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Wanted to dial in my printer a lil more precise today, so I decided to test out the nickel and bridge test files from thingiverse... took 3 rounds of the nickel to dial it in, and bridge one was already dead on first print... no cleanup.. I'd say I have it close enough where it should be fine.. Guanu

I agree, theres too much mis-information in this thread and people are bound to break something... let me try to clear it up for you. with the hot end, you change R5 to a 10-18k resistor... and you use the thermistor that came with the kit... for a heated bed, this is where it gets a little strange ...

today I want the big skull steve printed, but that much support material crashes slic3r, so i'm going to print it in 2 halfs...
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/guanu/
Guanu

I did one better, I recorded the print on my ustream channel, it pretty much looks like a solid block when it was done.. with the support material being about a 25% filler.

Guanu

tested out the newest release of slic3r 0.7.2b so I can test out if we can finally print with support material... and we can! (kind of)... the support material is a cross hatch like infill, it works, but is not super easy to clean up... but it does work... which is a definate improvement... only thi...

tested out the newest release of slic3r 0.7.2b so I can test out if we can finally print with support material... and we can! (kind of)... the support material is a cross hatch like infill, it works, but is not super easy to clean up... but it does work... which is a definate improvement... only thi...

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/guanu/

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Guanu

what are your settings in mach on the motor tuning, I used to do the same to get more speed, but I found I had to really turn slic3r down after I change the motor tuning, now I can crank out prints at 1200mm/min with infil at 2700mm/min... I know everyones mach settings are different, but its a star...

Finished the broadcast of printing the Gyroid Vase, here is the result... no cleaning done [img]http://www.guanu.net/seemecnc/gyroidvase.jpg[/img] Also finished printing the rest of the pieces required to assemble the Dreadnought (as a request of a buddy who wanted it) Should have reprinted the cent...

I'm printing one on my ustream live now just because steve posted that... and i'm printing at about 1200mm/min which is typically what steve prints at from what I've seen

Guanu

well the last print took 6 hrs 14 minutes, guess noone stays up that late to watch lol... but here's the result.. yoda, 80mm tall.. printed at .15mm layer height... file I used was thingiverse 16309 yoda lite 100mm tall (I used 80% in slic3r since cross bars of my h-1 limit me to 88mm prints) [img]h...

.15mm layer height so this print will take a nice long time if anyone wants to watch...

I'm streaming live, log in and join the chat and I'll answer or show ya whatever you wanna see while it prints

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/guanu/

see ya there!

Guanu

its good to note that the temps you list are in degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit...

whats all your mach settings? make sure in motor tuning x y and z are all the same.

Guanu

since I'm in the middle of a 2 hr print, I loostened up the tension hex cap screws 1/4 turn, since then its only done the stutter once, seems that I just need to find the sweet spot of tension. When I built the extruder I had to do a LOT of sanding on the gears to get them to spin smooth.. I have al...

as I'm printing randomly the extruder shutters and clicks as if its stuck, if i put my finger and help the rotation along (requires very little pressure to get it going again) it goes fine for awhile... its completely random but if I leave a print unattended it can do that and stop feeding filament....

the 3 spools of 1.75 abs I have is from protoparadigm as well... came fine and is working great... it was the best price for spools I found and had no problems with my order...

Guanu