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Nylocke wrote:I'm starting on my latest project, back to the shop

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I'm making 5+ of these, so if anyone can guess what it is I'll ship one to them for free. Please only guess if you want one.

An all metal hotend?

Have you tried this with any flexible filament?

ccavanaugh wrote:Gen 2 spool holder...

It uses 2 of the 608 Bearings. 5/16" or 8mm threaded rod will work.

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Now that is what I'm talkin' about! Nice work!

I've only printed ABS, PLA, and PETG. I don't dare go above 235 on the stock hotend in case it should overshoot by a lot for some reason. I have a Corsair PSU so it can get it as hot as I need providing the firmware will let it. I have a Prometheus V2 hiding in the wings so I will upgrade at some po...

Welcome to the fun!

So what's wrong with the makerbot? It's nice to have a back-up printer if your primary printer is occupied or perhaps down.

I think I remember seeing a thread of someone connecting a Raspberry Pi to the Max and using it to connect wirelessly to his PC...

It's probably a good time to upgrade to Trick Laser Arms and get yourself a E3D v6 or Prometheus hotend. If you're going to be printing specialty filaments, you want a hotend that can handle the temps necessary. I'm surprised you are printing nylon with the stock hotend. Maybe I'm misinformed but I ...

It's too bad I'm on the other side of the country. I would help you for free (well maybe a beer or two) I didn't find calibration particularly difficult. If you're having problems, maybe it's a mechanical issue? Have you posted what you're having difficulty with, specifically?

Maybe design a round spool holder arm that spins freely? IMO, the SeeMeCNC arm works but just barely. There are many times when the spool will get hung up momentarily to then suddenly release, shaking the entire printer. Over time the spools wear groves into the arm as well exacerbating the problem...

This does look great. RE: ventilation. You could probably build the bottom of the enclosure just like a larger stock one - with a hole large enough to drop (gently!!! :) ) the whole thing right down through - allowing the base of the enclosure to line up with the top of the lower printer section. I...

On the V2 the hotend smokes the first couple of times you heat it up. It also smokes a bit sometimes when the filament extrudes out of the hotend.

It doesn't appear to have a heated bed so they are relying on a special coating and an enclosure to ensure that ABS will stick and not warp. I agree that I can't see how the business could survive at $179. Time will tell.

Spool holder complete... ugly, but should work just fine. Designed to laser cut or print. The arm is a lamination of two pieces which is the same approach as the SeeMe CNC arm. Should also be out of 1/4-20 t-nuts and screws about now. Non-alcoholic suggestions to un-ugly are welcome... Spool Holder...

Any concern about the power supply and the electronics heating up because there is no cool air entering the base when completely enclosed?

I thought about doing something like this but venting the base to the outside to keep the cool air moving through the base.

Any updates?

Thanks to help from Matter Hackers' Christopher Moore, MatterSlice is happily generating support material beautifully. The Key is the field next to the Support Type drop-down that is labeled "degrees" By default that number is Zero. So even if you check the "generate support material&...

Without seeing your .stl models its tough to say if this is the fix or not, but there is a checkbox in MatterControl for "Support Everywhere" If left unchecked this will only enable support to be generated when it can start from the bed. If checked it will allow support to be generated an...

Without seeing your .stl models its tough to say if this is the fix or not, but there is a checkbox in MatterControl for "Support Everywhere" If left unchecked this will only enable support to be generated when it can start from the bed. If checked it will allow support to be generated an...

You have a old version of Arduino (1.05). You should try at least version 1.06 or even the latest version which I believe is 1.6 or something like that. Hmm, I will try that when I get back home today. I've downloaded the 1.05 one because that's what was used in the assembly guide (wanted to follow...

You have a old version of Arduino (1.05). You should try at least version 1.06 or even the latest version which I believe is 1.6 or something like that.

As always with MatterControl: export your settings and send them together with the STL causing issues and a description of your woes to support@matterhackers.com. The guys are pretty red hot at replying. To help with the initial question, though, when I need support I find it works really well and ...

C'mon, someone must know the answer. I can't be the only one who uses MatterControl...

I have a question about something that has been driving me crazy. In the settings for MatterSlicer, you can check a box for Support material. My assumption was that if you checked that box, it would automatically create and print out support material for any overhang greater than 45 degrees (or what...

I have no idea why they uploaded it at 360p considering the camera the student was holding was hi-def. He was holding it by hand because some dork stole the tripod shoe...go figure. :) g. Maybe it was to hide the fact that the entire interview was shot out of focus :lol: I'm pretty sure that this i...

Congratulations and welcome aboard!

I too have learned a lot from this forum and continue to do so. It's a valuable resource!