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14,919 | I bought a set of 5 [stepper motors](https://a.aliexpress.com/_mL7Tt7b) from Trianglelab's official Aliexpress shop.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZDW8.jpg)
Only one of these motors was given any kind of protective bubble wrap for shipping. The conte... | [
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14,926 | This question is related to:
[How to set Z-probe boundary limits in firmware when using automatic bed leveling?](https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/questions/8153/how-to-set-z-probe-boundary-limits-in-firmware-when-using-automatic-bed-leveling)
I am trying to figure out how to set UBL In Marlin to cover as much bed ... | [
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"text": "`PROBING_MARGIN` and `MESH_INSET` make the effective probing area smaller, so if you want to have more area, you sho... | 2020/12/02 | [
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14,935 | For the purpose of cleaning, I need an aggressive solvent for cured or partially cured resin that will degrade resin down to its liquid state. I'm looking for one that would eat out specifically resin (I'm using regular Anycubic green resin) in a rapid fashion but would leave painted / metallic parts and screen of my 3... | [
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"text": "**Wear Gloves.**\n================\n\n### Returning is impossible\n\nResin does not just *harden*, [it **polymerizes... | 2020/12/04 | [
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14,952 | I am making a bed for my 3D printer. I have bought a silicon heater (31x31 cm) and I want to glue it to my custom aluminum bed. The tape that it had from factory was bad, so I removed it. I want to glue it to the aluminum and I don't know what type of adhesive to use, I was thinking gasket glue with silicon, but I thin... | [
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"text": "Heat Transfer PAste will not work as a gluing agent. What you need is a high-temperature glue that bonds Aluminium an... | 2020/12/06 | [
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14,958 | Normally, I'm all fine with my printer and filament. But today I changed the filament for another brand and no matter what, it sticks to the nozzle so nothing comes to the bed and soon my nozzle is full of PLA... I use a sheet of paper for printer to level the bed at 0.1 mm. While leveling, I get the nozzle close enoug... | [
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"text": "I believe the problem is not so much that the filament is sticking to the nozzle; it's that the filament is not s... | 2020/12/06 | [
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14,969 | I was looking at purchasing the Creality CR-X or another similar dual extruder (note, NOT dual nozzle) printer. I know it was designed to print two colors of the same filament, but is it able to print two different filaments?
I would be printing HIPS with ABS or PVA with PLA, so the two filaments would have very simil... | [
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"text": "I believe the problem is not so much that the filament is sticking to the nozzle; it's that the filament is not s... | 2020/12/07 | [
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14,976 | So I've designed a few components in Fusion 360, but I'm kinda new to CAD. I did the tutorials AutoDesk have on YouTube, modelled an Arduino enclosure, a shampoo bottle, a lamp shade, etc. but what I'm doing now isn't as straightforward...
Before I used to create solids, but what I'm doing right now is essentially a f... | [
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"text": "Ok, let's go down the main two ways to a part, and in practice you usually use both to design for 3D printing. Only ... | 2020/12/08 | [
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14,977 | The art in question is <https://www.instagram.com/p/CIfsO2ZD7Rj/> . I Think the concept artist, Jean Giraud, is dead. | [
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14,986 | Why does the Ender 3 only have 3 limit switches instead of 6?
How does it handle crashes on other sides?
Is it worth adding them with a new mainboard? | [
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14,996 | Recently I started looking on pressure advance and how it works and I'm a bit confused about where it is usually implemented.
My Idea of 3D printer was that its firmware is fairly dumb and only replays GCode, not knowing anything about the object being printed, material used, or even the printer itself.
But with pres... | [
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"text": "> \n> In addition the E axis is no longer controlled directly by the GCode, but it's motion is almost indepe... | 2020/12/09 | [
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14,999 | Is there any research into use of thermoelectric cooler along with part cooling fan to get quicker cooling without strong air currents that apply pressure to the still-soft material? I experimented with custom fan ducts in the past trying to get better cooling and avoid warping for printing thin layers of PLA at high s... | [
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"text": "It is true that if you try to do bridges with a very hot filament the cooling air will deform or push away the hot fi... | 2020/12/09 | [
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15,016 | I would like to log each line of G-code to the serial port as it is processed.
