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I got one of those Sovols and like it quite a bit; they don’t seat quite right in the milled slot that normally locates elegoo-brand tanks on my mars pro but the top+ bottom silicone slip covers and fill level indicator are both great. still no FEP problems aside from some small dents outside the build area.
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eddiewalker posted:PEI nearly doubles in price if you go from 300mm to 350mm. Similar jumps for metal beds and flex plates. For a heated chamber, going from 300 to 350 is 60% more enclosure volume and means way longer pre-heat times. Longer belts mean I have to run acceleration a fair bit lower. Even at 120mm/s and with a 0.6mm nozzle, anything that comes close to filling the print volume is a multi-day print. If you're printing lots of little things on one bed, every extra piece is another chance of something popping off and ruining the whole job. It may come as a surprise to you but everyone has different use cases and preferences! Yooper posted:Had my first FEP failure on my Photon Mono. Oddly enough it's in a corner that the plate doesn't even contact so not sure why it failed, looks like a tiny little slit. Tension failure? It may have been scratched from the factory and then eventually failed. Or you may have scratched it yourself and not noticed. When I was setting up my Photon 4K I dropped an Allen wrench and left the teeniest tiniest scratch that eventually failed. As to the photon FEP, you could do either way, but if you get the pre-framed photon one it saves you from having to tension the FEP properly and cuts the time in half. Up to you. Personally I got both a new aluminum vat AND the photon FEP in case I am in a hurry / lazy. Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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Feb 7, 2021 16:06
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suddenly had a bad feeling and went and checked my tank and motherfucker of course there’s probably a pinhole leak i hadn’t noticed before, idk how else a small amount of resin could get onto the centre of the LED screen cover without starting at one of the edges like when resin drips down the outside of the tank. the amount seems negligible but the cured film under the FEP might be why i’ve had new and unexpected print issues on my last couple of prints. be nice if i could patch it with something
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Feb 7, 2021 16:12
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Yooper posted:Had my first FEP failure on my Photon Mono. Oddly enough it's in a corner that the plate doesn't even contact so not sure why it failed, looks like a tiny little slit. Tension failure?
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Feb 7, 2021 16:17
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any non-mcmaster sources for FEP at tool & die by-the-foot prices like that? they won’t ship to canada except to loading-dock-equipped business or educational addresses.
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Feb 7, 2021 16:28
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mobby_6kl posted:I'm still on my original sheet somehow, but have you considered McMaster, it's like $17 per foot of film: https://www.mcmaster.com/85905K66/ That's what I'm thinking with the Sovol kit. The stock Photon Mono FEP holder is a disposable consumable.
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Feb 7, 2021 16:34
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I've been running parts by the ml for members at the makerspace I volunteer at on our Form 3, and that clear resin is pretty amazing:  SUPER pleased with it, really looking forward to running more parts.
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Feb 7, 2021 17:54
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drat that looks good!
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Work on my resin tank heater continues apace; knocked out a tank-side clip for the temp probe that’ll provide feedback (pic at the bottom). i’m also designing my first home-printed enclosure for the thermostat + two rocker switches for the thermostat power and the heater power, which is stupidly overcomplicated by needing to work around that teeny-tiny build plate. Gonna have to chop it up into flat panels and assemble with fasteners if i have any hope of being able to print it. the ceramic heating element i chose seems seriously oversized for the task + my chosen power source, so i need to add some ballast resistors to throttle the current; i’m gonna put them contacting the far exterior side of the tank opposite the heated side so the waste heat isn’t wasted, and i get multiple heat sources for more even heating. i figure i’ll be able to give the whole system a test-drive by tomorrow. i’m getting ahead of myself here, but i think the way to go for a v2 tank heater is to avoid the messy external heater deal and locate the heaters inside the tank. not immersed in the resin volume, but instead small cartridge heaters pressed into reamed holes in the aluminium body of the resin tank. you don’t have much meat to work with there but i bet you could put a 1/8” heater vertically in the tank corners where there’s more metal, maybe even two 1/8 holes in a corner to buddy up the heater with a thermistor for accurate feedback. ideally you’d start with a tank purpose-designed to accept cartridge heaters by integrating them into the design from the beginning. you know, add two sponson-ey bulges along either long side of the tank exterior with cartridge holes that run as long as you want. i always think of stuff like this shortly after i lose access to industrial CNC mills on my lunch break, sigh... Ambrose Burnside fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Feb 7, 2021 |
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Feb 7, 2021 18:50
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Ambrose Burnside posted:any non-mcmaster sources for FEP at tool & die by-the-foot prices like that? they won’t ship to canada except to loading-dock-equipped business or educational addresses. They'll deliver it to me??. (Vancouver)
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Feb 7, 2021 23:11
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ImplicitAssembler posted:They'll deliver it to me??. (Vancouver) well poo poo, I guess i'm misinformed. any qualifiers to that, like do you include a company name in the shipping details? in any case, good to know, thanks.
