solidoodlesupport wrote:

Heads up everyone! SD3 is out!

When can we expect the SD4?

At some point later

Heads up everyone! SD3 is out!

When can we expect the SD4?

cmetzel wrote:

In the beginning I was printing everything without the case on because it was a hassle, I just designed my parts with extra brims or strategically placed hollows etc to try to eliminate warping.  Once winter hit I started putting the case on, and my need for brims and modelling tricks all but disappeared.  It really makes a significant difference to have the build environment heated.  Even if it's just cardboard taped over the openings.

Excellent information!  I had suspected from the experiences I have been reading here that the environment control was likely the single most significant factor in printing success.  Your results go a long way at demonstrating it to be a near requirement.  My printer is due to arrive soon (I hope!) and clearly, an enclosure is number 1 addition for me to improve my chances of success.  Thanks for sharing.

Heads up everyone! SD3 is out!

In the beginning I was printing everything without the case on because it was a hassle, I just designed my parts with extra brims or strategically placed hollows etc to try to eliminate warping.  Once winter hit I started putting the case on, and my need for brims and modelling tricks all but disappeared.  It really makes a significant difference to have the build environment heated.  Even if it's just cardboard taped over the openings.

Excellent information!  I had suspected from the experiences I have been reading here that the environment control was likely the single most significant factor in printing success.  Your results go a long way at demonstrating it to be a near requirement.  My printer is due to arrive soon (I hope!) and clearly, an enclosure is number 1 addition for me to improve my chances of success.  Thanks for sharing.

User: "The x doesn't work!"
Makerbot: "Well we did say it as experimental."

Or they could come up with an official PLA profile.  Makerbots answer to that problem was to simply say that the Replicator 2 didn't support ABS so they wouldn't have to deal with everyone trying to make an ABS print the size of a load of bread and failing.

he new replicator x2 with enclosure can use abs.. so now it's not a good answer anymore....

The Solidoodle is improved by an enclosure, but does not necessarily *need* one. It runs just fine in the state it will be shipping.

Please show us a print larger than 4x4x4 that has no warping or cracking, without an enclosure.

If that is not possible, then the advertised 6x6x6 build volume is not usable.

The Solidoodle is improved by an enclosure, but does not necessarily *need* one. It runs just fine in the state it will be shipping.

That may be true, but that statement goes against all conventional wisdom on this site.

solidoodlesupport wrote:

jefferysanders wrote:

It will be very bad if they don't redesign the whole z-axis and bed heater system...my guess is they won't and that will be up to hardware hackers to make it acceptable for daily usage.

There is in fact a new heating system, which you may have noticed on some of the late model S2s. We have switched to heating pad rather than the somewhat buggy resistor of yore. These are a bit more reliable, and have been successfully scaled up for the S3.

If SD makes a change to a machine can you guys please start noting the serial numbers the changes were made on (and publish them).  You guys make so many changes people are probably not sure if they have an SD2 v1 or an SD2 v2..etc, etc, etc.  This would be very helpful for an owner to know if they have to make repairs, mods, etc...

Ah yes that would have be wise to implement. Perhaps you'll see a version system like that in the future.

jefferysanders wrote:

It will be very bad if they don't redesign the whole z-axis and bed heater system...my guess is they won't and that will be up to hardware hackers to make it acceptable for daily usage.

There is in fact a new heating system, which you may have noticed on some of the late model S2s. We have switched to heating pad rather than the somewhat buggy resistor of yore. These are a bit more reliable, and have been successfully scaled up for the S3.

If SD makes a change to a machine can you guys please start noting the serial numbers the changes were made on (and publish them).  You guys make so many changes people are probably not sure if they have an SD2 v1 or an SD2 v2..etc, etc, etc.  This would be very helpful for an owner to know if they have to make repairs, mods, etc...