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For some reason I didn't get the forum post notification, but thank you for replying back. I determined the same. Instead of repairing this old hot end though, I decided to just upgrade to an E3D v6. Once I took off the old hot end I noticed a few signs of wear and tear in a number of places and ...

Gene, I removed the power from the RAMBO to the thermistor and resistors. When I set my multimeter dial to 200 ohms, one of the resistors is reading 8.9 while the other is 9.0. I'm kind of a newbie when it comes to using the multimeter so let me know if I'm way off base here. Also, I turned the ...

Really appreciate your time Glen and I've seen your video, was actually just watching it. :) I think that's my easiest and most economical path at this point. And you're right. The connector is failing, and duct tape didn't work at all. I managed to get this printing for a bit, till the PFTE tube ...

Hey there. So, I've been printing face mask shields for the St Louis area to help healthcare workers during the coronavirus situation. It was all going well then one day the extruder would only reach about 154C with the bed at 55C. Not enough to print. The power supply was my first reaction after ...

Yup. Gonna have to print the cone shaped one. That seems ideal. I have 3 different brands of filament right now, all different types of spools. The cone design seems simple enough to work with everything. Thanks for sharing.

No prob Boundless happy to hear it works for others.

Very cool man, and thanks for the pics!!! So cool to see them installed. Glad you're digging them.

atoff wrote:Thanks for sharing it. I guess I'm lucky that I haven't had the time to print the other 2.

Yeah. I think v26 is fine as it is, but v27 should be a little bit better.

If anyone is interested, here's v27 of the Belt Tensioners. I basically added a bit of extra support material for the smaller bearing brackets, in hopes it will help prevent any warping/breaking under stress of the adjustment screws. Oh, and I'm a bit O.C., so there ya go. ;) rostock max v2 belt ...

I'm pretty late to the game here, but THANKS! I've been annoyed by that for quite some time.

Atoff, I thought PLA was more brittle but this is my first printer and I've ONLY printed in ABS so far. Admittedly a newbie. :) ABS is stronger, but PLA is pretty tough too for something like this, where it's a nice chunky piece of plastic. I printed a test print of the tensioner I was working on ...

I wanted to personally thank you for developing these and then sharing with us. Great job and I wanted you to know it is appreciated. Sharing is caring...or something like that. :) It's no problem at all. Since I'm new to this whole 3D printing thing, I feel this is a great way to start out. It's ...

If anyone wants to give it a try, here's the gcode that I'm using successfully. I gotta admit, I don't know if there's any risk in you guys trying this on your printers. I assume not though. I imagine if you load it into Repetier and it looks good...you're good right? You should notice that it has ...

Cool...I'm printing these now. The first one came out really nice! Just need to wait for the screws/nuts to turn up in the mail so I can try it out, but a quick test fit shows it should work out just fine:) Awesome. Hope it works out well for you. :) Atoff, I thought PLA was more brittle but this ...

Hmmm. If you guys can find what Curas minimum wall thickness is, I could make a version with slightly fatter walls. Or you could just try Slic3r?

Alternatively, would it help you if I posted the Gcode I used?

nitewatchman wrote:Printed one to try. I had 8-32 Socket Heads and used them.

V26 adjusts positively and easily. I LIKE IT!

Banging away on 2 more now.


nitewatchman

Awesome. Good to hear!

Ahhhh. Gotcha. Are you using Repetier? I assume so. When I click on the Slic3r button it takes a while and then I see the path visualization in Repetier which shows all the supports as though they will be printed. I read somewhere that Slic3r will not recognize anything smaller than .39mm. I have my ...

Bummer. What temp were you using for the nozzle and bed? I usually run it around 220C for the nozzle and 90-95C on the bed. My inclination is that you had it going too fast? The supports had a little stringing for me, but overall they printed great.

Yup. You might have to cut off an Allen wrench to be able to fit it but that should work fine.

Just a quick note guys, I was able to get all of the hardware from Lowe's EXCEPT the thumbscrews. After looking at the spade type thumbscrews, it MIGHT be better to use a knurled thumbscrew similar to this https://www.unicorpinc.com/images/WEB%20Thumbscrews-knurl-%20B.jpg. Really any thumbscrew ...

Version 26 is a winner? I'll let you all be the judge of that, but I do have it successfully installed and the acrylic cover fits! So, I'm attaching the STL files here. I'm using Slic3r for this with ABS obviously. It took about 2-3 hours to print, but I set my speed pretty low. Hardware you'll ...

Thanks man. It will happen. Version 25 printing now. Lol

Btw, what modeling software are you using? I have Cinema 4D, and Autocad on my Mac but have been looking into Inventor or Modo. I'm usually working on the creative side of things for my business (motion graphics, illustration, animation) but would like to find something more suitable for solid ...

I thought about cutting a notch too. Yours looks so much better.

I'm a little unsure about the little piece at the top too. Hoping it will have enough strength. I just looked and I'm actually up to version 24. Lol

Wow. Love the rendered version. :) And please don't think I've fizzled out just yet. I've been busy with non-exciting "real" work lately. I'm up to version 20...lol. I have one that is close...I think. (Seems like every time I say that however, I end up installing the tensioner and subsequently find ...