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Feb 7, 2021 23:38
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Ambrose Burnside posted:well poo poo, I guess i'm misinformed. any qualifiers to that, like do you include a company name in the shipping details? Yeah, but I think you can just make on up. Note, they wont inform you of shipping charges first. You'll give them the CC details and they'll go "Ok, order confirmed' and just charge what they need. It's usually reasonable ($20ish?)
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Feb 7, 2021 23:42
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smax posted:Anyone have experience with Dikale PETG? Picked up a pack of a lot of different colors and I’m scratching my head on this stuff. Alright, I'm giving up on this stuff. I can't get it to print at all after a full day of troubleshooting. Printed a couple temperature test towers, the first one with PETG range temps was ugly as all hell, I printed a second with PLA range temps and it got so warped and gunky the nozzle broke the whole things off at the base. My opinion: avoid Dikale PETG. Sucks that I dropped over $100 on a variety pack of colors, but my time isn't worth the troubleshooting. If anyone in Houston wants to try this stuff out, shoot me a PM.
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Feb 8, 2021 03:57
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First parts for my Voron V0 showed up today...... What.. have.. I done...
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Feb 8, 2021 18:35
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Jesus, there's a bigger version of the phenom L called the XL and it's 5k more than the L. I think the xxxl will just be the size of a normal kitchen fridge and cost as much as a new car. Edit -forgot an x. Stupid_Sexy_Flander fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Feb 8, 2021 |
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Feb 8, 2021 18:52
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cakesmith handyman posted:I'd rather have a conveyor belt printer than a huge one personally. (I've owned and used neither) Turn off retraction and zap the spiderwebs with a heatgun?
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Feb 8, 2021 18:57
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I often overlook the simple answers, thanks.
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Feb 8, 2021 19:04
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Nerobro posted:First parts for my Voron V0 showed up today...... What.. have.. I done... apparently, ordered it with faster shipping than I did
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Feb 8, 2021 19:10
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Ambrose Burnside posted:any non-mcmaster sources for FEP at tool & die by-the-foot prices like that? they won’t ship to canada except to loading-dock-equipped business or educational addresses. I've ordered from McMaster in Canada by just putting in a fake business name and my home address. You pay through the nose in shipping but it should work.
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Feb 8, 2021 21:06
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insta posted:apparently, ordered it with faster shipping than I did Just a spool of black ABS, to go with my blue, and the frame parts. Pictures later. Nerobro fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Feb 8, 2021 |
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Feb 8, 2021 22:25
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Gradually-declining surface finish quality and increasing layer separation defects in resin prints can be reliably pinned on a ratty FEP film, right? i'm trying to stretch my current one out (still using the factory-installed film lo these ~50 prints later) until the replacements i ordered get here, but even simple functional parts with rudimentary geometries are coming out gnarly now.
