Topic: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.
Hello everyone, new to the community. I am a pretty active user over on cnczone.com, and now hope to be active on this forum also. Just purchased a solidoodle 3. I visited thingverse and have compiled a list of printable modifcations that everyone seem to rant and rave about. I printed a filiment spool funnel, so the filiment doesn't get jammed in the rubber ring grommet they use. that worked like a charm. I than noticed my wire bundle for the carriage was everywhere it shouldnt be, on the belts, on the rails, etc. So i found the awesome cable chain model, and began printing. I could never get the ABS to stick on the kapton tape, or blue painters table. It wouldn't even stick on bare glass. So I used the hairspray technique which seems to help a bit, but i can't print over 4-5 layers without it peeling at the corners and delamming from the surface, which is frustrating. I've seen my last option is to simply use "ABS Juice" which i believe is a mixture of acetone and abs plastic. Have yet to try that, but i can't believe it won't stick to a clean surface. The glass bed is as level as i can get it with a feeler gauge since i need to print out the dial indicator holder modification, but can't finish it due to the part breaking away from the plate half way in the build. I've verified my temps with the IR thermometer also. solidoodle seems to be special when it references its temps in the software repetier since everyone else seems to be using much higher reported temps. They suggest 195C for the extruder temp, and 95C for the bed temp. Ive used these and also have slowed down my first layer by 50% and the layer height also as some suggest. Haven't had much luck.
When you set the Z height do you set it touching the plate, or do you set it at .30MM above the glass. No one comes right out and says what the height should roughly be at, some say touch the plate, others use a business card.
I've made a enclosure for aluminum foil and tape for the time being. I ordered 5 pounds of PLA that i will convert to if i can't get this ABS to stick to ANYTHING!
I need to print the dial indicator holder to tram the glass, and the X/Y dial indicator holder to test the steps per travel, to make sure i am going the distance i intend to. one of my test circles was far from true.
So far, still a happy customer, just need to get over the learning hump.