SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Hello from Lake Tahoe

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-13T01:02:23Z

Thanks everyone. I am counting down to my delivery day next Monday.

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-12T10:52:48Z

+1 on the glass bed.

Greetings Tim,the 2nd thing you should do is calibrate your extruder flow rate.

http://solidoodletips.wordpress.com/201 … libration/

Your two biggest obstacles to good prints are an uneven surface and over-extrusion,correcting these will do wonders for your stress level.

SDs tend to over-extrude,my SD2 was delivering 135mm for every 100mm that was asked for.Correcting that did wonders for layer quality.

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-12T04:42:23Z

As you will read on the forums and maybe even find out for yourself. The aluminum bed isn't always 100% flat. That's where it can be nice to have glass or ceramic tile. It actually gives you something that you know you can level.

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-12T02:56:05Z

Some people would say definitely yes!!! However all of my abs printers are still using kapton and work good for what I print... but it sometime takes a knack to know just how to clean it and first layer gap and such..... The glass/tile with hairspray/abs slurry makes the process more forgiving but with the added cost of a bit messier and more cleanup among other things. I plan on changing one of mine to ceramic one of these days just to try it out.... but been pretty busy so it may be a while.

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-12T02:30:58Z

Thanks. I spend a little time each evening reading. I am wondering if I should add the glass bed right from the get go.

Re: Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-11T04:35:50Z

Welcome TahoeTim , Tons to learn on this site!!! Make sure you browse through the http://www.soliforum.com/forum/6/helprepairmaintenance/ section and read as much as you can handle, this will help you avoid most of the pitfalls out there and should keep you out of trouble

I see you mention linux... most of the mainline distro's have gone nearly 100 percent graphical for the most part, not sure when you last tried one... of course if it doesn't like the hardware you have... well then it can get a little cryptic

Hello from Lake Tahoe

2013-09-11T02:49:33Z

Since my SD3 shipped I figured I should come out of the shadows before it arrives.

I am an electrical contractor and hold an engineering degree. I have some practical real life projects ready to print.

I am hoping I can muddle throw the set up without too much trouble. I have dabbled with Linux but I could never understand why it is so cryptic (like old DOS).

In a week I will be deep in it!