**Steps to achieve**:
* the printer reads a file from the SD card
* each line it reads will be serial logged (this I can't figure out)
* those lines can then read via the serial monitor on a laptop
So by the end of the print, on my laptop... | [
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"text": "If you have the hardware at hand, you can use OctoPrint to collect the data you require. It's common for users to... | 2020/12/11 | [
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15,022 | So I'm making my friend a Monado sword replica and I've printed the handle in 2 pieces as to fill it with electronics and then superglue the 2 halves together.
I seem to have put too much on and it's leaked out and spread as shown in the picture..
Does anyone know how to get the dried glue off?
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"text": "I've used Acetone before. However that said I've not had the need to remove it from PLA. Not sure how PLA reacts ... | 2020/12/12 | [
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15,023 | I have a problem most likely very similar to some reported by other users: extruder stepper is visually skipping a step from time to time. It rapidly rotates in the direction opposite to the one it is supposed to rotate.
I noticed the following:
* The extruder stepper jumps totally randomly - there is nothing specifi... | [
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15,034 | I am new to 3D printing and just purchased an Ender 3 V2 about two weeks ago. Since I've got it, I've been having trouble leveling the bed. I've tried watching videos, but they don't say how much friction on the paper is good or bad. I have even tried foil, playing cards, and a business card but still can't tell if it'... | [
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"text": "Don't worry too much about it. If you print with a first layer height of 0.3mm, bed levelling only needs to be approx... | 2020/12/13 | [
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15,051 | I'm trying to print [a gear for a robovac deal](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4461654).
The issue I'm having is with gaps between the walls of the top part of the gear. It needs to have the corners filled to provide stability or else the tabs easily snap. I've tried adjusting the nozzle size, line width, filter ga... | [
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"text": "The problem isn't Cura, rather its the precision of the 3D model. If parts of the model is smaller than the ... | 2020/12/16 | [
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15,054 | Before I start, I'll give you my setup:
* Ender 3 Pro
* Marlin 2.0.7.2
* Material/Nozzle: PETG 0.4 mm @ 215 °C
* Bed: Glass @ 80 °C
* Default printing speed: 70 mm/s
* Standard part cooling fan
Since I've updated the Marlin FW on from factory default to 2.0.7.2, my printer stops printing and gives out an thermal runa... | [
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15,066 | While printing a [paint rack from thingiverse](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3932302) I keep getting jams. Other prints (shorter) work fine. Can anyone give me a clue?
Here's a [video of the printer](https://photos.app.goo.gl/PQuJwqNdYWSMTiwm6)
I thought it was heat creep so I increased the speed and decreased th... | [
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"text": "When I started printing ABS with my Prusa i3 MK3 MMU2+ printer, I started experiencing jams on some longer prints, whi... | 2020/12/20 | [
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15,077 | Odd question for everyone, hope it has a distinct answer. I'm often printing bone models derived from CT scans (I work in a hospital) and they often have something on the order of 5 million faces +/-. Now, I know from experience that I can decimate them down to 10-20 % of the original faces and they still pretty much l... | [
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15,079 | I recently upgraded my Creality Ender 5 with an SKR Mini E3 V2.0 running Marlin 2.0.7.2. The printer has also been modified with an all-metal hotend and a direct drive conversion kit that uses the extruder stepper motor. In test prints of the XYZ calibration cube, I have found that the edges of the cube are rounded ove... | [
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15,084 | I am planning to upgrade my printer with a second extruder. Since my printer is a Tronxy X8 it's frame is not exactly vibration resistant, so I'd like to keep the print head weight down. At the same time I really don't want a Bowden setup.
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15,095 | High temperature PTFE tape is rated up to 550°F, which is 288°C. I'm wondering if it would be useful for components on the hot end to prevent oozing. Has anyone tried it? | [
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15,104 | I'm getting weak prints on Ender 3 Pro with Cura after Cura upgrade.
Prints on my Ender 3 Pro have been good until I was forced to update Cura due to having to update the OS on my laptop. Now my prints are weak even after using Infill 50 % from 20 %.
Upgraded to Cura 4.8.0.
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15,127 | I haven't ran into the issue yet, but I am sort of expecting it to here soon towards the end of my print. Actually, I am not even sure if it should be something that I should be worried about or not.
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15,130 | In OpenSCAD, I am trying to make a linear\_extrude on a shape imported from an svg. The svg file contains multiple path. I would like to scale each path separately. I have tried the following code, but the whole import is considered a single shape resulting in the image below.
