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Topic: Quality?

hows everyones quality of the print coming out? i printed something with my davinci and the quality comes out bad compared to other brand of 3d printers. its very messy and ruff looking. needs a lot of sanding. and when you look at other prints from maker bot or solidoodle or even lulz, the prints from those look solid? like the edges are clean. when i print. i get these squiggly lines on the walls of prints. or square pillars dont hold well. i dont know? maybe my printer isnt calibrated correctly? i dont know. someone help?

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Re: Quality?

My prints come out stellar and very few require any finishing. it's all about the quality of the model and the settings you chose.

Check out my makes to see what I mean: https://www.thingiverse.com/PseudoShooter/makes

Another example of what the DaVinci is capable of, my current project:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10993961_10152998070041195_6690626679523283604_o.jpg

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Re: Quality?

roymayor wrote:

hows everyones quality of the print coming out? i printed something with my davinci and the quality comes out bad compared to other brand of 3d printers. its very messy and ruff looking. needs a lot of sanding. and when you look at other prints from maker bot or solidoodle or even lulz, the prints from those look solid? like the edges are clean. when i print. i get these squiggly lines on the walls of prints. or square pillars dont hold well. i dont know? maybe my printer isnt calibrated correctly? i dont know. someone help?


The Da Vinci is capable of near or at Makerbot quality if calibrsted properly. There are also some mods needed like the shims for the pully's and making sure your bed glass is not loose and move. May need shoms between it and bed frame.  Make dure the bed does not move left to right. Thr brass bushings are loose in thr bed frame sometimes and will need to be glued.

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Re: Quality?

carl_m1968 wrote:
roymayor wrote:

hows everyones quality of the print coming out? i printed something with my davinci and the quality comes out bad compared to other brand of 3d printers. its very messy and ruff looking. needs a lot of sanding. and when you look at other prints from maker bot or solidoodle or even lulz, the prints from those look solid? like the edges are clean. when i print. i get these squiggly lines on the walls of prints. or square pillars dont hold well. i dont know? maybe my printer isnt calibrated correctly? i dont know. someone help?


The Da Vinci is capable of near or at Makerbot quality if calibrsted properly. There are also some mods needed like the shims for the pully's and making sure your bed glass is not loose and move. May need shoms between it and bed frame.  Make dure the bed does not move left to right. Thr brass bushings are loose in thr bed frame sometimes and will need to be glued.


is there any tutorial on getting my printer modified for this?