<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/2876/printing-while-not-at-home/ Fri, 21 Jun 2013 03:06:18 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27314/#p27314 ^^
With how well my parts have stuck in the past, I wouldn't want to try this. The extruder would have smashed well and truly before the part came off the bed. Almost need to have a failsafe system with a spring and a limit switch. If the part doesn't come off the bed with x amount of force, the spring compresses and the limit switch is touched causing the "sweep" to abort and flag an error to the user in the software.

I too had the same concern as the OP, especially if the software/printer crashed meaning the the extruder head had stopped on the part, continuing to heat it until it burnt. So far I have found that even on a crash the heating process is stopped so I just end up with a dark cigarette style burn were the extruder was (before it cooled). Not much of an issue. Maybe a crash leads to loss of connection, leads to the whole process being killed. A print that comes off the bed before it is finished leads to spaghetti fluff all over the place.

Though coming home to a smouldering house still worries me. I don't want my soliwidow to have more of a reason to hate the 3D printer.

]]> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 03:06:18 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27314/#p27314 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27285/#p27285 some one posted on youtube a SD3?  That had an arm that would sweep off the bed, thus allowing the owner to print small parts till the filament ran out.  The machine could run autonomously.

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 23:07:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27285/#p27285 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27276/#p27276 Good Luck!

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 21:03:06 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27276/#p27276 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27254/#p27254 I am running my first remote print as we speak. I still have a remote connection to my computer so things must be going well!

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:03:33 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27254/#p27254 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27200/#p27200 Just make sure you set it to kill the bed heat when the print finishes, and be prepared to come back to a mess of filament if anything goes wrong. Nothing dangerous, just a few minutes of potential cleanup.

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:01:42 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27200/#p27200 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27140/#p27140 I print while at work and while asleep all the time.  I like to use my "awake time" for printing smaller things, designing, tweaking/upgrading the printer, and slicing.

]]> Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:42:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27140/#p27140 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27112/#p27112 I've never heard of anyone's house being burned down from any 3D printer for any reason ever. I have heard of one (1) small electrical fire that only damaged the printer, and even that was repairable. In addition, I never have time to watch more than the first layer or two anymore. I'll start a print in the evening, pop in once before bed to check on it, pop in before work the next morning, and then it's usually done when I get home. Rinse, repeat. I wanted to do a webcam stream, but 1. I have no wifi signal from my garage and 2. when I was printing in my basement, running the stream MAJORLY slowed down my internet connect, which irritated my lady. I wanted a satellite-based camera but they continue to be outside my budget.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:05:48 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27112/#p27112 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27089/#p27089 Excellent!

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:10:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27089/#p27089 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27087/#p27087 I've started a job while at work as well as let it print while I am away. I use a web cam to periodically view the result so I can stop it if it is failing. No house fires yet.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:05:59 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27087/#p27087 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27085/#p27085 when i begin a 14hours print.. sure i will let it finish even if i'm not at home... wink

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27085/#p27085 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27084/#p27084 I have messed around with a webcam setup to monitor it in case the part comes off the bed or the nozzle plugs. I was just curious as to how many of you are doing it.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:50:04 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27084/#p27084 <![CDATA[Re: Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27083/#p27083 Its not likely to burn the house down. 

More likely to be having other problems.  Yet once it is set up properly, you could have a print farm.

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:48:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27083/#p27083 <![CDATA[Printing while not at home.]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/27081/#p27081 How many of you run your printer while you are not at home. What are the chances of one of these burning your house down?

]]> Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:35:57 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/27081/#p27081