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15,131 | I am very new in the 3D printing scene.
After a lot of searching for my specific problem (and didn't find any answers, of course) I decided to reach out.
I bought a Creality Ender 3 Pro in November and after a few days of lovely prints
I decided to upgrade the printer with a glass bed and "Aluminum Dual Gear Pulley Du... | [
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15,136 | I assume SLA printing only works on Earth and upright.
But would fused-filament printer (e.g. Prosi Mk3) work in zero gravity? What about upside down or sideways? If not, could it be modified to work in other orientations? Have there been any demonstrations of it? | [
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15,159 | I have a Monoprice Maker Select Plus (Wanhao Duplicator i3 clone) and I'm having issued with the top layer of my prints. The bottom surface and the sides always come out perfect but my top layer is left with gaps in it. I have tried adjusting the print temperature, flow rate, print speed and layer height all with no su... | [
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"text": "This is probably caused by too few top layers in combination with a too low infill percentage. Increase skin layers ... | 2020/12/30 | [
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15,161 | I just got a new Ender3 version two for Christmas and was very excited to use it so I put it together and used the sample filament that came with the printer and everything worked okay for a bit.
That was until I switched something in the settings, or in Cura, or something happened, because the nozzle is too far away ... | [
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15,166 | I am building a toolchanger CoreXY 3D printer. I am in big trouble to find mic-6 aluminium toolplate in my country. Can you suggest me an alternative to mic-6? In my country, I can find easily 5083, 6082, 7005, etc. I don't think, that theese aluminium plates are suitable as heated bed. The design of the bed is the sam... | [
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15,169 | I have OctoPrint set up on a Raspberry Pi (OctoPi). I have loaded a number of G-code files to the SD card on the printer.
My question is: If I initiate a print from the SD card via OctoPrint, can I then turn off the RPi so I can use it for other things while the print continues? | [
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15,175 | I am a complete beginner so I apologise ahead for probably an obvious question. From what I understand up to now, slicer software basically takes a 3D model and turns it into instructions that say move your print head to this and this position and extrude up to this position and so forth. If that is correct then each s... | [
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15,180 | I keep having a recurring problem with my ender 3 pro. The bowden tube keeps popping off here (pictured)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hWvUQ.jpg)
I've read elsewhere online where people are having a similar problem, i.e. the ptfe tube is actually popp... | [
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15,218 | The image below I indicated where the point where the tip of my extruder returns after changing the layer height, I don't know if I am right to call this point "Start Point" ...
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The problem I am having is possi... | [
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15,228 | I was able to connect my terminal program (Putty) to my 3D Printer (Creality Ender 3 Pro) and was able to send G-code commands to my printer and it obeys.
Now suppose I sent long command like
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G29 ; auto bed leveling
```
and it is still executing. Printer writes me
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echo:busy: processing
```
How to interru... | [
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15,235 | I have two otherwise-identical machines (called "Lefty" and "Righty"), so I have a baseline to compare. I am running Manmil 2.0.7.2 on both machines. They are Creality CR-10 printers with BTT SKR e3 Mini v1.2 boards, with Manmil I compiled myself. Both machines are (as far as I know!) running the same exact firmware bi... | [
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15,247 | The Y-axis belt just broke on my Ender 3 v2. I believe that it was over tensioned from the factory. When I initially assembled the printer, I noticed that the Y-axis tensioner was tightened almost all the way. The belt itself felt very stiff. The X-axis belt, which I installed upon assembly, didn't require a lot of tig... | [
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15,258 | I am making a DIY 3D printer based on the Prosi mini. So, I doubt whether RAMPS can control only 4 stepper motors as it has slots for 5 stepper motor slots and one will not be used in my case. If I can, in what order should I connect the drivers and also how will Marlin figure out which slot the extruder is connected? ... | [
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15,263 | From my understanding, the power of heater must higher than heat dissipate to ambient air so the bed can heat up. The reason why a bed heats up too slowly is due to its heat capacity compared to heater power.
As the heater is a resistive load, I think we can put higher voltage to get more heating power.
The PCB heate... | [
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15,274 | I first want to say **thank you** for taking the time to read this. I've been trying to print out some parts for another project of mine. These parts use up around 70% of the bed so they are fairly large, unlike the smaller trinkets and things I normally print.
