Solidoodle 4 - Problem feeding filament (Page 2 of 2)

All 3D printers will need a certain amount of tweaking, adjusting, or overall modifications depending on your expectations. It would be best to give your preferred price range so we know whether or not you can afford a Stratasys

Since I can confirm that your entire order of a E3D v6 and Titan were delivered last week. I had motor problems during my Titan mod because:
1) It is not recommended to use a .9 motor along with the Titan, which I was using previously.
2) The Second motor was a dud and did not work in any way.
3) The third motor works perfectly and I am still using.

This left me with some frustration, but I am very happy with the end result and found the frustration was worth it. Solidoodle made some great machines, but you need to spend a good amount of time and sometimes a little cash to get prints that would rival more well known and higher priced units.

Amazon is good for a lot of things, but when it comes to parts for my printers, I prefer to buy from reputable sellers that deal in 3d printer specific goods.

PrintIt Industries is such a place - and to top it off, they were started specifically to help those of us with Solidoodle printers, although many of their parts will fit other printers as well.

this motor would be a drop in replacement for your extruder motor: http://www.printitindustries.com/collec … hs13-0404s

Pretty much any printer under $1000 is going to need some upgrading and/or tweaking - and quite a few over that threshold as well..

Fix what you have, and get it running well and it will be a very reliable machine.
My 1st SD4 is my workhorse - I can fire it up and print whatever I need to with pretty much no issues at all. Did that happen overnight? no, but it did happen. Yes, there were hiccups along the way, but nothing that could not be overcome with a little research and work.
#2 is slowly getting to that point.

I would definitely prefer to obtain parts from an actual 3D printing company like PrintIT Industries. Unfortunately, sometimes the calendar pages keep turning and getting something the same day you order it looks nice. I did purchase my e3d and Titan through PrintIt Industries and they were great to deal with. I think I received an e-mail from James pretty much every day until I received the items. Best customer service I have seen in a long time.

I definitely know that these devices go down, pretty much no matter the cost. There is a 3D printer at the local community college that prints in metal and from what the guy responsible for their 3D printers told me, it is down constantly. We have four Prusa I3 type machines at the local makerspace and at any given time, you are lucky if one of them is running right.

I would like some input on a second machine though, even if it requires some up front improvements. I am hoping that if I have two and something needs to get done, I will be able to get one of them moving on it before too much time passes.

I received a 17HS13-0404S to replace my extruder motor and I superglued some washers together to make a standoff and I thought I was making some progress. I tried to hook things up to make sure the motor worked before putting everything together. I didn't realize I was going to have to connect the thermistor before anything would work. So at some point in connecting things together something shorted and the control board released the magic smoke.

Off to find out where to get a new control board.