<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> 2015-04-21T09:05:04Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4300/solidoodle-3-mods-and-issues/ <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Still Alive and well. Trying to get a few machining centers wired up for this summer. Still need to get my PLA dialed in. From what i've seen on youtube i should have great results if I have been so far successful with ABS.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-04-21T09:05:04Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/93637/#p93637 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Next week I would like to setup a 2nd profile on the solidoodle and dial it in with PLA. I'm pretty satisfied with my ABS results.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-03-23T06:47:17Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/90583/#p90583 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Here is the classic "rook" print that has been pretty popular. The white one is a laser sinistered vinyl powder high definition model. The right is the solidoodle @ .3mm layer height, and .35mm nozzle, black abs, no supports.

Not bad considering the price of the solidoodle compared to the SLS vinyl printer which is as much as a house. Apples and oranges, i know, but a decent comparison in quality. smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-03-09T08:51:26Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/88955/#p88955 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Well figured that out. Wrong setting was in there! Finished calibrating my printer for the most part. I still need to dial it in for excessive bridges, and extreme angles. Attempted a bowtie that had a really crazy print angle, dang near 45 degrees if not more. Without support it failed when it rose to the top of the print.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-03-04T00:02:19Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/88164/#p88164 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Before I updated, I swore i was using .35mm. After the repetier update, it auto updated a lot of my settings which work great, and was actually nice, except it filled in .4mm as my nozzle size, which ive read solidoodle has made a standard because of less clogs, and a hair more flow at higher speeds. Havent had a clog yet, nor have i cleaned the nozzle.

I printed the large nut in the picture attached with the setting .4mm. I caught it afterwards only because i was browsing around learning all the screens and saw the wrong setting. I plan on printing the huge bolt that goes to the nut, but didn't want to change the settings yet and have the nut not thread onto the bolt. Im pretty sure the bolt is going to take about 20 hours to print. I want to add a fan over the electronics before I take that on. I'd also like to attach a ground strap from my PC to the solidoodle as with other cnc controllers in the past its usually a habit and helps. I don't trust it printing for long stretches. When i printed the big nut, about 3.5 hours in it froze for no apparent reason. Instead of restarting i lucked out modified the code and started where it left off. I don't want to get 18 hours into a print and have it lose its mind, and scrap a part :[

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-03-02T10:04:16Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87846/#p87846 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> It does matter and the nozzle size depends when you got your printer.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-03-01T20:37:38Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87727/#p87727 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> under config, printer settings, extruder, that "extruder diameter" does this value matter? For some reason it was set at .4mm and im pretty sure the "solidoodle 3" has a .35mm tip from the factory? Which is it?

I did a test and saw no difference from .35 to .4!?

I printed a huge nut from red abs, now i want to do the matching nut out of black ABS. It estimates at 11 hours and 2 minutes.. i have a feelings its more like 20+ hours..

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-03-01T20:18:21Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87724/#p87724 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> diyengineer wrote:

Ya no kidden, not any more haha. Have you found a better way for estimating prints? Repetier is so far off.

You can adjust that when I get near my PC I'll shoot you a screenshot.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-02-27T01:00:30Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87411/#p87411 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Ya no kidden, not any more haha. Have you found a better way for estimating prints? Repetier is so far off.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-02-27T00:54:27Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87407/#p87407 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> I used to leave mine all the time now I think twice, especially with bed heater like ours.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-02-27T00:30:26Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87406/#p87406 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Wow! That's crazy. Ya, I don't trust it any more... holy crap.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-02-27T00:24:38Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87404/#p87404 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> That USB connection takes very little to cause interruption.  A web cam or any other applications starting or stopping can cause a failure.
The one thing you probably missed while you were a way is a user had his printer burn his house down.
Definitely don't leave that thing unattended.
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6608/bew … use-fires/

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/2291/ 2015-02-27T00:17:24Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87402/#p87402 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> 150,000 lines of code, and 3.5 hours into a massive plastic nut thats 1.5 scaled up, I find it FROZEN! Nothing indicating what went wront, heat on extruder and table still on (house burner). Nothing in melt down mode though. I believe my webcam app i was using for time lapse froze? Anyways, saw where it left off in the Gcode, repetier doesn't make it easy as I could figure out to restart from a specific line, and editing is a nightmare inside their "edit" with that many lines of code.

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.7.4.html

Attempted to use notepad, and wouldn't let me scroll through tens of thousands of lines of code very easy. Used notepad++ and allows you to pick your start and end point to delete without having to click and drag.. super easy.. heated up extruder and table, zero all 3 axis, moved back to my last line of code manually, loaded the edited g code and matched up perfectly! So far this is the longest it has printed so well see how it goes if it freezes again. Ive abandoned my webcam app for now, which is free and easy to use "chrono-lapse". I'd like to add electronics cooling fan, since i can only imagine things are toasty back there.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-02-26T23:17:17Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87392/#p87392 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> How do i make a profile for ABS and a separate profile for PLA?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-02-26T03:36:33Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87278/#p87278 <![CDATA[Re: Solidoodle 3 Mods, and issues.]]> Another quick test. Going to print a pen holder next.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:481276

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/3724/ 2015-02-26T03:18:47Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/87276/#p87276