However, I have yet been able to print one of these large... | [
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15,281 | I'm struggling with bed adhesion for nylon on a glass bed (122 °C measured) in an enclosed chamber (45 °C near the front, likely more on top of the print bed). I used a glue stick to enhance adhesion, but after around 20 minutes the print comes off the bed.
I tried a [no-brand glue stick](https://www.123-3d.nl/123inkt... | [
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"text": "Not all glue sticks work! The working ingredient of a glue stick is [Polyvinylpyrrolidone](http://en.wikipedia.org/w... | 2021/01/11 | [
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15,303 | From what I've seen, you can take a typical extruder heater, apply the designated supply voltage without temperature control, and as long as the heater isn't contacting something with a flashpoint below the temperature the heater reaches, the heater will not catch on fire. Thus, unless one catches the filament on fire,... | [
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15,317 | Let's say, I want to print a box for putting game tokens in.
It is an empty cube, but the top layer is missing.
I do not need full walls. It could have holes in it resulting in a mesh structured wall, like a fence or a shopping cart.
What pattern should I use for the best object stability and print speed?
What progr... | [
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15,327 | I have a Creality Ender 3 that printed a spool of Sunlu PLA with no issues, so I bought a second to replace it, just in a different color.
The problem is I can’t get it to stick. The bed is level, I’ve tried printing at different temps, even adjusted the fan, but no luck. No matter what, the print still only partially... | [
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15,334 | I have an array with holes that I have to fill with different materials. My question is there is an easy way to fill them directly? I tried array, array draft and it is annoying to adjust them. In Blender, it easy to select the vertices and fill. Maybe it is a stupid question, but I am not really an expert.
[![enter i... | [
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15,340 | I am looking for a way to generate 2D horizontal templates for manually carving an object. My thought was to produce an STL of the model, generate the G-code, and then transform that into slices. Appreciate any suggestions for where to start. I'm not afraid of getting my hands dirty with python, R, matlab, whatever. | [
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15,350 | After watching every possible YouTube video on the subject and reading any source available, and although I'm a PhD and quite computer savvy, I still can't make my Anet A6 (no probe) behave in terms of Z offset. I upgraded to silicone bed buffers instead of the stock springs; now my bed is ~5 mm raised, and I don't kno... | [
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15,356 | I just bought an Ender 3 Max and from the start I knew something was wrong. I figured out the problem: it is with the first few millimeters of the Z axis movement.
I turn on my 3D printer, go to prepare, move axis, move Z, move 1 mm.
Then I tell the printer to move up 1 mm. But in reality it only moves up 0.3 mm. I t... | [
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15,361 | I've had an Ender 5 Plus for a few weeks now. It's printing great and I've got my tuning pretty good at the moment. I've noticed some horizontal inconsistencies matching feature/geometry changes. It seems to be associated with maybe layer time(?) I only have a picture from two models, but the problem will appear in oth... | [
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15,374 | My CR-10 S5 has a feature, that stops the print, when the filament runs out.
However, when the printer pauses, the bed cools down and the print plops if the bed. Is there a way to tell the printer to keep the bed heated, when paused (by the runout detector)? | [
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15,377 | After a long battle with SKR Mini v2, TFT35 and BLTouch and creating the right firmware. I thought I was through it all and ready to start printing again after finally being able to set the Z offset and auto level the bed. My printer has other thoughts. Now my bed temperature will only heat up to 10 °C below the set po... | [
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15,391 | I am looking to 3D print some small molds that will allow wood glue to dry but ***not*** stick.
Is there a recommended filament that is known to ***resist*** binding to simple wood glue?
Alternately, is there an inexpensive adhesive (like wood glue) I could use instead that will ***not*** stick to the 3D printed mold... | [
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15,392 | I've been dealing with 3D printing for 1.5 years, but now own a CR-6 SE myself since the beginning of 2021. Most things are already quite clear but for 2 days I have had a problem with the adhesion of the prints.
Nearly all prints I have done so far used the filament shipped with the printer (PLA 1.75) and they came o... | [
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15,395 | After a year of printing smaller models, I finally went to print something that would take up most of the build plate from left to right and realized that my nozzle cannot reach "true" X home.
As seen in this picture:
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15,417 | I am using PLA and I am looking for ideas on using the `Tune` option to tune my Prusa i3 MK3 to increase the speed to 300 %.
The 300 % speed works perfectly fine for some of the models.
