Hello From Portugal

[Micael]

Hi, everyone.

I'm Micael, I'm from Portugal, I'm a programmer and a electronics hobbyist, and I just ordered a rostock max V2 from robosavvy which should arrive before the next weekend if all goes well.
I have been 3d printing for a bit over 1 year now, I currently have an aluminium reinforced prusa i3 (a prusa like the makerfarm but with aluminium instead of wood), which I got to say got far better results from it than what I ever expected when I purchased it, however I have been wanting a delta since a few months after I got the prusa, and after numerous prusa upgrade delays because "I'm going to get a delta one of these days soon", I have finally decided to bite the bullet and get one (next step, find new excuses to delay upgrades XD).

Also apparently people tend to ask questions in the introduction section, so not to escape tradition I will put some questions that I have regarding the printer.

Besides reading the manual carefully, and making sure to take my time to properly mount and calibrate the printer, is there anything else that maybe the manual doesn't mention that I should be aware of, like some tools that I should have to better calibrate the printer?

On my prusa I installed cork bellow the heated bed to help it heat up faster, and I still have quite a bit of cork left, is there any issue with doing the same with the rostock max v2?

I would like to avoid soldering cables if possible and instead use connectors, is there any type of connector that is more advisable (be it due to size or efficiency)?

Never had a non metal hotend, but since the Rostock max v2 comes with a plastic one, and people in general seem to be somewhat pleased with it, will probably give it a go before inevitably turning to an all metal hotend (due to the temperature limitations), besides turning the temperature too high is there anything I should be aware of regarding this hotend?

Any special links regarding the rostock max v2 that I should look into, like maybe a special place where people tend to host files for it, or special calibration guides for this specific printer, that sort of stuff?

Thank you in advance.

[timo]

Hey there,

I'm in the process of calibrating myself and pulled together some forum pages:

Information:
Strategies for Successful Prints: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7361
Strategies for Resolving Print Artifacts: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7858
Print Troubleshooting: http://reprap.org/wiki/Print_Troublesho ... rial_Guide
ABS Printing Primer: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3808
Polyhole Information: http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2011/02/polyholes.htmls

Calibration:
Thermistor calibration: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5562
E-Steps calibration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyiivRWzHc
Extrusion width: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mjR6R1wWmQ
Extruder calibration: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=1163
Extrusion rate calibration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vH3ge-V3Q
Tuning filament temperature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaL2GGBHGM
Troubleshooting first layer problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbX5Ilmc8m0
Troubleshooting warping & cracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClynRIzm8c
Troubleshooting blobbing & stringing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfF7-MTzlLY

May want to invest in the stepper dampers and install them during the build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Xn7b7tcxY the only upgrade I'd suggest getting early if you dislike noise since adding them later would be more of a pain compared to any other upgrade.

[Micael]

My printer is coming even faster than I expected, UPS is expecting to deliver it this next Tuesday, I haven't even gotten the filament for it yet, since the supplier I used for the prusa doesn't have ABS for 1.75mm just PLA, guess this is a good time to try rs-components ABS.

Hey there,

I'm in the process of calibrating myself and pulled together some forum pages:

Information:
Strategies for Successful Prints: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7361
Strategies for Resolving Print Artifacts: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7858
Print Troubleshooting: http://reprap.org/wiki/Print_Troublesho ... rial_Guide
ABS Printing Primer: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=3808
Polyhole Information: http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2011/02/polyholes.htmls

Calibration:
Thermistor calibration: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5562
E-Steps calibration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyiivRWzHc
Extrusion width: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mjR6R1wWmQ
Extruder calibration: http://forum.seemecnc.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=1163
Extrusion rate calibration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vH3ge-V3Q
Tuning filament temperature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POaL2GGBHGM
Troubleshooting first layer problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbX5Ilmc8m0
Troubleshooting warping & cracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TClynRIzm8c
Troubleshooting blobbing & stringing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfF7-MTzlLY

May want to invest in the stepper dampers and install them during the build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3Xn7b7tcxY the only upgrade I'd suggest getting early if you dislike noise since adding them later would be more of a pain compared to any other upgrade.

Thanks for the links, already used a few of those to calibrate my prusa, but there are some nice new links in there. BTW I don't believe the Polyholes is really needed these days, at least simplify3d doesn't seem to cause issues with holes, although I never printed the specific test model to verify it.

As for the stepper dampers had considered it, but since the printer is going to stay in an unoccupied room after the initial calibration it will likely end up being a non issue in my case. Also I read a couple of people complaining about it affecting their print quality in a negative way, but ofc that could just have been bad installation or defective dampers.