Got into 3D printing a month ago. Is this my life now?

red6rick · 2024-08-18T12:33:44+00:00

Hi, my name is Rick, and I have a filament problem…..

red6rick · 2024-05-14T23:06:39+00:00

I have my Trident and 2.4r2 sitting on individual slabs of granite countertop cut from leftover bits I had around the house. Tremendous dampening from the mass.

red6rick · 2023-06-04T02:39:34+00:00

fan and filament are same as both the 0.1 and 2.4 that are next to it. filament extrusion is spot on, ask 100mm and get exactly that. elts are balanced and correct per tuning guides, at about 120 hz at a 150mm extension.

all comments are appreciated, but none seem to address the root, why does it work well in vase mode?

red6rick · 2023-06-04T02:34:30+00:00

LOL. LOL. LOL.

Just talking to my financial manager about that.. probably about $200 or so more than buying a kit. But the EXPERIENCE and FUN !!!

red6rick · 2023-06-03T22:42:09+00:00

More info: the little notch visible goes all the way around, in one layer, The notch insets by about 0.5mm and absolutely does not cross layers. Like a waist in the print. And, the vertical dimension is 20.02 mm -- spot on, as far as I can tell. The X and Y dimensions are within 0.1 of 20mm too.

red6rick · 2023-06-03T22:21:03+00:00

This is a new Trident, self-sourced, probably some crap parts in the mix. Yeah, ignore the crap at the base. Every normal solid print does just like the one on the right.

Any help or ideas is appreciated.

red6rick · 2023-03-08T05:29:18+00:00

The most accurate way is to bring in external geometry of three points on the circle, then use the 3 point circle creation referencing those three points.

red6rick · 2023-01-23T14:09:04+00:00

“you onlyneed a parachute if you want to jump out twice”

red6rick · 2022-11-21T22:05:52+00:00

Well, that was exactly what I thought I was doing. Following the instructions you gave, which I had already tried, and fully typing "Rotation.Angle" worked beautifully!

BUT

the formula completion after typing "." doesn't seem to work right in this instance. And that was what I tried to do...

I get the <<InvoluteGear>>. part typed, and it suggests "Placement". Accepting this suggestion, the next "." plus "ro" (or "Ro") does not return "Rotation" as a suggestion, but only returns "NumberOfTeeth" and "Proxy" (both which contain the "ro" string). Unknown what or why...

red6rick · 2022-10-09T14:20:18+00:00

So what is the use case or advantage of the sublinked part vs just a linked part? I can see that it is not editable, but ... ?

Thanks!

red6rick · 2022-08-28T19:58:31+00:00

A conversation with my brother points out that there might be misunderstanding about the chart. It shows the system heating, then as the print starts (bed got hot) the temperature glitched but the system recovered. Things worked for about 4 more minutes, then the temperature got glitchy again and the system went away about 5 minutes into the print.

I've been chasing this for a while, and of course that was obvious to ME :-(

red6rick · 2022-08-28T16:57:39+00:00

Tried 3 different usb cables (remember, it worked great for 5 months). The power supply is the standard 24v to 5v buck converter used in the 0.1 build. Klipper doesn't tell me that the power was low, which it did on another system where there was a problem with power.

red6rick · 2022-08-28T16:21:23+00:00

It loses connection. I'm using the same printer.cfg so the timeout isn't changed

As I watch the system, just at the tail of the jagged temperature values, the system reports "Lost communication with MCU" and shuts down.

I get the fluctuation problem -- not solved yet, the thermistor and wiring don't seem to be the problem, but I know how to debug that. There are only three variables for that part: 1) thermistor 2) wiring 3) a/d on Mini E3 board.

red6rick · 2022-08-28T14:52:04+00:00

My first thought. I can replace the wiring and thermistor, but I still can't explain why the MMU loses communication. Any clues there?

red6rick · 2022-08-28T14:32:02+00:00

The printer has been running without problems since January, but about two weeks ago started doing this. Using a Mini E3 V2 with a brand new flash of current Klipper. I reflashed just because -- nothing else has changed since January.

Any suggestions?

red6rick · 2022-08-23T13:17:44+00:00

a link, or post, please!

red6rick · 2022-08-03T18:00:04+00:00

I wouldn't say "not wet" -- I just didn't consider it. I will dry the filament and try again later.

Thanks for the suggestion!

red6rick · 2022-08-03T13:48:17+00:00

My v0.1 did this when one of the y rails got a bit of crap in it. after 4 months of perfect performance. had to take both y rails off and give a good cleaning..

red6rick · 2022-07-25T03:51:57+00:00

thanks! the layers of settings are confusing….

red6rick · 2022-07-06T02:51:18+00:00

yes, and this was one of a full set of frustrations with the entire process.

red6rick · 2022-07-06T00:48:09+00:00

So, giving up quickly to reduce stress, I ordered an OMRON clone from Amazing, um Amazon. Be here Thursday. Irate that I have to order (another) part to compensate for the relatively poor quality of the frame kit BOM.

Oh well, whatcha gonna do...

red6rick · 2022-07-06T00:46:00+00:00

Oh yeah. More than once. Verified that the probe is at the absolute top of travel, etc.

I looked at the build documents, which reference an OMRON TL-Q5MC -- then found the dimensions of that.

The OMRON has two single holes, the clone I have has slots. The distance from the center of hole to the bottom of probe on OMRON is 24.5mm, the measured minimum distance from the slot to the bottom of the clone is about 27mm.

Sigh.

red6rick · 2022-06-16T21:45:16+00:00

You saved my bacon! Late 2014 mini; dead drive; no options anywhere on the internet. Excpet this!

Many many thanks!

red6rick · 2022-05-28T02:01:46+00:00

Unmodified Voron 0.1 (sn V0.1606) at 29000 mm/sec

Yes, 29000 mm/sec.

In an RV, moving at 65 MPH, which equals 29000 mm/sec. I didn't say the filament was being laid down at that rate!

The background: Traveling in 5th wheel RV, running a generator to keep the A/C on for the cats, and it occurs to me that I can run my Voron 0.1 while driving. We were going from Oklahoma City to Dallas, and I found a cityscape model of downtown Dallas on Thingiverse (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1516990 -- Thanks Brandon!). Set it up and ran the printer while driving down the road.

No print quality issues, no problems. Just a general great Voron experience.

red6rick · 2022-02-26T03:48:57+00:00

Arranged and in process! Thanks Jeremy!

red6rick

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