SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — A friendly reminder on safety

Re: A friendly reminder on safety

null@example.com (edward4000) — Sat, 25 Mar 2017 08:17:09 +0000

Thank you for the heads up. Hope it gets better soon.

Re: A friendly reminder on safety

null@example.com (heartless) — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 01:24:58 +0000

ouch!

Re: A friendly reminder on safety

null@example.com (elmoret) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:43:10 +0000

Yikes! Hope you're all healed up soon. A good reminder indeed.

FWIW, those Dupont connectors are only good for 2 amps. Maybe 3 if crimped properly with 22AWG wire. A 40w heater at 12 volts would be 3.3A.

A friendly reminder on safety

null@example.com (AZERATE) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 19:33:03 +0000

So last weekend was hardly a good one for me. Granted, it could have been much worse, so I would like to share a couple photos to follow safe practices and maintain your machines.

I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why I was having a Y shift on my most reliable Solidoodle. After much profanity, I took out the X gantry for inspection. Cracks along the bearing housings allowed for slop and lots of it.

When cleaning support, always cut away. I was playing with some S3D profiles, and the support ended up being stronger than the actual print. Three stitches later I still can't use some tools or make some modifications....at least for another week.

This is the E3D heater plug for the same printer. I have no idea how long it was like this. I power down and completely unplug my machines when I work on them, so I know it happened during normal operation.

Well, that's it guys. Just wanted to remind everyone to fully inspect their printers every so often and NOT slice into your hand.