/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>812073
Holy fuck was I distracted while typing that cluster fuck out.

So I tried to make a pipe fitting in inventor to print just to see if i could, but it turns out that it really doesn't model threads at all, just puts lines on says it's x threads. Can anyone else speak from experience on modeling threads from whatever program?

>>812063
i placed an order, and then made a phone call cause they were trying to discontinue the teal color i ordered. they ran another batch of the color cause they got so many orders for it. the interaction went well so for being the only place i've ordered from. so i guess i'll stick with them

>>811538
not to be a whore, but if you check pushplastic on facebook, you can get 5% off. just fyi

Expires Friday, June 12, 2015

>>809837
>>809842
yeah, couple that weight with acrylic frame, doesn't give my any warm fuzzys. if it's your first printer, i'm not sure if i'd recommend a duel extruder

>>796675
yes

and from there we'll work on refining lists/crash course education on things such as extruders, plastic suppilers, maybe we can keep track of when slicers updates, whatever

>>796432
atm,
>>796132

>>796140
http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/prusa-8-i3v-kit-v-slot-extrusion.html/

it's just like any other i3 but different bearings and extruded aluminum for its support

as far as i know, it's the best kit all around.
$540
heated bed
8"x8"x8" volume
your choice of nozzle
the only soldering i needed was to put the wires on the endstops
all that's needed extra is a sheet of glass for the printbed and a power supply(it recommends a 12v 30a but i've had no problems with a old 300watt atx psu that's rated at a max 15a output on the 12v rail)

>>796132
damnit, that looks awesome but it doesn't include kits it looks like, atleast the i3v kit that i got which is $540, the same price as a pintrbot

whoever starts the next thread, be sure to include that

>>795662
with mircostepping motors, i think it becomes more a speed thing than an accuracy thing.

also I think thermal expansion from the plastic becomes more a concern than the printer accuracy limitations. For me, my printer appears to be dead on. i made a 0.5" cube with a .25" hole in it to test. the out side of the cube is dead on when i check with calipers, but the .25" hole through it is .005" undersized. I got this printing with cura so the hardware itself is capable, it just takes tweaks to the slicer software.

>>795664
innuo, my i3v never gave me all those problems you're having. A ramps board might be fixable if you have any experience with circuitry, but i would imagine that the ardunio board would still be detected by the computer if that was still any good.

>>794146
huh, my Y endstop is on the front of my printer instead of a back with a screw in the bed to hit it.

>>794099
post pics, cause i don't have the problem

>>794033
not that i can think of, but if were to do that, then i'd just rather have one Z motor. being a screw drive, torque sure isn't a problem. just have an equal distribution of force to each screw, but then you're just doing a printer redesign

>>794028
not on my i3. i just put a piece of tape on the of the screw rods so i have a visual indication if they become out of sync. nothing so far

>>793344
the steps should be something you set in the firmware rather than the slicer

>>793009
>>793015
can someone give a decent quick run down on hotends? i just have a .5mm jhead that came with my i3v and haven't had a single jam or any extruder issues from what i can tell

>>792945
kek

>$100k goal
>day 3
>over $650k
fucking people

also
>non-proprietary
>that whole ama
idk, this is funny and sad

>>792931
i agree. all they've said is the type of motors they are using. and from that, we know that this is going to be slow as fuck

>>792706
>>792859

i will say that this is the video that got me to even bother looking up who this guy even is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuvE8Cin1Cw

>>792843
i was getting some other shit yesterday and saw weed wacker line. it was all star or hexagon shaped. fuck

>>792758
i'm not sure about europe, but filament suppliers is probably something to add to the next OP post.
I've gotten mine from http://pushplastic.com/ for $30 a kg with free 3day shipping

i haven't had any feed issues yet, but neither of those i would expect to cause problems.

>>792608
yeah, don't like the quirkiness, but the actual printing isn't bad. also it's cool he's playing around with newer/exotic materials like that filament that's 80% bronze. That is a neat entry into metal printing with these desktop machines.

>>792600
(damnit, missed my reasoning)
after seeing some guy named barnacules have such success with it, even on parts that fit together, i gave it another try and and printing out a .25" hole comes out only .003-.005" undersized compared to the .015-.020" i was getting with slic3r.

he's an ultimaker brandwhore but if it works for for him, it should work for anyone else on most other printers as well
https://www.youtube.com/user/barnacules1

okay, after a little more testing, i'm now using cura as my main slicer. however the Cura GUI is shit and has no manual controls so i'm still using repetier-host as my main control program

>>792537
yeah, i'm sure there's still plenty of untapped Gcode that can be used. i remember cnc machines using g54, g55, etc, as work offsets. i was just thinking about this today and how the limit switches can be, well, used as limit switches, and then have multiple beds each with their own home offsets. You'd be able to have a print going on one bed as you clear and prep the other bed for printing again. however this probably won't happen being that we all know these machines aren't meant for mass production.