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9,780 | Following advice I read elsewhere, I have covered my (heated) print bed with blue painter's tape, and before each print I apply an Elmer's purple washable glue stick to improve bed adhesion.
After the print finishes and I remove the part from the bed, the bottom is covered with a white residue. I'm fairly certain this... | [
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"text": "Elmer's Purple Gluestick is pretty much based on PVA with a water-indicator. It is a water-soluble material. Tossing t... | 2019/04/25 | [
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9,792 | I'm still new to 3D printing and I want to print something. I expect that I'll mess it up since I find nothing to adjust it but it is now laying around for 4 months and I'm sick of it.
So my question is where do I find Windows software to print something and of course where do I get a 3D model?
I own a Geeetech i3 Pr... | [
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"text": "First; find a model!\n--------------------\n\nTo print something you require a **model** (usually this is in STL forma... | 2019/04/26 | [
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9,807 | The original bed surface of my Ender 3 has become brittle and finally cracked, requiring replacement. I'm trying to figure out what the cause might have been to avoid it happening again. It seems to have started after using "flex PLA", which involves both high temperatures (225 °C) and plasticizers mixed in the PLA. Co... | [
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"text": "The material used for the Build surface is not PEI but a BuildTak Clone that offers adhesion through a rough surface ... | 2019/04/29 | [
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9,808 | I've seen questions about (like [What is stopping us from mixing 3d filament colors in an Extruder?](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/q/2670/11157)) and some solutions for mixing filament colors/materials at print time for multi-color printing, but my question is different: Are there any (affordable) commercially a... | [
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"text": "Making your own filament\n------------------------\n\nTheoretically, this could be done with any filament producing e... | 2019/04/29 | [
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9,821 | I'm not sure how else to describe it. There's probably a name for this but I just don't know it. But the bottom few layers came out great, but the rest came out kind of like a triscuit. Below are pics of my print and settings. I am using a delta style printer. Can someone tell me what this issue is called and how to fi... | [
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"text": "Underextrusion.\n---------------\n\n* I suggest upgrading to Cura 3, as you are working with a version 1.5.\n* If you... | 2019/04/30 | [
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9,833 | Trying to print a 3D model for my mobile phone, but I see that when printing the sides, being thin, increases the retraction and the recoil seems a little abrupt and makes a coarse sound.
I would like to know if it is possible to know what speed and temperature is recommended to print a model.
In my case I use Simpli... | [
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"text": "The first indication for print speed and temperature should be taken from the box the filament comes in. Generally it ... | 2019/05/01 | [
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9,842 | I'm wondering if there is some trick to power my OctoPi with the power supply of my 3D printer. I'm using an Geeetech I3 Pro W.
The power supply itself should be able, but the output is as far as I'm aware of 3.3 volts. Not my desired 5 V for USB, it would be a shame if I really would need to buy a new power supply wh... | [
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"text": "Where are you plugging in the USB power to the Pi? If you are back powering it from the data connection,... | 2019/05/03 | [
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9,845 | I am consistently getting these strings in the overhangs on models that folks say they are printing without supports. Can anyone tell me what is causing them and what I can do to fix them?
I've attached a picture mid-way during a [BB-8](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3232347) print. I'm using PLA at 75 % speed.
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"text": "You did print overhangs without supports. I have printed a Thermal Detonator for StarWars day (May the 4th be with yo... | 2019/05/03 | [
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9,853 | My FDM printer bed moves on the Y-axis and the print head moves on the X-axis and raises on the Z-axis. When printing rectangular objects (a model of Notre Dame in this case), are there print detail quality advantages to aligning the model perpendicular to the X or Y axis, or at 45 degrees? Part strength is not an issu... | [
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"text": "In short: Not really.\n\nlonger version: It depends.\n\nThe main culprit of losing details in this case would be th... | 2019/05/04 | [
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9,862 | I printed a case for my phone, a Motorola G4 Plus. I found the model of the casing on [Thingiverse](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2482011)
I just downloaded the model, used Meshmixer to check for issues, after that, opened Simplify3d and saved it for printing using an SD Card. The printed size of the model was sma... | [
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"text": "In short: Not really.\n\nlonger version: It depends.\n\nThe main culprit of losing details in this case would be th... | 2019/05/06 | [
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9,865 | I try to print a stamp with flexible filaments. The problem I encounter is that the filament is flexible, but not soft. This leads to small differences in height to parts of the stamp not working.