However, for some of the flat surfaces, the printer cannot handle the speed. The issues are pointed in the image below:
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15,421 | I was printing an object and it started to drag so I stopped it.
Went to move the Z-axis up so I could clear the bed and Z-axis would not budge.
I switched the printer off and manually turned the motors to get the Z up.
Cleared the bed, switched on and homed the printer. When it came to home the Z, BLTouch deployed an... | [
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15,432 | I am looking at printing a fair amount of text, ideally using some custom fonts. I quite like [Stay Classy](https://pixelify.net/download/free-fonts/script-handwritten/stay-classy-font-free/) but will likely have to consider change if it causes issues.
I am a little stuck on where to start with using these in some too... | [
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15,439 | In the past we had printers with poor mechanics and with primitive software algorithms, therefore we used to print inner perimeters faster than the outermost one. See for example (generic, found online):
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DJeIV.jpg)
Howeve... | [
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15,444 | I need to print a rotor for a DC motor I'm designing. In the process of testing the behaviors of the motor performances, I would need a material that will not deform at a temperature range between 100 °C to 150 °C.
Since I don't have a 3D printer yet, I would like to know what would be the best choice for my need.
I w... | [
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15,447 | I just installed my BLTouch clone (Marlin 1.8) on my Anycubic i3 Mega Ultrabase and finding confusing information about the `Z_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER` or the `M851` command.
I understand `M851` command does the same as `Z_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER` in the Configuration.h. (see [marlin docs](https://marlinfw.org/d... | [
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15,456 | I have an Ender 5 with an auto bed leveling sensor (TRU-LEV 600).
It is working fine, however, as the sensor probes the bed, the nozzle and the bed cool down and are not staying heated as it is getting the points, even though they were heated up in the first place.
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15,457 | After seeing a question about FDM printing of temperature-resistant parts, high-temperature 2-part epoxy came to mind. Are there any (experimental or production) FDM extruders for laying viscous, fast-curing epoxy, mixing it at the last moment before extrusion? Or likewise other cured/resin materials, either 2-part or ... | [
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15,469 | I got this message from my Creality Ender 6 printer.
Now every time I want to print, or when it heats up, the printer gives me this message.
Can anyone please help with this?
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15,495 | I'm using Cura to slice prints from a biodegradable polyester called PCL ([Polycaprolactone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycaprolactone)).
I need to print @ ~70 °C but extruder does not run until nozzle reaches 175 °C.
Which setting to change so extruder will turn on when nozzle temperature has reached 70 °C?
He... | [
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15,498 | ***TL;DR** - Please help me rebuild my CR-6 SE so that I can move on*
---
Here's a link to the latest issue that I had to make proof of in a video: [CR6-SE failed](https://youtu.be/9vChL7Il_9Y)
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15,503 | I've just changed the motherboard on my Ender 3 Pro with a MKS GEN\_L v1.0 and flashed the latest Marlin version on it.
I've calibrated my bed manually using the default XY and Z auto home commands on OctoPrint and a piece of paper.
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15,519 | I've read a bunch of articles about getting better springs for my bed levelling screws so that I don't have to adjust it as often because standard springs vibrate loose as it prints.
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15,521 | What should I take care of to replace the nozzle of the hotend assembly the right way?
What kind of data, precautions, tools, steps, and verification are important for replacing the nozzle?
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15,550 | Apply / find / create a stainless steel coating to apply to a PETG or PLA part to make it react to a magnet.
My goal is to make a small tubular and conical shapes that can be painted with a stainless steel coating and will react with a magnet.
I know I can buy iron filled PLA but these rust which I want to avoid. **I... | [
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15,553 | I have a 3D printer built from generic, scrap parts.
It's controlled by a 2+ years old `MKS GEN L` board running Marlin version `1.1.x`.
I want to do a complete bed assembly replacement, including:
* Heated bed
* Thermistor
* Y-carriage
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15,554 | So, I'm pretty new to 3D Printing, and to quote Spock from *Wrath of Khan* I would say "He is intelligent, but not experienced". Now everything I have been reading about Z-offset seems to talk about a 0.2 mm gap and using a piece of paper.
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15,574 | Since I have lots of PETG, I ran tuning to 230 °C (average temp for my filaments).
What is it good for, in terms of temperature ranges?
For the same printer configuration, and just different filaments, will I need to run it again and again?
