Below 265 SQ/FT The jeepsters garage things
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moab11
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How many printers are you planning to have in this space?
Are you expecting any challenges running/managing the print farm remotely?
Are you expecting any challenges running/managing the print farm remotely?
moab11
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How are things going with the new print farm?
Glad to have the basement space back for tinkering on new products?
Glad to have the basement space back for tinkering on new products?
so far been running fine. have local help that is there twice a day. nephew and niece do a lot of assembly now.
but we're outta space. so building in the summer is the goal.
i feel even more crowded now than ever down in my space. but products are flowing. much easier for me to design new things.
moab11
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Thanks for the updates!
New shop looks really nice, what are the dimensions on it?
New shop looks really nice, what are the dimensions on it?
kjdhawkhill
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The build is going to be great. You've got a lot on your plate, especially with the remote production.
(unsolicited SUV product idea inbound, for selfish reasons) I don't know if it would sell, but I'd definitely try a (seat bracket mounted?) jug holder... Something that puts my Kleen Kanteen 64 insulated hydration within reach and upright, rather than rolling around the passenger seat and footwell. Yes, its a reach over the console, and claiming some space from the passenger, but that's going to happen with an insulated half gallon either way.
i make a 1 gallon jug holder. what are the dimensions on that 64?
Poolshark314
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I make sets for standard cupholder size as opposed to hanging on the seatback
mike93lx
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That's a hell of a projectile in an accident
kjdhawkhill
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Its a projectile during the (hypothetical) crash, no matter what. Whether it comes from the passenger seat, the footwell, my lap, or the back seat, its in the car all summer. I got T-boned to start the summer (at stop sign to mid-intersection speeds), the thing was empty, and it didn't make anything worse from the footwell on the passenger side.
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mike93lx
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Glad it wasnt a problem in that accident
duneslider
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My wife rolled our expedition (80mph multiple rolls). Only "major" injury was due to my daughters 32oz hydroflask hitting my wife in the forehead. Never seen a lump on the head that big! Wife was mostly okay, flask was dented, expedition was not okay.
OP-sweet business you have! I'm constantly amazed at the creativity and ability people have to create stuff. I've never been "into" 3d printing but it sure seems awesome! I hope you continue to have success! My BIL does injection molding, so when he does runs he has to make a lot at a time for it to make sense. With the 3d printing do you print as orders come in? Or do you keep a few of everything printed and ready to ship?
i bet hydroflask would replace that dented unit. it really is luck of the draw on crashes. seen telephone poles sitting in drivers seats with the driver on the dash totally fine by pinned. also seen deceased from a low speed crash in a parking lot.
I am trying to decouple production from shipping in the most popular units to speed up shipping time frames. but the benefit here is we can split the print farm into production and on demand. then carry as many SKUs as we want. printing on demand the lower volume stuff as it comes up.
Very cool to see you taking the bull by the horns and investing in a new venture. Do you play with different nozzle diameters at all, or you have stuck with a certain size?
I have the Bambu A1 and have had pretty good luck with the 0.8mm nozzle and .56mm layer heights for parts that don't need a lot of detail. Shaves a fair amount of time off each print and it's fun to see the spool of filament rolling constantly when the printer is operating.
I have the Bambu A1 and have had pretty good luck with the 0.8mm nozzle and .56mm layer heights for parts that don't need a lot of detail. Shaves a fair amount of time off each print and it's fun to see the spool of filament rolling constantly when the printer is operating.
we are standard on .6mm. .8 doesnt allow for faster printing. the stock heaters already can't keep up with the volumetric flow we would like to see. I can run temps at 252 all day long given our speeds. 256? heater errors for not being able to maintain nozzle temps. going to a .8 would slow us down in theory.
we run .4mm heights. .8 exterior wall, .64 interior thickness. accelerations at 16000-18000 with move speeds in the 375s
thinking this is gona be the wall design. bottom 4x8 sheet off the concrete by an inch to keep moisture away from it. the middle 2' piece will be our future wire chase for whatever we want. then top sheet to hang shelves/etc from. metal will start above it to the ceiling. this is just for the assembly and shipping area.
Interesting! I've been playing with my A1 and 0.8mm nozzle with 0.56mm layers and it is certainly faster then 0.4mm according to Bambu Slicer, but I haven't bothered to actually time the two. I do have a 0.6mm nozzle but haven't played with it much yet.
I might have to "borrow" your settings and swap over to the 0.6mm to see how they work for me.
my production stuff is all P1S.
the lil A1 does do a fine job at nearly production speeds.
yea that is not a factory speed lol.
a LOT of sadness. my role in this is to make the designs, then the print profiles to make um fast with quality we want. so more often than not here im failing.
we moved the entire farm over to glacier plates
I've only printed with PLA and PETG and the textured PEI plate has worked well. What advantages are you seeing with the glacier plates?
Hmm well I like 3D printers like I like my women...hot and dirty. Just ask my wife.
if i could i'd run the hot ends hotter. 252-258 is what we've found to be the sweet spot.
I wonder if you could do a pre-heat for the filament so the hot end wouldn't have to work so hard to keep up and you could speed up the flow by doing that? Maybe print directly out of a filament dryer set to 120 degrees to see if that helps with the flow rates?
the extruder will jack up the filament then. it needs to be as solid as possible to maintain tip pressure. part of why TPU prints slow.
moab11
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That's going to be quite the display setup