One solution would be to add a small 'cushion' to add some squishyness to the stamp. I designed the stamp and the 'cushion... | [
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"text": "As the rubber stamp needs to be soft in one axis for the whole area, you could use an infill that causes the same soft... | 2019/05/06 | [
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9,867 | I’m in the process of installing a BLTouch on a Velleman Vertex K8400. The board doesn’t have a dedicated servo pin, so I’ll assign one. No problem there.
The board only has a Z-min pin, so it’s my understanding that I’m supposed to unplug my Z-min cable and plug the BLTouch into the Z-min port.
My question is: "Can'... | [
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9,870 | Sometimes I use a DIY 3D printer running Marlin firmware and I have a hard time to set my heat bed temperature. when I set it to 70 °C for PLA, after a few minutes it decreases to 67 °C and I see these error:
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READ: Error:Thermal Runaway, system stopped! Heater_ID: bed
READ: Error:Printer halted. kill() called!
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"text": "I had a similar issue when printing with ABS, because my print cooling fan only activated once it got to a certain... | 2019/05/07 | [
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9,872 | I am printing a mechanical part for my printer.
It's a new mount for my extruders and I have been attempting to use BVOH as a support filament so that when my print is done it will cut down on the need to finish the part and possible mistakes.
My problem is I can get the BVOH to adhere to the bed with no problem an... | [
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"text": "Can you tell by looking at the de-adhesion what isn't sticking? \n\nIt may be that printing the ASA at higher temperat... | 2019/05/07 | [
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9,883 | I don't want this to be a specific producer question, but I would like to know if the Sparkmaker is good enough to print small details in OO/HO scale objects.
I'm referring here to objects like furniture, and other house appliances at scale.
I wasn't able to find any visuals with very small objects for this printer. | [
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"text": "Can you tell by looking at the de-adhesion what isn't sticking? \n\nIt may be that printing the ASA at higher temperat... | 2019/05/08 | [
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9,885 | My voltage at the controller at max load is ~11.4 V
(heated bed + motors + hotend). Is this normal?
I'm measuring 11.8 V at the PSU, so 0.4 V -> 5 W lost in the wires.
I have a pretty beefy ~2 mm diameter copper wire that's ~1 m long. Its area is 2.5 mm2. The diameter with shielding is 3.5 mm.
Could there be a bad... | [
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"text": "Per [this website](https://www.calculator.net/voltage-drop-calculator.html?material=copper&wiresize=6.571&voltag... | 2019/05/08 | [
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9,889 | I printed parts for a Hijrp Potfeq wand with HatchBox Wood PLA, now I want to apply stain. I intended to try MinWax PolyShades wood stain, then noticed Varathane water-based wood stain is available at my local Rona hardware store. This seems a "healthier" option, maybe not as fussy to apply as PolyShades, anyone had ex... | [
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9,891 | Can any one help me out that how to start a cycle by just using a push button.
Note: Using Marlin firmware, Arduino Mega, Ramps 1.4
I haven't tried altering the Marlin code (as I am new to coding), I was just thinking of adopting this feature as it will be very easy for CNC DIY maker using Marlin code to run a cycle ... | [
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9,899 | Does anyone know how the developers of Marlin decided to name it that? | [
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9,904 | **Model:** Infitary M508
**Details:** The filament is stuck in the extruder preheated for PLA (the filament is PLA 1.75 white). The extruder's motor works and the filament is in the hole of the extruder (not somewhere else). I took the fan covering the motor apart, to show what is inside, so you might see it on the at... | [
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"text": "Unfortunately you're going to have to tear the extruder head apart and clean the nozzle. There are kits like the... | 2019/05/12 | [
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9,915 | I have been looking to buy a new extruder. One of the options I have seen comes in "right handed" and "left handed". What does this mean? How can I tell what my current extruder is, so I get the right replacement? | [
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"text": "This is an example of a right handed extruder setup:\n\n[![Right Handed Extruder Setup](https://i.stack.imgur.c... | 2019/05/13 | [
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9,935 | During a print a lot of plastic ended up ripping the nozzle's yellow insulation strap.
Can printing without this insulation around the fusion chamber damage the printer?
If there is no chance of damaging the printer, how likely is it that the prints will be affected by the absence of this insulation
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"text": "No, without the insulation you can print without a problem. I've been printing for years with (cotton or silicone) an... | 2019/05/14 | [
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9,953 | 3D Printers (those who print, not the machine, dummy)!
