Cracked the code on this filament!
After days of frustration, after frustration, and compounding errors… it seems I nailed the right settings for this CarbonX filament. To the point that this print is one of the highest quality prints I’ve ever done in any material. It’s … Continued
Fix one thing, Break two others
After the drama of having the nozzle clog on the printer a few days ago, and making a number of changes to address that… I found many of the changes had a direct and negative effect on the tolerances and … Continued
Bomb Cyclone and the Frozen Cam
The Rooftop webcam that I put up just about a year ago is getting one of its more impressive tests today. Denver is in the middle of a “Bomb Cyclone” blizzard and could plunge Denver into its lowest pressures ever. … Continued
Nozzle clog fun times!
I’ve been fortunate over the years to NEVER have had a nozzle clog on me… until shortly after the picture from yesterday’s post about the Carbon X prints starting. I looked over and saw the head moving mid air and … Continued
Printing with CarbonX, Linear motion parts are in.
Tweaking the filaments All weekend I worked on calibrating, testing, and building Simplify3D profiles for the new filaments I am working with. As in the last post, I had trouble getting the Hatchbox PETG to print as clean as I … Continued
Updated Blog Look
Since moving to WordPress I have been slowly but surely tweaking this page to be more functional. I am still not really happy with the theme but it’s becoming more and more usable over time. Tumblr: When I imported the … Continued
First batch of production parts is starting
After a full day of re-calibrating the printer, and trying to get this Hatcbox PETG to print consistently with a .3 nozzle, and .12 layer heights (it’s been a real headache, it seems much more touchy than eSun PETG I … Continued
Keeping things aligned
To mount the linear rails in a consistent fashion I printed a set of alignment blocks. They lock into the 2020 and 3060 rails for the MGN15 and MGN12 rails to ensure consistent centering. These are specially sized for milled … Continued
Nearing the end of testing
After a week or so of non stop printing (the printer has run from the time I wake up till I go to sleep for ~ 10 days now), I am finally rounding out the last test prints and tweaking. … Continued
Test parts adding up
So letting the printer do it’s thing for a few days and doing minor tweaks along the way. Turns out I was dang close on a number of parts and others were perfect. Still more parts to test print but … Continued
Test prints for the new parts
I’ve started printing test parts for the new printer. These are all being done in cheap eSUN PLA+ as to not use up my expensive CarbonX on testing. The first test prints were done with the printer in our garage … Continued
Designing a 3D printer
How I am designing a 3D printer with no actual skills to do so.