Let's assume that I'll be printing between 200 °C and 240 °C.
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15,577 | I manage four 3D Printers for my college's robotics team. They are used pretty constantly throughout the school year; that is, they are used more as manufacturing printers than hobbyist printers. The environment they are in is less than ideal: The outdoor climate is typically cold and has low humidity, and the room the... | [
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15,597 | Repetier-host has a setting to specify the "print area". That's roughly the size of the bed.
Note that the printer head can go out of those bounds, in my case my bed is very undersized compared to the printer frame, but this would also be an issue if you had clips or some obstacles in the bed.
Is there a similar sett... | [
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15,605 | I currently use a BLtouch 3.1, which is known to stop operating at about 35-40 °C. In fact, when I preheat the bed at 100 °C close to the probe, I sometimes get issues with the pin not retracting correctly.
I would like in the future to enclose and heat the printer chamber, therefore I need a probe capable of operatin... | [
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15,606 | I have PLA and PETG filament.
I hear that 3D filament absorbs water and causes problems when printing but after printing they can be used with water and they are water proof.
So my question is why is it different after printing/what has changed to make it now waterproof?
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15,616 | I'm having a "minor" stringing issue, where I'm only getting stringing in helpers/support and infill area.
Background: Calibrating printer with 1 roll of PLA. Still getting minimal stringing, but mainly, stringing in helpers/support and infill areas. Tried different temps, but didn't seem to affect this.
Suspect some... | [
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15,618 | I'm quite new to 3D-printing. I need to build a curved piece with a hole pattern and I was wondering whether it was possible to print such a hole pattern accurately, with such a thin (3 mm) thickness of the piece. In the past, when I tried printing thinner pieces with holes, the piece warped and holes were not printed ... | [
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15,619 | I've never built a 3D printer before, but I understand dynamical systems and control theory, and I imagine a lot of the distortion/inaccuracy that happens during the FDM process (especially at high speeds) is due to position inaccuracies because of inertia. For example, a heavy print head moving fast enough might overs... | [
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15,637 | I've put together a flashlight mount for a camera coldshoe in OpenSCAD. I originally modeled it in FreeCAD and it was easy to round the edges of the clamp with a fillet and that makes it a little easier to get the light in and out of the mount.
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15,667 | I have a Creality Ender 5 Pro which has been working properly for some time. During my last print, the axis motors just suddenly stopped working while the extruder motor continued to work properly.
In fact, when I connect the extruder motor wire to any of the axis motors, they respond correctly (mimicking the extruder... | [
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15,679 | I am starting a new company using 3D printers and doing an advertisement, and I want to use the word FabLab to describe the kinds of field that my company is in.
Can I be sued by using the word FabLab in an advertisement? Is it a trademark? I mean, I can find [this](https://www.ebay.fr/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m57... | [
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15,690 | Just as the title says. I feel like I have tried everything. I am compiling the firmware for Marlin on a Megatronics board from RepRap. That shouldn't be relevant, because I have validated that it is a firmware issue (and not a pin assignment/hardware issue).
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15,691 | I recently tried cleaning my CR-10S Pro heat bed with acetone and it made this white stain on it.
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15,697 | This is printing PETG extruding at 250 °C, 1st layer bed at 80 °C then 60 °C on other layers. Nozzle is 0.4 mm; printer is German Reprap X400. The all metal extruder is clean with no oozing. The print gets a blob when the wall width changes from 2 mm to 1 mm. The extruder squishes the blob out the sides of the wall wit... | [
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15,732 | For a school project, my teacher gave me a brand new Mungem 3D printer to create parts with. After one good job, the printer cannot get past the raft creation without air printing. The thickness of the printed filament tapers down until no filament is coming out. I do not believe there is a jam in the hot end because i... | [
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15,740 | I'm printing a lot of draft parts so I don't care if they fall apart in my fingers, I just need the shape. I can scroll to the Tune menu on my Ender 3 Pro console and set the speed to 200% and it doubles the speed. But when I set the Print Speed setting to 100 instead of 50 mm/s in Cura, it doesn't save much time, even... | [
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15,745 | I have had my Ender 3 v2 for just over two months and have had a blast working with it. I have printed some mods to personalize it.