I haven't been printing in a while, so when I returned to my Monoprice Select Mini VII, of course it had been sprung out of whack. Some of my first prints would not even come out of the extruder until I realized I had some pretty bad (and worse, unnoticed!) heat c... | [
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"text": "for sure the answer could be dissertation or even a book because there is no simple way to address \"all\" issu... | 2019/05/15 | [
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9,956 | I have a Tevo Tornado that I've outfitted with an official BL-Touch auto level sensor. I can see the bed probing run, and I can see the Z axis slowly adjust during x/y moves, so it's doing *something*. However, you can see that there appears to be a systematic tilt:
[![BL-Touch tilted bed plane](https://i.stack.imgur.... | [
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9,973 | I have a new Creality Ender 3.
I suspect that I have not adjusted the eccentric nuts correctly, on the X-axis head carriage mounts.
Even after a glass bed upgrade, using the Level Corners routine of the TH3D firmware, I can get the head to scrape a sheet of paper all 4 corners but that same sheet of paper does not t... | [
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9,981 | I have been looking at getting some painters tape to use on the glass plate for better print adhesion, and everything I read suggests the *blue* painters tape, such as this:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WNCHm.jpg "Blue painters tape")
Howe... | [
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"text": "Of course, I don't know what kind of tapes you have. My experience with blue tapes is, that they seem in general... | 2019/05/20 | [
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9,989 | I made a simple logo using Inkscape, after saving as an svg file, but when I export that file into Fusion 360 something strange happened.
Multiple times I convert some images (png, svg) to svg file. The process I use is this:
1. Scan logo image (scanner or smartphone)
2. Open image with Inkscape
3. Using the stroke, ... | [
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9,991 | I’m designing a part that will need to be autoclaved—it will be under steam at 121°C for about 15 min per job and I will want it to be able to go through the autoclave repeatedly. I ran a test PLA part through the autoclave and it warped noticeably; based on their glass transition temperatures, ABS (105ºC) and PETG (80... | [
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10,010 | I am using LightBurn to laser engrave on wood. I am just trying to print some letters.
In the softwares preview the output looks correct. The black part is where the laser should burn and the red part are traversal/scan lines
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10,011 | I have been attempting to get my Anet to print for a couple months now. Haven't had a huge amount of time but when I have I've worked on it. A lot of the problems I have had I have been able to trouble shoot, for example for a while I was unable to get any filament to lay, and I have since fixed this issue. Now however... | [
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10,013 | Please check following image, Dog looks smooth from left side but its rough from right side , similar on back too.
What could have caused this ?
Can it be due to moisture due to Air Conditioner in my room ?
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10,026 | Can I use three-phase stepper motors with pololu style stepper drivers? If not, what kind of drivers support three-phase motors? | [
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10,035 | I've been playing around with PETG for the first time, and everything seemingly worked right just from the start - clean prints, no stringing, no bed adhesion problems, no warping or dimensional accuracy problems, etc. As expected it prints a lot like PLA, and as expected, it's less brittle/stands up much better to cru... | [
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10,038 | I'm struggling to get my printer up and running for a few days now. The problem is as follows. I got a test model of a cube (40x40 mm) and everytime I try to print it, the nozzle creates these 'lines' on the print which is caused by over extrusion I think? See image:
[![test print aborted at bottom shell](https://i.st... | [
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10,040 | I'm not really sure where to ask this question as I think it is a design question, but also a printing question. So if there is a better place to post, I'd be happy to harass someone else.
I'm (re)designing a sprinkler manifold for a dripper system because the stupid pegs for this [stupid manifold](https://rads.sta... | [
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10,059 | I've been aware ever since I got it that my Ender 3's X-axis isn't level. Measuring from the top of it to the top of the frame, the right-hand (positive) side is about 4.7mm higher than the left.
During assembly, the vertical rails were not entirely parallel, and had to be pulled together to get the X axis on and to b... | [
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10,061 | After a few months of printing with my Prosi Mk3 (with plans to get a second one soon), I have been wondering about making my third printer a home-built one was a larger print bed than the Mk3. One thing I wondered about is perfectly expressed in the title question.
Are there practical reasons to **not** use a stepper... | [
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10,081 | I have two Tronxy 2.0 V5 Marlin boards that reboot whenever heat is applied to the bed. The bed has been swapped (because I thought that was the problem) for a new shiny one. The thermistors, too, of course. The same boards (both) work when the beds remain unheated (setpoint = 0 °C).
