cold as **** even in the summer. I'm hoping with the exposed concrete its a nice heat sink. if not I can do some kinda dampered system to move air around the basement. i'll gladly take the extra heat in other places of the basement.

 

[jeepxj]

We spray foam our band boards as well.

We encapsulate the sill and overlap the foundation by about 2". Lots of air leakage comes thru the "sill seal" between the pressure treated sill plate and concrete foundation.

i saw the neatest trick for sill sealing. bead of caulk on the foundation. lay strip down. bead of caulk again to sill board. fills in all the nooks and crannies. bonus: bug proof. but of course no track home builder is gona bother. i love the selling like " built to code". oh wow you did the bare min.

then of course these guys come out with the solution.

 

[larry4406]

i saw the neatest trick for sill sealing. bead of caulk on the foundation. lay strip down. bead of caulk again to sill board. fills in all the nooks and crannies. bonus: bug proof. but of course no track home builder is gona bother. i love the selling like " built to code". oh wow you did the bare min.

then of course these guys come out with the solution.

In a production environment, it is easier for us to just overspray the foam on the sill plate and foundation since the crew is here.

That brand of sticky flash is pretty damn awesome stuff and that technique I can see working well.

Glad you got it covered.

Keep posting. You post some neat stuff and depth of knowledge is intense, so I am kinda thinking you have a robotic print farm going on with capacity to supply the nation and to support the household with income.

 

[jeepxj]

In a production environment, it is easier for us to just overspray the foam on the sill plate and foundation since the crew is here.

That brand of sticky flash is pretty damn awesome stuff and that technique I can see working well.

Glad you got it covered.

Keep posting. You post some neat stuff and depth of knowledge is intense, so I am kinda thinking you have a robotic print farm going on with capacity to supply the nation and to support the household with income.

i get it. time is money. when i build its gona take so long to do it the ideal way.

no robot arm yet. i've heard of people puting the beds at an angle like this to let the farm just keep on trucking.


the next thing for me to figure out is how to handle filament spools.

 

[jeepxj]

well off to a good start with the air quality

 

[mike93lx]

i saw the neatest trick for sill sealing. bead of caulk on the foundation. lay strip down. bead of caulk again to sill board. fills in all the nooks and crannies. bonus: bug proof. but of course no track home builder is gona bother. i love the selling like " built to code". oh wow you did the bare min.

then of course these guys come out with the solution.

Check out fentrim. No Caulking

 

[mike93lx]

im calling that good enough on sheetrock.

I hate drywall work as well.

 

[jeepxj]

Check out fentrim. No Caulking

sika tape i think is similar. concrete to wood no problemo. either way my constant battle with ants will be cover once i spend $400 a sq ft building it myself

 

[Poolshark314]

the next thing for me to figure out is how to handle filament spools.

Are you using AMS on the Bambu rigs? If your items are single color, you can load up 4 of the same color in all 4 slots and set it to switch spools as you empty them out. Then just refill your AMS as it goes

 

[jeepxj]

Are you using AMS on the Bambu rigs? If your items are single color, you can load up 4 of the same color in all 4 slots and set it to switch spools as you empty them out. Then just refill your AMS as it goes

i have a lot of prints between 300-550g. 1kg spools is a nightmare. the extra AMS cost for a single color just doesn't make sense logistically speaking.i have one with an AMS i use for color logo work. i use it for small brackets and other things between larger color jobs.

i'm using 3kg spools. right now I have rollers setup for them to be on. but that takes up a buncha space on the shelf. I ordered a bunch of PTFE tube and some fittings to make the side of the rack hold all the fillament. then long tubes to each machine.

something like:

 

[jeepxj]

this is how it currently is. really happy with these rollers all told. take the supplied 250g of green and its the first print for each machine. stable. stout. no issues. but lotta room required.


the idea goes: put the spools on the end of the rack about here. then have a bank of PTFE tubes going to machines.







I have this old network racking that is asking to be cut up. I have m8 all thread coming, som more 608 bearings and a buncha nuts. I figure I can make something that bolts to the side of the rack, holes 2 spools and the bank of PTFE.




roughly speaking each spool is replaced every other day. so it gets annoying to have to undo something, redo something, screw anything tight, etc. I want slip on convenience.

 

[moab11]

Seems like you could probably get some shelf brackets to hold the current rollers, then have the ptfe tubing to guide the filament to the printer.