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SpaceAceJase posted:I got myself an Ender 3 v2 last week and it's been a very enjoyable experience for my first 3D printer. as someone who has an Ender V2 for only a few months, go on amazon right now and buy an all metal extruder upgrade before it's too late.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:Gradually-declining surface finish quality and increasing layer separation defects in resin prints can be reliably pinned on a ratty FEP film, right? i'm trying to stretch my current one out (still using the factory-installed film lo these ~50 prints later) until the replacements i ordered get here, but even simple functional parts with rudimentary geometries are coming out gnarly now. Could also be cross contaminating the resin, my first bottle got something unwelcome I'm there and I tore my hair out for weeks trying to figure it out.
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Photex posted:as someone who has an Ender V2 for only a few months, go on amazon right now and buy an all metal extruder upgrade before it's too late. As someone with an Ender 5 who put an all metal hot end on and then took it off again because it was causing problems since I only print in PLA... no don’t.
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Apparently there are things called ender extenders, that increase your z height. I did not know they existed so I am sharing that info since I'm pretty sure others don't know too.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Apparently there are things called ender extenders, that increase your z height. I did not know they existed so I am sharing that info since I'm pretty sure others don't know too. They make a kit that extends the X and Y axis too. You can extend your ender in all directions!
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Doctor Zero posted:As someone with an Ender 5 who put an all metal hot end on and then took it off again because it was causing problems since I only print in PLA... no don’t. I think he's talking about the plastic extruder arm that often cracks and lowers filament tension. The $15 aluminum ones on amazon seem to be a drop in replacement.
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Rexxed posted:I think he's talking about the plastic extruder arm that often cracks and lowers filament tension. The $15 aluminum ones on amazon seem to be a drop in replacement. That's what I went with and in hindsight I probably would have gone for the slightly more expensive one with the dual gear extruder
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Rexxed posted:I think he's talking about the plastic extruder arm that often cracks and lowers filament tension. The $15 aluminum ones on amazon seem to be a drop in replacement. Yeah that's what I'm talking about, the arm cracks and the actual hole that the filament passes through wears out and can cause a jam
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Photex posted:Yeah that's what I'm talking about, the arm cracks and the actual hole that the filament passes through wears out and can cause a jam Yeah, I bought a cheap kit that came with the metal replacement, upgraded bed springs, and a Capricorn PTFE tube. Great decision, well worth it
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SpartanIvy posted:They make a kit that extends the X and Y axis too. You can extend your ender in all directions! I'm looking for a W axis extension. I've looked everywhere.
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Photex posted:as someone who has an Ender V2 for only a few months, go on amazon right now and buy an all metal extruder upgrade before it's too late. well this sure explains the extrusion issue that had me looking up this thread 
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I've got my metal extruder upgrade, but haven't installed it. And after seeing Javid's post above, I might do it sooner than later.
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cakesmith handyman posted:I often overlook the simple answers, thanks. Sometimes my laziness and dumbness are an advantage.
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Photex posted:Yeah that's what I'm talking about, the arm cracks and the actual hole that the filament passes through wears out and can cause a jam Oh sorry. Yes, do that!!! All metal extruded is the way to go. Worst case you don’t get obvious cracks, but it still causes issues that drive you up the wall. E: vvv Yeah I'm an idiot and got extruder mixed up with hot end Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 9, 2021 |
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Doctor Zero posted:As someone with an Ender 5 who put an all metal hot end on and then took it off again because it was causing problems since I only print in PLA... no don’t. That's something different. The extruder assembly is plastic, and it seems.. that eventually, the spring loaded lever will crack the tension arm. There's a reason why there are teflon lined hot ends versus all metal hot ends. :-) as you found out. Edit: Beaten
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mewse posted:I've ordered from McMaster in Canada by just putting in a fake business name and my home address. You pay through the nose in shipping but it should work. The shipping is not the lowest for sure, but it's awfully reasonable for having the box come to my doorstep in like 1-2 days.
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wrt mcmaster to canada, someone said $20 USD flat elsewhere online, does that about check out?
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Yeah, it's been a little while since my last order, but it's always been about mid-20 USD in shipping from what I remember.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:wrt mcmaster to canada, someone said $20 USD flat elsewhere online, does that about check out? It's not flat, but usually in that range.
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