Any ideas what might be causing th... | [
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10,084 | I've got some curious marks on my heatbed.
It appears to be from my black Sunlu PLA+ (I can just feel it if I scrape my finger nail over it) but I can't scrape it off with the metal spatula.
When I try and print over it the filament won't stick.
Any suggestions as to what it is and how you get rid of it?
[![enter im... | [
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10,090 | Assuming you have a suitable oven to maintain temperature at the filament melting point and a suitable mold that can handle the temperature, is a commodity 3D printer hotend and extruder, with large nozzle, suitable for injecting material into the mold? I'm thinking of a setup like having the hotend mounted through a w... | [
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10,132 | I'm working on a cube in Bjoyder. I just deleted one of the faces (the top face) of the cube and added solidify to avoid non manifold edges.
In this case, when I check the design it shows that the bottom face is an overhang face (shown with yellow color). However, if I change the overhang parameter in 3D printing too... | [
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10,143 | I now own the Prusa3D MMU2. The benefits, costs, and experience others have had is well documented. I am interested in rebuilding my large, home-designed delta machine to be multi-material, and don't want to overlook strategies I haven't considered.
My original implementation used an E3D Kraken as the hot-end, and han... | [
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10,154 | I understand that heater blocks act as kind of “low-pass-filter” on the temperature change of the hotend, but why do we need that?
Wouldn’t it be better to have as little metal as possible in order to be able to control temperature changes quickly and precisely (using PID, PWM plus maybe some predictions based on prin... | [
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10,157 | I am trying to run this 3D printer:
* Fabrikator Mini V2 Turnigy/Malyan M100
Does anyone have the Cura settings? | [
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10,161 | I read that PTFE starts to deteriorate past 260 °C. Does that mean heating to 250 °C is no problem at all, or will that destroy the PTFE material over time to? | [
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10,167 | I need to cool some liquid (250 °C) while it’s flowing through a tube which has to be able to bend and flex.
My idea is to make a flexible tube with a second tube spiraling around it through which coolant will flow.
I’d like to 3D print this tube if possible so I wonder if there is some printable filament that:
* doe... | [
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10,173 | I'd like to calculate the power lost through the filament being extruded (or in other words, at how many Watts I'd have to run an ideal heater that loses heat ONLY through filament so that it stays at constant temperature).
* Power is defined in Watts as $\text W =\frac{\text J}{\text s}$
* [Specific heat capacity](ht... | [
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10,176 | I have a [WhamBam build system](https://whambamsystems.com/flexible-build-system) on order. A magnet attaches (glues down I think) to the Aluminium printing bed (or add a glass sheet? Separate question), then PEX material on flexible steel sheet gets slapped down for the print surface.
[![WhamBam build system](https:... | [
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10,189 | Is it okay to directly connect together the grounds of the logic supply and the motor supply when using a Pololu style stepper driver?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yijCn.jpg "A4988 connection schematic")
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10,191 | My printer has been doing weird things lately. It used to print fine, but now it's like the Y or X axis after a certain percentage time.
ie on a 24 hour print: it got off at 5 hours
on a 42 print it got off at 16%
Thoughts? | [
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10,205 | Given a 3D boolean array representing voxels, how can it be converted to a 3D-printer-ready file?
The end-goal I would like to achieve is to print the 3D shape that the numpy array represents (`True` coding for *fill this voxel*, `False` for *leave it empty*).
For example, the array
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[T, T, T],
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10,207 | When I print with a 0.4 mm nozzle I have no problem with stringing at all but because I need a more detailed print I must use a 0.25 mm nozzle.
I use Ultimaker Cura and an Anycubic i3 Mega.
What i tried so far:
* Enable/Disable Z hop
* Tried different retraction distance and speed.
* Tried with lower temperature
* ... | [
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10,209 | I have a Monoprice Maker Select V2.1 (rebadged Wanhao Di3) with a microswiss all metal hot-end and machined lever and extruder plate. It had been printing very consistently for months with this set up - through 5 or 6 kg of filament - until a couple of weeks ago when it has started to under-extrude and then stop partwa... | [
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10,214 | I noticed foot arches are already digitized, but custom arch supports are usually expensive. PLA and ABS aren't the best material for printing arch supports, especially if they replace the shoe's innersole.
