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Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2018-06-16T15:04:23Z

That board and LCD look nice. Too bad is only available from China right now. Other wise I would get it for my CT'c but I would also have to see if supports Thermocouples instead of Thermistors.

Well checked out some sites and it does support Thermocouples as well. But sadly it is only a single extruder so it won't work me..

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2018-06-16T13:28:25Z

Hi All,
Hope this forum is not dead.
I am a 3D printer enthusiast and recently bought a Solidoodle 2 printer from a warehouse sale for $80. I was quite happy to get one at that price however, it was too early to celebrate. I had multiple challenges one after the other, however, after a lot of troubleshooting, online research and putting my experience, time and money, I was able to get excellent prints from it.
Changes/modifications I did was as follows.
1. Changed the X and Y Carriages. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:104059
2. Changed all the pulleys with bearing
3. Upgraded to Bowden Extruder with E3D V6
4. Changed all the brass bushings.
5. Finally Upgraded the entire electronics to Lerdge board with TMC2130

So how much extra did I spent?
$200

Is it worth?
I would say, YES, because the prints are amazing and you won't get a 3D printer with closed box, with the 32-Bit board and touch screen in $280

PM me if you want to discuss more on this.

Cheers!
Lokesh

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2016-04-13T00:15:31Z

MrSnowy
I would turn z back to 1.0V and try it.
Mine is set to 1.0 on x, y, & Z and 1.5 On Extruder.
Seems to work well on std ABS but I did set the Extrusion multiple to .94
Transparent is not printing as well but it's Not unusable...
Might be the model too.
Got some info on here about Transparent material, seems it melts at lower temp, reducing head travel speed and/or lowering the temp should help there.

'Luck

ScRamjet

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-06-01T14:29:06Z

For some reason Solidoodle updated their trimpot adjustments to x & y 1.0v and z & E to 1.5v.
So i tried it and I get some wierd line in some places of the print.
Anyone have a clue what it can be?
Might it be the z trimpot being 1.5 instead of 1.0?

And there is also some strange feature making circles oval...
look at the bottom of this pic, it differs in about 1mm!!!
that's ALOT when you need good fitting parts...

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-04-28T19:45:45Z

Hi new to the Forum but have a lot of experience with the Press, and 3D printers in general.
Received our Press about 2 months ago and went through all the same issues as most.
Cable management, fan backwards, loose pulleys and glass print plate. Solved all of these issues pretty easily. Seems like early release QC issues. The software could use a few more revision before its solid. Now printing on perf board, head temp at 240-250 bed at 100. and we are getting some pretty phenomenal prints. Its not a Dimension machine but its next a Replicator and printing better in ABS than the Replicator in PLA. Here is a shot of some of our prints. The image looks a bit staged but its for a blog post. The bust of Augusta is huge. I think this machine has some out of the gate issue but all of the issues are easily resolved and should be resolved as the production continues. The software cold use raft support and a few other bells and whistle to make it a bit more powerful.

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-04-27T20:18:32Z

I printed the Calibration Cube&Circle 20mm Version on Simplify3d at 0.2mm with parts of the raft not yet removed.
What would a good print out look like?
Any tweakings I could do to get a better result?

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-25T03:40:30Z

Thank You

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-25T03:16:21Z

johnrn1967 wrote:

I am guessing the extruder would need to be operating during this adjustment.
Please let me know if I have this correct.
set all 4 trim pots to all the way to the left (counter clockwise)
power up the unit
heat the extruder and extrude 100mm-set voltage while extruding
adjust the final three as each axis is being used-calibrate or print small item
am I close?
thanks
John

This is the reference voltage, not the sensed voltage, so no, your steppers don't need to be enabeld. You do need to turn the printer on however. (A few people were unclear on this, and the SD doc wasn't explicit.) At least I hope the supply voltage doesn't droop while printing. That would be all sorts of bad.

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-25T02:03:49Z

I am guessing the extruder would need to be operating during this adjustment.
Please let me know if I have this correct.
set all 4 trim pots to all the way to the left (counter clockwise)
power up the unit
heat the extruder and extrude 100mm-set voltage while extruding
adjust the final three as each axis is being used-calibrate or print small item

am I close?

thanks
John

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-22T13:28:29Z

hotony wrote:

maximum voltage i can get on Extruder is 1.12? am i doing something wrong?

It's not enough to have the Press plugged in, it has to be ON as well.

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-22T10:22:24Z

hotony wrote:

maximum voltage i can get on Extruder is 1.12? am i doing something wrong?

I'm not sure if I'm doing it right but when I tried measuring with the power connected and the Press turned off I couldn't turn the voltage up over 1.14V. After turning on the Press I had no problem getting up to 1.5V on the extruder pot.

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-22T03:58:37Z

maximum voltage i can get on Extruder is 1.12? am i doing something wrong?

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-19T20:47:50Z

n2ri wrote:

so where they set in China with 50 cycle AC power? thats likely the problem as the USA has 60 cycle

Totally unrelated. The power at the printer is DC and regulated so, unless you have a really dodgy power supply (not unlikely), then the voltage should be the same so long as the input voltage to the power supply falls between 110 and 250V. I think that they just set all the trim pots somewhere around 3/4 of full and just leave it there without actually testing. These things are built CHEAP! VERY CHEAP!

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-17T21:58:26Z

I tried adjusting the voltage pot to get a rid of moire. At F5, the motor had a visible and audible pulse at any voltage setting. Is this normal?

Re: Solidoodle Press Print Quality (and how to fix it)

2015-02-13T20:31:56Z

scruffybob wrote:

Solidoodle tech support sent me the following for the Press trimpot targets:
X: 1.0v
Y: 1.0v
Z: 1.0v
E: 1.5v

I tried changing the trimpot on the extruder. It didn't seem to change the voltage at all. Maybe I'm not measuring from the right location?