With the volume of filament you are going through, I'm guessing you aren't drying it before using, right? If not, have you had any issues with wet filament? or have you tuned the printer settings to compensate for it?

 

[jeepxj]

Seems like you could probably get some shelf brackets to hold the current rollers, then have the ptfe tubing to guide the filament to the printer.

With the volume of filament you are going through, I'm guessing you aren't drying it before using, right? If not, have you had any issues with wet filament? or have you tuned the printer settings to compensate for it?

Yea thats prolly the least amount of effort way. Gona try the 250mm M8s to see what happens. backup plan is a shelf on the side.

nope. the only supplier you can see the sharp edge on inside edge of the sticker. that cuts the vac bag in transit usually. Even with them not sealed over the pacific into my humid house I dont seem to have issues. I'm burning at 258c for the generic stuff lately so that might naturally compensate for it. the stuff i have had the most issue with is US made COEX.

 

[jeepxj]

well its sealed. not pretty. but its sealed. ish.

 

[jeepxj]

Seems like you could probably get some shelf brackets to hold the current rollers, then have the ptfe tubing to guide the filament to the printer.

With the volume of filament you are going through, I'm guessing you aren't drying it before using, right? If not, have you had any issues with wet filament? or have you tuned the printer settings to compensate for it?

bulk rack concept. roughly. need to design up some flange washers for the end stop and inside make a large one to prevent walking into anything.

 

[moab11]

Looks Good!
Are you thinking to make some sort of PETG sleeve to go over the threaded rod? or just some end caps to keep it from falling off?

 

[jeepxj]

Looks Good!
Are you thinking to make some sort of PETG sleeve to go over the threaded rod? or just some end caps to keep it from falling off?

im gona do end caps and try to make them not look like rear end plugs.


i really like this concept. now if it translates to working who knows. just some allthread for now. I can double side it and get 20 spools on here.

 

[jeepxj]

everyone has a plan until they get punched in the OMG DISCOUNTS ON WHAT SIZE? ill take it.

I can put machines back to back. access both sides.



how we're currently sitting.

 

[larry4406]

WTF are you making? Clearly gone into production mode.

IPO coming soon?

 

[jeepxj]

WTF are you making? Clearly gone into production mode.

IPO coming soon?

i got 37 orders from yesterday and today so far. turns out people wanna drink

 

[larry4406]

….turns out people wanna drink…

Just remember, it’s not important how much you drink, rather that you drink all that you can.



Nice little print farm you got going.

 

[jeepxj]

the next time this scales it will need to be out of the house. this setup can hold enough printers to burn 100lbs a day. I am NOT lugging that up and down the steps.

 

[larry4406]

the next time this scales it will need to be out of the house. this setup can hold enough printers to burn 100lbs a day. I am NOT lugging that up and down the steps.

Since you have proven your concept of remote spools of filament on a rack, what if the spools were outside in an attached shed/structure and your filament tubing entered the basement thru holes drilled thru the bandboard?

Directly load the filament into the shed from the exterior, more space in your print farm as the spool rack is gone.

 

[moab11]

The problem then would be hauling the 100Lbs a day of finished products back up the stairs. Not to mention the extra resistance of the longer ptfe tubing runs that could possibly mess with the extruder.

 

[jeepxj]

Since you have proven your concept of remote spools of filament on a rack, what if the spools were outside in an attached shed/structure and your filament tubing entered the basement thru holes drilled thru the bandboard?

Directly load the filament into the shed from the exterior, more space in your print farm as the spool rack is gone.

i'd be worried about moisture then. and the wife approval for a rack of spools on the porch which is right above that window in the wall.

if it scales again I need a loading dock or forklift access.

 

[Bob Heine]

Seems like the next scale would justify a rented space, maybe with a small storefront display. Open only on Saturday for walk-ins. One more scale and you'd be looking at an employee or two. Move over Jeff B.

 

[jeepxj]

Seems like the next scale would justify a rented space, maybe with a small storefront display. Open only on Saturday for walk-ins. One more scale and you'd be looking at an employee or two. Move over Jeff B.

i dont live near AG stuff so store front makes little sense. money would be better spent going to shows.

at this scale once machines populate out i have a niece looking for cash and to hang out with her cousins.

 

[jeepxj]

getting there. transfering from a hodge podge of stuff to real bins. gotta break out the label maker and go to town.