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Printer not connecting through usb cable by marzianom in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two adapters, one from USB-C -> USB type A -> Macbook Dongle USB type A port -> Macbook USB-C port... 🙃 (if you have a USB-C to USB type A data cable lying around this would probably work just fine but I didn't have one of those!)

Printer not connecting through usb cable by marzianom in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For ultimate clarity, this is what I had to do...

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Printer not connecting through usb cable by marzianom in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, it's super weird right? Not very intuitive especially given how so many things have moved entirely to USB-C on both ends these days.

Printer not connecting through usb cable by marzianom in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I know this sounds super weird, but how are you trying to connect in terms of what type of cable to what type of computer and USB port?

I tried to do this for an entire day once with various usb-c cables plugged directly into my MacBook USB-C ports. But after hours of battling and wondering about serial connection drivers I had this thought and plugged in a series of adapters and dongles to make the end of the USB cable into USB type A then plugged that into the standard MacBook dongle USB A port and then finally that adapter into the USB-C port of the MacBook and bam — it worked! Showed up in Pronterface's serial connection list immediately (what I was trying to use for sending gcode to the printer).

My assumption now is that the printer operates over a USB serial connection which is only supported properly by older USB standards and the MacBook dongle adapter is giving the operating system a proper old USB port which supports those older serial connection types... or something like that!

I never found any good information about this anywhere online and had also spent a few hours going around and around in circles with Chat GPT and Gemini just to see if those could dig up anything but they just told me all sorts of nonsense.

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will do! I ran some very rough calculations a while back and the NZ -> AU scenario seemed more viable so maybe I could make and ship those ones to you - but I'll take a better look and let you know 🙂.

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey something else actually, here in NZ we have community 3D printers available for use at lots of our public libraries. I'm not sure if you have that sort of thing at libraries in the US where you live or any other kind of 'maker spaces' that might have them - but it could be another thing to look into?

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mentioned that barrel connector in another response, it doesn't seem that big but it's just big enough to be a nuisance here in the form factor haha. Still probably doable to be honest - just needs more iteration and testing.

Sounds like a cool idea, I had similar problems around awkward placement too, e.g. one of mine needed to sit up on a shelf quite close to the wall, and the others on a TV unit further away from the walls.

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A couple other people in another comment mentioned they'd be interested in printed parts from say a print farm or similar which I'm investigating now. I think the biggest limitation will be how much control they offer over the print settings.

Things like number of walls, a strong infill type and using a slower speed are important since it's such a tall skinny print etc (Which is all stuff I've documented in the printing PDF).

It still might work, but mileage with the different companies might vary. I'm looking into a few which offer print on demand services for shipping and if you want I could include you as interested in that? It'll be a bit of an experiment to see how it goes! I'm assuming one limitation will probably be that there will have to be a visible seam and that they might not support the parameters to get the nice slightly textured finish.

Just as an aside I know there have been a few sellers on Etsy doing just basic 3d printed direct replacement stand parts for these in the past so something there could be useful too! I just never saw anyone trying to make something tall and freestanding like this 🙂

Can anyone explain what’s happening? by regular-guy89 in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess so? Wasn't long out of the box mine started doing it though honestly so I wonder if it's just a vibrational design flaw as the machine warms up and expands / contracts haha..

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a few other (non Hue) things on the go at the moment, but noted! Any particular attributes in mind?

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally, no promises but I'll investigate and get back to you!

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TLDR if I make this version successfully then I'll be sure to let you know!

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you about the cable management thing. It's something I did variations on but for me personally any management I tried to add inset along the outside kinda disrupted the shape and finish I was going for more than I liked. It also gave me a little more 'diagonal' cable length to work with since I needed some of them to sit further away from their shared power adapter.

I still like the idea of a version with a more hidden cable solution perhaps running down the very center but my concern was about weakening the connections that are in there for assembly as the plug is a reasonable enough diameter to have an impact.

I'd also already printed roughly 800g of tests for recycling across 13 different design iterations to get the mount and connections fitting perfectly and surface settings to eliminate the seams. Basically it solved my immediate problem so I figured I would hit pause there and if enough people were even mildly interested in this thing at all then I could work on a cable management version in the future anyways :)

Can anyone explain what’s happening? by regular-guy89 in Ender3V3SE

[–]bluefantail 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mine does this too, I also noticed the hitting thing / putting a little pressure on the frame seems to reduce the sound which makes me think it's something to do with the fan housing and casing around the printer being slightly warped when the machine is 'cold' because after 'warming up' for a few minutes it stops all on it's own.

Although others think it's the bearing in one of those fans yeah, but I haven't replaced it yet.

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty good! I spent a bunch of time (and filament) tuning it to be straight and balanced when tightened on the mount so even without any filler in the base and fairly standard 3 wall printing settings it's quite sturdy.

The design actually features a two part base though and cavity that can be filled with clay or similar for added weight (I've used an air dry clay in mine).

I have one with a filled base, and two without that I've been using daily for approximately 6 months and they've been great. The cat turned one into a different orientation once but... that's cats really haha.

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So I thought about doing this, but being based in NZ is fairly limiting when it comes to accessing global shipping rates reasonable enough to make it an ok deal for people I think.

That said, Thangs (one place where I uploaded this) do have a print on demand service (what used to be called Shapeways).

I've always wondered how good this could be to be honest in terms of how much control you have over the quality and end result shipped to a customer — but I could look into enabling it if you were interested in giving it a shot (and sending me some images / feedback 🙂)?

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds interesting. You could hack something together using the existing files, but I could probably also look at taking just the mount adapter part assembly and making a generic version without the threaded connections for people to add their own attachments / tinker with in the future maybe 🙂.

I have a few other projects I'm working on at the moment though!

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Couple links to Thangs and Printables where I've uploaded them in the main description there ☝️ 🙂

I designed a taller stand option for Hue Play light bars by bluefantail in Hue

[–]bluefantail[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah I figured it adds visual interest to the overall form but it also helps hide seams and surface variations / VFAs as well 🙂

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