<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/11235/getting-frustrated/ Thu, 28 May 2015 04:27:59 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97260/#p97260 Strings come with the territory wink   As long as they provide a solid base for the next layer it is easy to design around that first sacrificial layer.  It has been a very long time since I printed that but the bridge speed was 50mm/sec.
I actually ended up with several that looked a little better than that but that was the only picture that was handy.  It is funny how those first lines pull perfect and smooth.  Then as the layers stack up a few lines on the bottom start to warp out of the way.   Bridging is a great way to learn a lot about your printer and it's capabilities along with an intimate knowledge of your slicer profiles.
Have fun with it, it's been a couple of years since a good bridge shootout here on the forum.

]]> Thu, 28 May 2015 04:27:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97260/#p97260 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97259/#p97259 wardjr wrote:

Bragging rights begin when you get up to 150mm wink
http://i.imgur.com/Oipvt3J.jpg

Got a few strings sagging there but looks good. What speed are you bridging at?

]]> Thu, 28 May 2015 03:49:02 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97259/#p97259 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97257/#p97257 Bragging rights begin when you get up to 150mm wink
http://i.imgur.com/Oipvt3J.jpg

]]> Thu, 28 May 2015 03:35:23 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97257/#p97257 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97242/#p97242 20mm

]]> Thu, 28 May 2015 01:26:54 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97242/#p97242 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97236/#p97236 nice.  what is the distance?

]]> Thu, 28 May 2015 00:14:01 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97236/#p97236 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97235/#p97235 http://soliforum.com/i/?M35kF5v.jpg
Hows this for bridging?

]]> Wed, 27 May 2015 23:54:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97235/#p97235 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97053/#p97053 I honestly dont know for sure how long the blue glow lasts...

I was up at 2am the other night and there was still a faint glow from both the roll (in the storage box), and the couple of items that I had printed with it - and it was overcast and rainy the last couple of days, too, so not a lot of bright light hitting any of it.
At 2am it took me a minute to realize what I was looking at in the dark. LOL

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 13:41:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97053/#p97053 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97050/#p97050 I do have to say the clear green glow from hatchbox glows very strongly. Stay bright for a while too.

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 13:30:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97050/#p97050 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97044/#p97044 good to know. smile

Once you get everything dialed in, you will be pretty happy with the E3D. I think I have mine pretty well set now, maybe just a hair more tweaking of the vref - still getting just a tiny bit of moire, but barely noticeable (I notice it, anyway.. LOL)

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 13:09:42 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97044/#p97044 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97042/#p97042 Yea same with the white

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 13:04:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97042/#p97042 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97041/#p97041 Kronikabuse wrote:

Radioactive skunk lol. Used glow fill for the white

alright!

I bought some of the Octave brand blue glow - fun stuff to work with... I dont know about the white/green glow, but the blue seems to like cooler temps than regular ABS

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 12:58:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97041/#p97041 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97038/#p97038 Radioactive skunk lol. Used glow fill for the white

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 12:46:00 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97038/#p97038 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/97037/#p97037 Kronikabuse wrote:

Yea first time going over 215' lol. Kianda crazy now that the 2 hot ends are on I can really tell how bad the stock bed is warped

our SD4 bed was warped so badly it was easy to see when we put the glass down on it...

cute little print, even with the blobs... smile

]]> Tue, 26 May 2015 12:40:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/97037/#p97037 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/96988/#p96988 You'll have better results printing something that small with a GCode fan also.

]]> Mon, 25 May 2015 21:09:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/96988/#p96988 <![CDATA[Re: getting frustrated]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/96987/#p96987 It looks to me like you might be printing too fast as well. Maybe consider slowing down to about half of what you are doing now. Unless your already down to 20's or less. Small objects like that really have to be printed slow to allow time for each layer to cool just enough before the next is applied.

]]> Mon, 25 May 2015 20:58:55 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/96987/#p96987