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I was getting really bad stringing and oozing issues, but then I found this post: https://www.matterhackers.com/articles/retraction-just-say-no-to-oozing Usually I think "but this won't apply for my printer, but it turns out Matterhackers sell the Rostock Max, and if you look at the pictures of...

New Prints! I threw out some basic calibration prints that seemed solid, and my extrusion is still under by about 5% but i'm willing to live with those tolerances. And for my troubles, a mask in time for halloween! [img]https://i.imgur.com/yXG3OiG.jpg[/img] This mask came out really great, the jet b...

Well, it looks like I missed step 35 when putting the printer together, which I swear wasn't in the guide when I put mine together. Step 35 is the difference between your boden tube being zip tied to your electronics, and it being inside of the mesh. That makes a lot of sense why my boden tube kept ...

3d printing is... kind of addicting. I finally had time to install the new nozzle. Pulling the ancient PLA I was using to test the rostock I found this: [img]https://i.imgur.com/EyIgH88.jpg[/img] Looks like I was at least half right when I questioned the seating and the nozzle. I cleaned out the hea...

Might be clogged again. If I bring the temp down to 190 the prints get absolutely terrible- just can't get the stuff through the nozzle to the point it looks like I'm trying to make a sponge.

I'll try picking up a new nozzle and see if there's any difference.

Yeah, still plenty of work to do. I wanted to test multiple variations of a print, and instead of printing them one at a time I did it layer by layer. Aside from the adhesion issue (I haven't added any glue to the plate for several prints, finally bit me on that one in the middle), there's clearly p...

Fixed the images, google drive is apparently fickle with its public sharing settings. Going to try imgur going forward. I managed to fix the clog by extensive cleaning of both the middle of the hotend apparatus and the nozzle itself. With that cleaned, and cranked heat, I get smooth, ~100mm per ~100...

Good point! I bumped the steps per MM based on the values I was getting out of the extruder motor side, but more tests just led to varying results (anywhere from 5mm shy of 100mm to 14mm(!!) shy), so I pulled the bowden tube to test the motor alone. Lo and behold this is what the filament looked lik...

Quick update on platformio- pretty sweet! I can ssh to my octopi and push firmware directly from there. If anyone's interested in details, I'm much more comfortable with CI/CD workflows than I am with 3D printing so I'd be happy to elaborate on how that is set up. The bad news is that no matter what...

So for the strings, my first concern was temperature, but dropping it from 210 to 190 showed no appreciable difference. I printed a benchy, and while I've cleaned most of the strings off, there are plenty of z axis jump loops, so I thought maybe the issue was overextrusion. I am using the stock conf...

Hi All, been a long time fan of delta printers and after my hacky cheapo prusa i3 finally was finally laid to rest, I saved up and bought myself a Rostock Max v3 kit. So far I'm extremely happy with the sturdiness of the machine, the engineering that went into it, and the prints themselves are prett...