SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Davinci Noob tips and tricks

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-23T17:49:05Z

Willoup78 wrote:

Warning SD Hack
I bought my Da vinci 1 month ago. The electronic board is not the same as show on SD hack. Now, this is a micro SD !! And this micro SD is in the center of the board.
Has anyone find a fault in this new system ?

The pinouts are also different so the current Repetier Host does not work on it nor can you downgrade to an older stock firmware. They are working on a new version Of Rep host for this version but it is not yet done.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-23T17:05:36Z

Warning SD Hack
I bought my Da vinci 1 month ago. The electronic board is not the same as show on SD hack. Now, this is a micro SD !! And this micro SD is in the center of the board.

Has anyone find a fault in this new system ?

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-22T20:17:45Z

New addition:
Wait for your print to cool off completely:
The glass is known to chip if you pull off a print before it and the heat bed completely cooled off. Using masking tap (Kapton Tape, etc). works as a replacement for the UHU stick and if your glass is chipped, will give you a flat surface to print on.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-22T19:13:25Z

Mark, Yeah... I realized I was overly anxious. I think it's probably a big noob gotcha but then again maybe not everyone is as anxious as me

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-22T19:11:41Z

coburn wrote:

I would add to use masking tape on your bed glass to avoid cracking or chipping of the glass. As a noob myself this is a must in my opinion. I already chipped my glass but find with the masking tape, I'm still able to get a smooth service and I'm able to take the objects off the glass quickly. I find 4 strips of tape work best and I generally only have to change two strips between prints.

I have not chipped my glass yet and find that if you wait for the print to cool down completely, it will just pop off. I still use the UHU stick and for me, that works just fine.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-22T16:18:52Z

I would add to use masking tape on your bed glass to avoid cracking or chipping of the glass. As a noob myself this is a must in my opinion. I already chipped my glass but find with the masking tape, I'm still able to get a smooth service and I'm able to take the objects off the glass quickly. I find 4 strips of tape work best and I generally only have to change two strips between prints.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-19T01:58:06Z

You could use a wireless card, but you have to make sure that all the files yhat are on the current card are put on the wireless. Not really worth it though since you can run files on the card with the stock software. You have to move a file to the card, call it sample01 and the print it from the printers LCD.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-19T01:42:25Z

Hi, this is my first post, and I want to thank everyone here for all the information. My extruder would lose heat halfway through a print about a week into owning it, so I looked here and replaced the connector to the heating element as suggested. It's working like a champ now. I have a question, can I use a wireless SD card with the stock software, or do I need to run some third party stuff? Thanks again, you guys are great. This thread could probably use a sticky.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-12T06:27:36Z

You are welcome. I felt that this was the kind of thread/post I would have needed to start off and since I couldn't find one, I made this for all newcomers. Maybe the admin will make it sticky?

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-12T02:10:16Z

You guys are life savers. I am right in middle of a project and my da Vinci went belly up, yesterday. The printer is less than two weeks old and the heater seems to be losing power midway. So far I have had three incomplete prints in a row. Initially, I thought that the cartridge of a certain colour was the cause. But when I had it going on the monitor mode, the extruder temperature seemed to be unstable with temperature falling down to 40 °C during the print job. I was under the impression that the software might have got corrupted and hence was planning to reinstall it.
After reading the postings here, I feel I was looking at the wrong solution. Will try and tinker with the heater cable connector and see if it works. Thanks for the informative postings.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-12-06T18:01:16Z

New addition:
If your extruder does not heat up properly anymore (happened to my 1 month old Davinci) , have a look at the connector. Ideally replace it with something more solid or simply solder the cables directly. Details can be found in this thread: http://www.soliforum.com/topic/6324/xyz … -properly/

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-11-23T15:31:34Z

New addition: You must calibrate straight after interrupting the demo print - do not wait for the nozzle and glass to cool off. Otherwise your measurements will give you wrong values.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-11-21T08:33:11Z

New addition: I cant post links but in reference to understanding how to make your model printable, i.e. watertight - Google: www mastersketchup com 8-tips-for-3d-printing-with-sketchup.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-11-19T12:38:15Z

Thank you.

Re: Davinci Noob tips and tricks

2014-11-19T01:50:43Z

Thanks for sharing!