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Topic: Greetings from GiggyBites

Hello All! so glad to find this site. I am a newbie to 3D printing hopefully I'll be able to learn as I go!
We are a dog treat bakery with a tech name - we use the Da Vinci Jr to print custom cookie cutters. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've been doing ok but recently screwed up my guide tube

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Welcome to the forum
Tin

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Welcome to the forum. I love your business idea, do you have any pics of your dog treats?

Whats wrong with your guide tube?

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http://www.3dexfilament.co.uk

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Hi 3Dex - I got the guide tube squared away - I unscrewed the funnel and it fell inside Instead of pulling the guide tube out to trim as they suggested- so I was able to take it apart & put it back together with a little direction & support. you can see some of our regular treats at www.giggybites.com I attached a pic of some of our fun summer treats.
I got the 3D printer because when I ordered cookie cutters they were coming 3D printed I decided to take the plunge! Do any of your funky filaments like copper or stainless steel work with the Davinci Jr? The cookie cutters that we make with the PLA hold up ok but something a little stronger would be awesome. The good thing about it is if they get broken I can make another one in about an hour smile

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

G B it's  my understanding the metal powder fills do not necessary ad strength it is more for added mass/ feel and appearance.
IMHO you may want to try some of the Raptor series PLA from Maker geeks. I have not tried it yet but looks impressive.  It is FDA approved , dishwasher safe and has similar tensile strength as aluminum. The specs are impressive and should work well for your application. itis about $ 37 a roll.

http://www.makergeeks.com/disafdaaphip3.html

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Tin Thanks for the suggestion. This sounds great! And not much more than the XYZ PLA filament.
Do you know if it will work in the Da Vinci Jr? Will I need to do a hack of some kind? Thanks

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

You likely need to mod the Davinci. Hopefully a Jr owner can chime in .

Tin

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Thanks Tin!

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

GB looks like you do need to do a chip reset and there are a couple of ways to go about it. this thread has lots of discussion almost a thousand posts over the last year or so.

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/11108/da … t/page/40/
Some discusion on thiniverse
https://www.thingiverse.com/groups/xyz- … topic:5425

Bottom line is looks like the chip can be reset with an android with Near Field Communications

https://developer.android.com/guide/top … index.html
Also  some folks convert to the generic/ OS RAMPS control board

The reason the XYZ products are so cheap they pretty much force you into buying there filament and that is where they expect to make there profit.
But as you say there are hacks.
tin

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura

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Re: Greetings from GiggyBites

Tin  Thanks for the links & advice. I'll look into it. GB