Video of the 3D printed irrigation parts in use
From the post yesterday about “What do you 3d print?” here are the parts being used!
“So what do you 3D Print?”
The most common question I get when I talk about the 3D printer project I am wrapping up on and just the hobby in general is “So what do you 3D print anyway?” or “What are you actually printing with … Continued
IDEX Printing in action
Now that the printer construction is wrapping up, I am deep in to testing the scripts, calibrations, and such to enable dual extruder printing. With IDEX setups, (dual independent extruders) calibration is much more difficult than standard “shared” single X … Continued
Printer nearing its final form
It’s been a couple week or so since I posted about the 3D printer. This is due to other projects and work getting in the way. But also because work on the printer in general is tapering off as its … Continued
Dry box install on the 3D printer
Just a quick update on the 3D printer. I printed some of the last critical parts for the printer. In this case it was the spool holders that not only hold the filament spools but also mount the dryboxes to … Continued
Bitten by bad filament again…
So my struggles with the questionable filament I recieved by 3DXtech a while ago has gone to a new level. I have had a theory that the first spool I recieved (since their reps even told me the batch number … Continued
First prints with the new printer
After a flurry of changes, tweaks, repairs (yup), and final wiring of the right extruder… She lives. Below are the pics of the final wired extruders. Overall the printer is working awesome and better than I thought it would for … Continued
Big progress tonight – X carriages wired up
Tonight my Anet AM8 printer was running non stop, I was designing non stop, and building non stop. I was designing parts and pulling them straight from the printer as I went, rinse and repeat. The X Carriages (X and … Continued
Giving the heated bed some room to move
Physics and material science says that when you heat up a block of aluminum, it is going to expand. Now that expansion isnt a whole lot, but over a 330×330 plate going from room temp (20C) to 110C in a … Continued
Heated Bed is Hot!
While on vacation over the weekend I took advantage of an offer to use a drill press at my sister in laws work. (Which just so happens to be a military base, so its like I was using my own … Continued
Back printing, NylonX, and X Carriage wiring updates
Back Printing: Using the MatterHackers NylonX, which is a Nylon 12 based Carbon Fiber loaded filament. This is in contrast to the nondescript but rumored Nylon 6 used in CarbonX. Nylon 12 is a bit lower friction, smoother, and has … Continued
A little cut here, a little twist there, and we are back in business.
With a dremel, a big flat blade screwdriver, a little bit of force and the heat block, and the Titan Aero heatsink were free of the broken Titanium heat break. This leaves a small cut in the heatsink and in … Continued