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10,229 | What grease to use on linear rails to make them stick as little as possible? I've tried so far:
* WD40 (let’s not start a discussion about that please),
* silicon spray and
* some bearing grease called ‘motorex’,
but with all of them the rails stick quite much and don’t slide as easily as I’d hope.
Can someone reco... | [
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10,234 | I just updated my Maker Select Plus from the stock (I believe RepRap-based) firmware to Advi3pp, which is Marlin based. The printer starts up and everything seems okay, but I haven't actually tried a print yet and there was a message during the upgrade about deleting incompatible settings.
What do I need to do to rec... | [
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10,236 | How can I print an embossed image in a concaved shape?
Like a big saucer. I will use this an a mold for a project.
So far I've found lots of software with huge spread of features. It's sort of overwhelming. There is lots of ways to create images into 3D printable objects but to add the extra step and concaving that i... | [
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10,238 | I am searching for a Linux software to control the 3000 mW laser engraver depicted below. It's a common model you'd find on AliExpress, Banggood, etc. under different brand names.
I have already tried [nejePrint](https://github.com/AxelTB/nejePrint), [LaserWeb](https://github.com/LaserWeb/LaserWeb4/wiki), and [EzGrave... | [
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10,248 | I thought I have already had and fixed every problem one could possibly have with a 3D printer. Guess I was wrong.
I haven't used my Creality CR-10 for a few weeks, everything was working the last time I tried. Today I wanted to print something minor and the printer just randomly paused a few times in the middle of th... | [
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10,250 | Recently on one of her videos a YouTuber stated that prints from large format printers are more brittle than if you were to print them in parts and glue them together. This seems to contradict the testimonials from the customers of a large format printer, who say that they get good prints from those printers (which pri... | [
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10,259 | I want to print a flowerpots, for advanced watering system.
Plants are going to be eaten.
What is the most suitable material, when we consider the fact, that we do not want to just make forms and do clay flowerpots(which may seem most healthier), but having them directly printed.
What are the temperatures that makes... | [
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10,264 | I'd like some advice regarding defects on my print :
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5x4u2.jpg)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3CgUe.jpg)
Here some details :
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10,268 | In Ultimaker Cura, is there a setting to slow down just the first layer (or two layers) covering over the infill?
I'm not talking about the top layers, since you may have infill covered over during a lower section of the print. And I'm not talking about bridging, since this isn't a true bridge, and quick testing show... | [
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10,271 | I am working with Ender 3 Pro and in menu it has an option to cooldown. Is there any need to cooldown 3D printer before shutdown or can I just shutdown without cooldown? | [
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10,272 | A fillet is like a rounded corner but on the inside of the corner.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XDTnd.png)
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10,276 | The print is very solid except for the 4 walls.
From the top, I can slide a paper down to the bottom. This is ONLY between the walls, the rest of the print is solid. The filament is PLA 1.75 mm.
But the bottom is solid, no gaps.
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10,288 | We've been doing some printing with PETG filament on Ender 3 Pro printer and the result were awful:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1k0ej.jpg)
Here are settings we used:
* Extruder: 240 °C
* Bed: ~70 °C (± 10 °C)
* Speed: 80 mm/sec
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10,298 | When printing objects higher than approximately 8-10 cm, sometimes nozzle hits the printed model and knocks over it. After 7-8 hours of printing that's really annoying. I'm using Creality Ender 3 Pro with Ultimaker Cura. How can I avoid this problem?
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10,303 | I've recently bought myself a preassembled Prusa i3 MK3S printed and made my first projects. One of them was making a cup with my name on it. I want to use it to drink tea, water etc. I know, however, that I need to chose my filament wisely, as using the wrong one might be unsafe. I know that PLA for example is Polylac... | [
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10,310 | In regards to a part that I'm having printed remotely (by two processes:- stereolithography and laser sintering), I've been advised by the 3d printing company that 'the triangulation of the file is rather rough'.
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10,314 | [This video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIkT8asT90A) brought to my attention the 8 mm lead of the Ender 3's Z axis screw, which seems like an exceedingly bad choice from a standpoint of accuracy with respect to common grid alignments in the Z direction. In particular, with the stepper having 200 full steps per rot... | [
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10,317 | I am printing a small cylinder, but when the object is finished, it's smaller than the measures I used when create the model.
I used thincerkad to make a simple model, the measures are:
* width: 90 mm
* height: 2 mm
After the print was done, the actual dimensions were:
* width: 70 mm
* height: 2 mm
### Pictures
F... | [
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10,322 | Getting slanted or leaning prints when printing multiple parts.