One of the things that I have done to help mitigate the vibrational noise is to place my Ender 3 on a concrete paver that sits on top of 3 inches of upholstery foam. This has made a huge ... | [
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15,748 | I have an Ender 5 pro and upgraded from the magnetic bed to the glass version. I print with Prusament PLA on 65 °C bed temp and 220 °C extruder temp. I measured that the glass surface has ~58 °C in the center and ~56 °C on the corners. That should be in the specs of the spool which has a printed recommendation of 50 +-... | [
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15,757 | If someone creates a 3D model of a character for 3D printing can I import that model into Unreal engine or Unity 3D for use in a video game? Also is the inverse true? Can I get 3D model of Marua and send that to a 3D printer?
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15,771 | I have found a video about Invisalign. I saw a 3D printer in the video but I did not understand its type. Can you help me? Do you share a brief piece of information about its type?
Below is the video on YouTube. | [
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"text": "If you look at the video at 37 seconds, it appears to be SLA or DLP.\n\nFurther reading: <https://www.solidprint3d.co... | 2021/03/01 | [
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15,772 | This is my first 3D printer so I'm not entirely sure what could be the cause of this issue.
I recently got a SUNLU S8 3D printer and have been trying to print the first test file, however, the layers end up stringy (for lack of a better word -- if anyone knows whether this is called something else, I'd appreciate the ... | [
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"text": "If you look at the video at 37 seconds, it appears to be SLA or DLP.\n\nFurther reading: <https://www.solidprint3d.co... | 2021/03/01 | [
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15,776 | I printed this [Curvy vase](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4775702) from Thingiverse and it came out pretty well on my Chiron.
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AP0wQ.jpg "Curvy vase print")
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"text": "This [Cura support page](https://support.ultimaker.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012512340-Shell-settings) lists the o... | 2021/03/01 | [
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15,785 | I needed to know if typical UV curing resins, such as the ones from Anycubic, can withstand solar radiation over extended periods of time with little to no degradation. It has been quite difficult to find information about the subject online, so I'm wondering whether anyone here has experience here to share. | [
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"text": "Sunlight contains the full spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, including the wavelength to photoinitiate your resi... | 2021/03/03 | [
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15,796 | I decided to finally purchase an Ender 3 v2. It arrived today and after a few hours of making sure everything is straight, I tried to power it and do a test print...
I was disappointed to see that the screen stays black after more than 10 seconds from power on.
I did not insert any SD card in the printer or anything ... | [
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15,797 | I had the BLTouch (3.1) working with stock firmware on an Ender 3 v2 but wanted to get a 5x5 mesh instead of the 3x3 so I installed the TH3D firmware. With the stock firmware my Z-offset was -2.95 mm.
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"text": "I'm pretty sure something is wrong with the firmware I downloaded. I flashed the 3/5/21 version of Marlin firm... | 2021/03/05 | [
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15,799 | I made two updates to my Ender 3 Pro: Silent Mainboard and BLTouch. My printer head is way out of sync now. After I Auto Home, it moves along the X-axis to the left, hits the stop switch & moves back to the right. It does not move at all on the Z-axis and remains 3 - 4" above the bed during and after Auto Homing.
Here... | [
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"text": "Resolved : connected the white & black wires to the 5 pin output on the board. This solved the homing issue."
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15,803 | I have been using an Anycubic i3 Mega for about a month now and it worked fine. But when I designed a simple model in Fusion 360 and sliced it with Cura it started to have issues sticking to the bed. I thought the problem was the model so I tried to print a Benchy, but the same problem occurred. I readjusted the bed bu... | [
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"text": "The proper answer could be not related to Fusion, as you already noticed.\n\nI suppose the issue is that the Ul... | 2021/03/06 | [
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15,806 | Comparing trends show that 3D printing stepped over to another level around 2012~2013. Why?
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9tFj9.png)
[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/N488f.png) | [
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"text": "A great story on the history of 3D printing is published by [3DSOURCED](https://www.3dsourced.com/guides/history-of-3... | 2021/03/06 | [
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15,815 | I want to be able to run my Chiron during night-time, but my neighbours tries to sleep at that time of day. I have put a lot of effort into making the printer silent. The controller-fan and power-supply-fan now run slower and only when needed, I have put the printer on those [damper feet](https://www.thingiverse.com/th... | [
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"text": "Have you tried a concrete tile for garden with foam below it?\n\nCheck <https://www.cnckitchen.com/blog/reduce-your-3... | 2021/03/08 | [
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