Topic: Is anyone else who got their printer early on still unable to print?
I received my press 3rd week of January and still have not had a successful start. Seeing if anyone else is in the same boat and what has been/will be done.
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I got my Press on January 20.
I submitted my first ticket to tech support on January 21.
I eventually got through to tech support after a month who finally sent me an RMA for the bad Press on February 24.
It's now March 30 and I'm still awaiting the replacement unit that was promised "within a week."
At this point, they can't even tell me when the replacement unit will be shipped other than it will be "as soon as possible." I'm quickly learning what that means in Solidoodlease. :-(
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Hey Daphur,
I am not sure the date. but I got the 2nd batch of Press. I was just able to successfully print a model today. Simple model.. but so far its working. PITA.. but got it working.
My biggest issue was adhesion.. then extruder thumping.. and of course the cable to the extruder being pinched. After I resolved those things, I am able to print.
what issues are you having? I am straight noob, but I will help where I can. I know how frustrating it can be.
- Ton
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My issue is adhesion, I've tried both purple glue stick and hairspray, I picked up some kryon tape to try. Have not been able to get past z calibration, mainly because of the adhesion.
- wardjr
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You need to figure out how to adjust your z offset to squish that first layer till it goes downs like a flat ribbon. Till you get that part figured out all your efforts will be in vain. +1 for glass and Aquanet extreme hold.
Printit Industries Model 8.10 fully enclosed CoreXY, Chamber heat
3-SD3's & a Workbench all fully enclosed, RH-Slic3r Win7pro, E3D V6, Volcano & Cyclops Hot End
SSR/500W AC Heated Glass Bed, Linear bearings on SS rods. Direct Drive Y-axis, BulldogXL
Thanks to all for your contributions
3-SD3's & a Workbench all fully enclosed, RH-Slic3r Win7pro, E3D V6, Volcano & Cyclops Hot End
SSR/500W AC Heated Glass Bed, Linear bearings on SS rods. Direct Drive Y-axis, BulldogXL
Thanks to all for your contributions
Re: Is anyone else who got their printer early on still unable to print?
Something which worked for me on that adhesion issue was to set the first layer to 0.4mm, and extrusion to 200%. That's for the first layer only.
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Yeah.. i had issues with adhesion. I tried, blue tape, aquanet, other hairspray, and just plain glass. The only thing that worked for me was the purple glue stick, and upping the plate temp to 100c.
You might also want to check teh voltage on your extruder trimpot. Mine was crazy low, which cause a bunch of other issues. It seems to be an issue with many press units.
I have not mess with the sclic3r options, but that will be my next step.
- Ton
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Gonna have a look at the trimpots today, then go from there.
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Anyone having issues with adhesion, don't use hairspray (unless its aquanet, since its heavy on stickiness and doesn't dry quickly since it has less alchohols than a pricier hairspray) or gluesticks or painter's tape since all of those tend to add a bit of of a thermal barrier more than actually helping.
The best solution I've had 100% success with is:
Stick some of your bad prints in a cup, add nail polish remover and cover it. After 24 hours, It will break down some of the ABS plastic into the remaining liquid.
Put that into a spray bottle and apply that thoroughly to the area you will print on about 1 minute before printing when both your extruder and bed are hot already
This is the best adhesion solution yet.
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What you are referring to is commonly called ABS slurry. It is one solution to adhesion issues but most certainly is not the end all, be all fix. It will however mask other underlying issues that result in poor adhesion.
FYI nail polish removers main ingredient is Acetone. Although it will melt ABS it does it poorly as it is not pure acetone.
Printit Industries Model 8.10 fully enclosed CoreXY, Chamber heat
3-SD3's & a Workbench all fully enclosed, RH-Slic3r Win7pro, E3D V6, Volcano & Cyclops Hot End
SSR/500W AC Heated Glass Bed, Linear bearings on SS rods. Direct Drive Y-axis, BulldogXL
Thanks to all for your contributions
3-SD3's & a Workbench all fully enclosed, RH-Slic3r Win7pro, E3D V6, Volcano & Cyclops Hot End
SSR/500W AC Heated Glass Bed, Linear bearings on SS rods. Direct Drive Y-axis, BulldogXL
Thanks to all for your contributions
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I used perforated PCB circuit board, so far i do not have problems with adhesion anymore. It sticks nice even with soliprint program. The only down side is having shorter height because of perforated surface.