I checked the eccentric nuts and belts aren't rubbing anything. All works well when printing a single part. But multiple parts:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4BUR.jpg)
What am I mis... | [
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10,327 | I've seen several questions about dyes in regards to food-safety, with no conclusive answers, as well as anecdotes on the RepRap wiki about how the mechanical properties of dyed PLA tend to vary by color. The general unsatisfactory answer is that dyes and additives used are proprietary secrets of filament manufacturers... | [
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10,328 | I feel like I’ve tried everything. I’ve had an Ender 3 for seven months now printing in PLA.
I’ve modded it plenty including BLTouch. I’m now doing a project that really requires ABS so I have the white hatch box ABS. It wasn’t sticking at first but I got that well under control with glue tape and proper leveling wit... | [
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10,331 | I'm not talking about making something that's outright disproportionate of course. I've been working in Bjoyder and I've use Absolute grid Snap to snap my vertices to the grid. The problem is that it (didn't seem) to always work perfectly for centimeters, and seemed to work better for meters.
(edit: I've learned what ... | [
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10,334 | Does anyone use "space saver" style vacuum storage bags to keep fillament dry? I picked up some Ziploc space bags, but they are larger than ideal. Would probably fit 2.5 spools. I would love a smaller version just big enough for one spool. | [
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10,339 | Does anyone have tips on improving build plate adhesion in DLP printers? I've heard a thin layer of resin or UV glue applied to the plate will help, but we're not sure if we leave the resin/glue wet, or cure it before we start the print. Apologies for the ignorance here, but I'm just trying to avoid gluing my build pla... | [
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10,345 | I just installed my (v3) BLTouch with a vanilla version of Marlin (1.1.9) on my Ender 3 and everything seems to work fine (including auto home) except the probing. It repeatedly does the first three probes (successfully) but then tries the fourth and fails. Even when disabling the axis movement (X/Y stepper motors) the... | [
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10,346 | Note: The "TL smoothers" referred to in the question title are an arrangement of 8 diodes that presumably both provide a voltage drop to address the minimum current output issue of some stepper drivers described in [How Accurate Is Microstepping Really](https://hackaday.com/2016/08/29/how-accurate-is-microstepping-real... | [
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10,347 | I am using a new Prusa i3 MK3S 3D printer kit. I print lots of things using PLA and PETG.
After a week of great performance I noticed that when printing some objects with PETG filament I often encountered a problem when there's **intense stringing, infill gaps, artifacts, the object sometimes detaches from the plate.... | [
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10,349 | I've always been wondering about the actual accuracy of 3D printing devices. When looking for the perfect machine to buy, I looked at the speed, price, filaments supported etc, but also accuracy. I once asked somebody who could give me some advice on what to look at.
One of the things I was told about was that many p... | [
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10,360 | To minimize retractions and travel when printing several objects, some slicers produce gcode for sequential deposition when each object is built in a traditional manner bottom up layer by layer before starting a new object. Of course, there are limitations caused by the hotend geometry [![from simplify 3d website](http... | [
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10,369 | In 3D printing firmware and slicers, jerk settings are expressed in units if mm/s. This is contrary the physical definition of jerk, which is in units of mm/s³, being the second derivative of speed with respect to time (or the third derivative of position). What is the reason for this discrepancy and how does one inter... | [
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10,371 | I've recently purchased a Makerbot Replicator Dual clone made by CTC. I'm in the process of upgrading/adding a few parts to it, but noticed that I can't control or print via USB.
The machine prints perfectly from an SD card and I can see information in the terminal from the printer via USB in RepG and through OctoPrin... | [
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10,375 | ABS is a very strong material, but it also has some downsides. One of them, which is the necessity of having a printer with enclosure, completely discouraged me from using it, as it would be a waste of money. This is quite sad, because I cannot make prints that will be able to withstand a large load of tension without ... | [
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10,384 | My anet A8 stepper drivers get very hot after some time printing, so I decided to install a 5V fan to cool them down. I had the idea to get a 12V to 5V regulator to connect a 5V fan, but then i found this image:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ryeyj.jpg)
(source: ... | [
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10,390 | I've done calibration test with "Concentric circle test" (<https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11895>) and at specific points there are little bumped points on the print. Also Thingiverse page of the test mentions about these.
How can I solve this problem?
