3D PRINTING

First large thing I have printed for my daughter. It was instantly filled with earrings and other small stuff. Found the file on thingiverse, scaled it down to 80% from original.

I did just get some .6 nozzles, printing a chicken feeder to go in a bucket right now. .4 layer height and .8 line width, this is the first try with the .6 nozzles, so far so good, 4% in so far.
 

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Tacoma747 said:
I did just get some .6 nozzles, printing a chicken feeder to go in a bucket right now. .4 layer height and .8 line width, this is the first try with the .6 nozzles, so far so good, 4% in so far.
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I'm curious to see how the layer adhesion comes out. The general rule is the line wdith shouldn't exceed the nozzle, unless you have a lot of squish from a low Z-height. Which you don't, at 66% of your nozzle width. The math suggests you won't actually fill the volume that it is sliced for.
I print with .6 at .3 Z and .6 walls all the time and it works great.
 
RatLabGuy said:
I'm curious to see how the layer adhesion comes out. The general rule is the line wdith shouldn't exceed the nozzle, unless you have a lot of squish from a low Z-height. Which you don't, at 66% of your nozzle width. The math suggests you won't actually fill the volume that it is sliced for.
I print with .6 at .3 Z and .6 walls all the time and it works great.
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I have normally done .4 nozzle, .6 width, .3 height. No issues with that thus far. I read the exact opposite, that you can print a wider width than the nozzle, on a .4 the max recommended was .6 width
 
Aside from a little at the top on the inside that didn't stick (overhang with no support) it printed great. The top side printed perfectly, the 'bad' area won't be visible or even in an area that matters. This picture was right off the printer. I think this is the third thing I have printed with PETG.

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Hey all, @Slenderman is my son Daniel I've been referring to on this thread about getting him a printer for Cmas. I got him the Creality Ender 3 Neo blah, blah, blah. Thanks for the recomendations. He's learning the worth of NC4x4 instead of Google, youtube, etc., lol. I told him ya'll would be very helpful in his quest to learn his new printer. Thanks for the help everyone!
 
Just now hoping on, but yes I got the printer so I'm going to have to clear some stuff out of the way first to make room for it on my desk and then I'll get it put together and I would imagine some calibrations and what not to get it ready to go. It will sit next to a window so are there any good covers yall would recommend over some potential Chinese junk off of Amazon?
 
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First print. This came preloaded as aa test file
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heehee.
The test prints are like the free samples a drug dealer give you.
They make it look so easy!
 
Tried to print another hooter with a z axis adjustment. Didn't go so well.
 

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If you are referring to these add-ons, no. Those are just replacement parts and all those items come with it. I just ordered the printer and a roll of filament. Setup was fairly straight forward. The printed instructions that come in the box are a quick guide. They give you the full instructions on a jump drive. Other than me not realizing that and the print quick guide being kind of small and hard to see, it was a very easy setup and was printing within an hour or two.
 

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Found a file online for a single, modified it to hold three pieces. Going to put a stretchy piece around them so they can't fall off.
 

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I have a gazillion apex bits, so made a screwdriver to store a few of them. Tried to put "Dirt Glide" but that was the bottom layer and it didn't come out great. Printed in PETG, I probably don't have the PETG settings perfect yet. It will take about as much torque as you want to put on it, I clamped a bit in the vise, I think the chinese magnetic end would strip before the plastic.

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The trimmer hangers are pretty cool, I have a long way to go before thinking of stuff like that. But my next hurdle is getting either a new PC or laptop that actually works. I think mine is just tired (engineered obsolescence) after 7 or 8 years. I downloaded a CAD software a while back but never really got to use it because the laptop always froze up. Really can't even get a browser to open majority of the time. I'm computer illiterate so I just go off of reviews usually but what would yall recommend? I don't need portable anymore but I don't really need the power of a massive PC either. Do yall have any suggestions?
 
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The trimmer hangers are pretty cool, I have a long way to go before thinking of stuff like that. But my next hurdle is getting either a new PC or laptop that actually works. I think mine is just tired (engineered obsolescence) after 7 or 8 years. I downloaded a CAD software a while back but never really got to use it because the laptop always froze up. Really can't even get a browser to open majority of the time. I'm computer illiterate so I just go off of reviews usually but what would yall recommend? I don't need portable anymore but I don't really need the power of a massive PC either. Do yall have any suggestions?
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I'd highly recommend not bothering with a "real" CAD program at all, at least until you've developed more skill or need.
Go to TinkerCAD and make an account. It runs in a browser and all the processing and storage is in the cloud.... You can run it on anything from a phone to a shitty Amazon Fire tablet. And it's stupid easy to use.

Onshape is a real CAD suite that also runs in the cloud.
 
I wasn't sure if a real one was needed or not. I originally downloaded it for trying to make a model of parts I need or want to make for the jeep but thought it might work as well. I've tried tinkercad before but that was more out of boredom at lunch one day a while back. But I'm at least letting one of the test files run on the printer now and I hope it turns out alright.
 
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I wasn't sure if a real one was needed or not. I originally downloaded it for trying to make a model of parts I need or want to make for the jeep but thought it might work as well. I've tried tinkercad before but that was more out of boredom at lunch one day a while back. But I'm at least letting one of the test files run on the printer now and I hope it turns out alright.
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complexity of your CAD program needed really just depends on what you need to do. Personally I find 95% of the time I just need to make something pretty simple and quick so I use TinkerCAD bc it is so fast. A major limitation is that you can only export STLs, not genuine STEP or similar object-based files.

FreeCAD is pretty lightweight and will run on most devices.
 
Wife needed a phone holder for her '22 Mini. It has a weird shaped dash with no flat surfaces anywhere and the cup holders are down really low, so there is no good mounting spot. It's a new dash version and there are no aftermarket kits yet that that fit it.

The center console is this big round thing with the dash pad sort of form fitting over it in the middle.

So I designed this simple little piece that is curved to match the top of the plastic center console and squeeze in between it and the dash pad. Then took the gripper off of another cheap holder and made a matching ball mount.

Printed in petg so it should hold up to temps, UV etc.
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Tacoma747 said:
I am beginning to learn that PETG is a pain in the butt when compared to PLA+. I guess I had beginners luck with the stuff I printed in red, everything else has been a nightmare. Stringing and globs. Playing with the settings is horrible.
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yep. I printed the above part and everything went really well. After a brief switch to TPU I went back to it and had all kinds of problems with globs and adhesion in the first layers. Finally gave up and switched to PLA+, during the switchout I realized the nozzle was ever slightly clogged.
PETG is great when things are dialed in but there's way kess margin for error. You have to keep the flow juuuust right. BTW, less cooling if you didn't know. I run no fan the first few layers and then only 50% afterwards.
 
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You guys that have chickens need to make these
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