Got a 3D printer now, it's fun!

[Shonky]

can someone with a decent 3D printer print me up a model of some throttle sticks for a 737/747? they're designed to slip onto a Saitek USB throttle.

can provide an STL file and pay whatever is reasonable

Tried 3D Hubs? Will give you a price online instantly too.
https://www.3dhubs.com

[Gin Kii]

whats the first layer height and nozzle to bed distance when hot ? (should be about paper thickness)

.2 and yes bed leveled with a piece of paper.

Had the same issues with my other printer and getting it enclosed worked and am confident I'll sort it once this one is too.

[Ben Wilson]

.2 and yes bed leveled with a piece of paper.

Set cold or hot? It sounds like the symptoms of too much gap to me. I always set my prints up in a corner, that way I can fairly easily tweak the height as it starts printing if it needs it.

[Gin Kii]

Set cold or hot? It sounds like the symptoms of too much gap to me. I always set my prints up in a corner, that way I can fairly easily tweak the height as it starts printing if it needs it.

Hot, I always pre heat nozzle and bed for 30 minutes before levelling (learnt this from my Wanhou printer).

[Ben Wilson]

I set mine to a paper thickness when it's cold, if I try to set it hot, I get the same sort of problems you are getting.

[Gin Kii]

Anywho, just binned most of my Tarantula (and the ally parts I made) The wheels on extrusion thing is terrible and driving me nuts.

New direction which will be a custom build, will draw it up and water jet frame and bits from 5mm 5052.


On order from aliexpress;

Dual Z screws inverted with top bearing supports and anti backlash (and 34mm nema 17 steppers ).
Dual X 8mm linear rails.(use Tarantula stepper and belt deal for now)
Dual Bulldog extruders (and 34mm nema 17 steppers).
Dual J-Head 3D v6 Volcano hot ends.

Now to sort something for the Y.

total spend so far is $120 AUD.

Prolly never get it to print as I'll get bored with it but its nice to have a "hobby" at the moment as am bored shitless with life (home and work).....

[Stix Zadinia]

Tried 3D Hubs? Will give you a price online instantly too.
https://www.3dhubs.com

thanks, i'll give that a shot

[KDog]

yeah easy peasy - email me the STL i'll print them and you can pick them up in civic next week?

steveisthedevil at gmail com

A+ services, would freeload from again.

[to4garret]

.2 and yes bed leveled with a piece of paper.

Had the same issues with my other printer and getting it enclosed worked and am confident I'll sort it once this one is too.

I wrote a little guide a few pages back, did you add the paper thickness to your z-offset? Idea is the z-offset is to get the nozzle touching the levelled bed. If not, your slicer will add a layer thickness to a 0.1 gap which won't help with adhesion.

2. Set z-offset + paper thickness (+0.1)! this was all of my bed adhesion issues.

[Gin Kii]

I wrote a little guide a few pages back, did you add the paper thickness to your z-offset? Idea is the z-offset is to get the nozzle touching the levelled bed. If not, your slicer will add a layer thickness to a 0.1 gap which won't help with adhesion.

2. Set z-offset + paper thickness (+0.1)! this was all of my bed adhesion issues.

Cant remember to be honest.

Building a machine from scratch based o nthe Tevo I purchased, I'll look at the Z offest in the slicer once it is back online.

[dsm2002]

My Tevo arrived just before I went away on hols and put it away until I could focus. Dug it out the other day and started. I have been taking it slow trying to do things correctly.

Fondles, I like the aluminium gear you have made. PF group buy?

[dsm2002]

At the electricity bits part now, not one of my strengths. I have gone for bootlace ferrules for the screw terminals. Not having a bootlace crimper I've just flattened them but their a little too wide for the hole. So I did a little double crimp which results in a *rough* star shape but I am not sure. This is the heatbed wires. I found the Narva pin terminals which use a standard crimper which looks better.

The mosfet upgrade will be an early mod.

[Gin Kii]

Fondles, I like the aluminium gear you have made. PF group buy?

Thanks, Ive binned it all and started over !!

I'd love to sell em but by the time I outsource the cutting and then post em they would be damn exxy. I can send the DXF's though if you want to have them made locally.

[dsm2002]

dxfs would be nice. Thanks. My email: just add at hotmail.com to my PF name

[Gin Kii]

dxfs would be nice. Thanks. My email: just add at hotmail.com to my PF name

Do you want inverted Z's ?

If not my parts are just tweaked ones from Issac Fankhauser, I have those DXF's.

If you want mine I'll have to sort some bend drawings which will be Jpegs