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10,407 | I've never used a printer with auto bed leveling, but my understanding is that most or all of them don't actually level anything, but rather compensate for the unlevel bed in firmware by transforming the coordinates. It seems to me this would necessarily introduce aliasing artifacts in all your prints by making it so t... | [
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10,410 | How should I describe this part which looks like a small gear so that I can research replacements?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/51BdD.jpg)
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10,417 | My Ender 3, and I think lots of printers, have 4 bed leveling adjusstments, one at each corner. It seems to me that having 4 points produces an over-determined system, making it confusing to get the leveling right - adjusting one of the four may have little or no effect, but then cause a later adjustment elsewhere to h... | [
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"text": "Similar reasoning as for question [*\"3 vs 4 bearings for y axis travel\"*](/q/10231)\" holds. If you introduce a fo... | 2019/06/28 | [
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10,426 | I have issues with this overhang:
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7dMhQ.jpg "Damaged overhang")
The whole part always breaks in this overhang during the print.
I tried to increase the count of wall lines and decrease printing speed, but none of ... | [
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"text": "As @r-ahlskog pointed out, it was due to the top layers count being too low. Adding some, now it looks perfect:\n... | 2019/06/29 | [
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10,427 | I've seen conflicting advice on the correct printing temperature for Microcenter's house-brand Inland PLA+, particularly after a supplier change announced in April 2018.
There's an [official post from Microcenter](https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/89grfm/psa_on_our_micro_center_inland_filament/), where they... | [
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"text": "A portion of information missing from the manufacturer's specifications and in the question is the print speed. Y... | 2019/06/29 | [
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10,432 | I just set up a refurbished [MP Select Mini V2](https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=29417) and tried to print the test file included by the manufacturer, `cat.gcode`, from the included SD card. I printed in PLA (I think; the unlabeled sample included with the printer) at the default extruder temperature, 190 °C. The... | [
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"text": "Your trouble lies within the presliced G-code: the temperatures are rather low for PLA and upping both by 10 degrees ... | 2019/06/30 | [
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10,437 | I'm new to 3D printing. I modeled an empty bird in Bjoyder (the stl file of model is presented). I tested the model in Bjoyder (using 3D printing tool) and also the Netfabb software. They don't show any error. However, when I load this model in Ultimaker Cura for printing, as shown in the last image, the result is only... | [
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"text": "Slicers don't do well with \"empty\" (hollow) bodies, or bodies with secret holes in it. You need to supply a filled... | 2019/06/30 | [
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10,439 | I'm printing part for a chess board from a set on Thingiverse, expanded a little to 50 mm square.
After the 3rd layer, I'm seeing what looks like raised ripples, and you can feel them with a finger too. I didn't see this when printing just 4 pieces earlier.
PLA at ~200 °C, bed is PEX/flex steel/magnet/AL.
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"text": "It looks like over-extrusion. When layers are printed with 100% infill, excess material has nowhere to go and these c... | 2019/06/30 | [
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10,459 | I've upgraded my stepper drivers.
I'm looking to understand why my stepper motors made noise in the first place. | [
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"text": "To make a stepper perform a step, block signals are send to energize the coils to position the rotor. Such a block s... | 2019/07/02 | [
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10,477 | Developing an electronic product for which I'll need an enclosure. It's about 50x30x20mm and should survive higher temperatures (50-60 degrees). Because of the low volume (under 500 required per year), I'd like to go for an enclosure option that doesn't require a huge upfront cost. So ended up at 3d printing. As the pr... | [
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"text": "ABS should be able to handle the the temperatures you describe. ABS will have a similar finish to PLA when... | 2019/07/03 | [
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10,483 | When I am trying to print something on my home made 3D printer, I can print the first and second layer, then the Bowden extruder's gear starts slipping; it cannot push the filament anymore,the gear is turning but slipping; the filament cannot go forward.
I tried all configurations of the tightening screw of the spring... | [
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"text": "The PLA isn't advancing as fast as the gcode requires. Since you've already tried higher temperatures, try printing a... | 2019/07/04 | [
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10,486 | I am a 3D printing beginner but wanted to get stuck in straight away and design my own 3D objects. I used Sketchup to design a badge of one of my logos. I make sure that all faces of my object are not inside out and show a white face in Sketchup. I also make my entire object a component before exporting into a .stl fil... | [
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"text": "Note: This answer is curently wrong because I mentally reversed your \"with raft\" and \"wit... | 2019/07/04 | [
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