I have retract set to 5mm and retract speed at 50. This filament is much more stringy than PLA. I just need to work on the settings in S3D for carbon fiber and save the profile.
Try adding to the extruder retraction if 5mm is for the bed at 50m/s.
I have retract set to 5mm and retract speed at 50. This filament is much more stringy than PLA. I just need to work on the settings in S3D for carbon fiber and save the profile.
Ok this makes me want one now.Finished the battery holders and they came out really well. The AA holds 18 batteries. I just hot glued the labels on the front as recommended on thingiverse.
They took a long time to print: white body >3hr ea, blue ramp/base 1.5hr ea, labels 9min ea. So we're talking 5hr print time for each one.
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Today I printed a SilencerCo tool to disassemble my Octane both the rear cap and end cap. Took about 50min, PLA .2mm, 50% infill, came out great and works perfectly!
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I have four different versions of those (ok, maybe three...I think I gave one to Scott @ THSF). They work real well.Today I printed a SilencerCo tool to disassemble my Octane both the rear cap and end cap. Took about 50min, PLA .2mm, 50% infill, came out great and works perfectly!
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Most of the pics are dead, but there's a video still working. (I read somewhere this week there's an add-on to Firefox that allows all the PB pics to show up...but haven't tried it)
Printed this 18 mini-screw driver holder from thingiverse using eSun PLA+, took 5hr, came out great. The base of it could've been half as thick but I don't yet know how to modify STL's.
Good to know. I still need to find a good free/cheap CAD program. I used to use autoCAD and prodesk in HS and was pretty darn good with them but trying to use google sketch and a couple other free trials, I'm incredibly rusty!It's honestly kind of a PITA..be better to use a cad software to get your important dimension (hole locations and spacing) and build off of that.
Here's one you should all love... AA Battery Magazine!
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I found it on Thingiverse, it's designed to hold 14 AA's and is made of 4 parts plus a standard AR mag spring. There is a remixed floor plate to allow it to snap into the base plate just like a standard poly mag does. I simply cannibalized a couple D&H mags I never use.
The body took the longest at 7hr 53min at .2mm layers. The floor plate, base plate, and follower took another 4hr, so 12hr per mag. I made a 2nd for a friend. I printed in eSun PLA+, switching to gray for the follower to mimicks PMAGs. The mag body was the longest and tallest print I've done so far.
It went together really well though I did have to sand the follower down a bit with 220 to get smoother action. I was only able to squeeze 12 due to the friction of the batteries on the body walls.
Totally understand what you're saying, and right now they're still more for entertainment/hobby than money savings or convenience. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of useful items you can print, not to mention the freedom to design whatever you want, if you have the time and skills. But printing is slow, does have limitations, and is primarily centered around plastics for now.Ok that is one of the first things I have seen that I liked and would want come from one of these printers. Besides maybe the silencer take down tool. I am not trying to be a kill joy and would like one of these but I am trying to find something to make with it that would save me some cash or that I couldn't buy somewhere else for a couple of bucks. Now when metal printers get cheap enough oh yea I'm in fo sho.
Pics??Interesting thread. I've never gotten into 3d printing, but I've designed pump systems for large scale printers that do things like boat hulls. On my desk I also have a small extruder that makes the filament, more of a toy compared to the extruders I usually work with putting out thousands of pounds per hour, lol.
Lol.... I started on AutoCAD 7...on 7-1/4" floppy disksPro-desktop? Showing your age I started on wildfire 4 and 5.
ON fusion be sure to back up everything...I don't trust the cloud..at all
Haha funny thing is I’m only 31. Those are the 2 programs my HS used.Pro-desktop? Showing your age I started on wildfire 4 and 5.
ON fusion be sure to back up everything...I don't trust the cloud..at all
I'm 30. There is no other version, however it's link to the cloud. Only way to save a copy to your HD is to export it. I'm running the free version as well in conjunction with Inventor HSM Pro.Haha funny thing is I’m only 31. Those are the 2 programs my HS used.
But I’m using the desktop version, not cloud. I guess I should double check that it’s actually saving to my PC and not a cloud drive.
3D printers are very interesting to me.
But Im not very good at designing on those sorts of programs, I tried in a program a while back to do a 3D design and it just didnt work well.
But Im planning on getting the free educator trial of AutoCAD and trying again
If I were to dsign something, is it possible to send someone the file and them make it for me?