Friday, September 26, 2014

More ABS on the 5th gen desktop

 This is a nice material. It warps a bit bit there are way around it. I am printing a bunch of yoda's for acetone vapour polish experiment. .15mm layers 15mm/s outline 33%infill at 240C

Special projects



Ceramic print from sculpteo



Very small full color plastic (beta) print from shapeways

https://www.shapeways.com/model/2583414/emil-color.html?li=aeTabs

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Glow in the dark PLA

 Expensive stuff from MBI - but sooo nice. Prints well and nice glow!
0.2mm layer at 30mm/s 110mm/s infill











Bronzefill adventures


 This guy is 40mm high
 polished and aged with "modern masters" green and blue ageing solution

 Polished with a steel brush rotary tool


 Rosetta probe body with dish and philae lander

 all that support is really not needed

solar panels in bronze got too thin

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Army green MB PLA

Nice stuff and easy to print with..
Standard 5th gen replicator settings work super...








Pink MB PLA

 Wii wheel for my daughter...




Nice stuff with good detail.  I think it degrades to black over time at 220C...

More Ninjaflex on the 5th gen

 Black Ninjaflex now finally stable
 Various layer heights - main issue was feed friction actually. Now at 210C overhangs and bridging works as well as retraction. The smart extruder is pretty ok for this material i think...





 This is a spool hanger and bearings i printed from thingiverse. Did wonders for stability. It seems NF and Woodfill has too much friction for the stock feed tube and drawer setup.







Setup that is current favorite :

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    ],
    "version":"3.0.0",

    "layerHeightMinimum": 0.12,
    "layerHeightMaximum": 0.27,

    "layerHeight": 0.20,
    "layerWidthMaximum": 0.4,
    "layerWidthMinimum": 0.4,
    "layerWidthRatio": 1.481481,
    "bedZOffset": 0,
    "startX": -110.4,
    "startY": -74.0,
    "startZ": 0,
    "defaultExtruder": 0,

    "rapidMoveFeedRateXY": 150,
    "rapidMoveFeedRateZ": 23,

    "minLayerDuration": 5.0,
    "minSpeedMultiplier": 0.3,

    "doDynamicSpeed": false,
    "dynamicSpeedCurvatureThreshold": 15,
    "dynamicSpeedDetectionWindow": 3.0,
    "dynamicSpeedSlowdownRatio": 0.3,
    "doDynamicSpeedGradually": true,
    "dynamicSpeedTransitionWindow": 6.0,
    "dynamicSpeedTransitionShape": 0.4,
    "doDynamicSpeedOutermostShell" : true,
    "doDynamicSpeedInteriorShells" : false,

    "doSplitLongMoves": true,
    "splitMinimumDistance": 0.4,

    "extruderTemp0": 230,
    "extruderTemp1": 215,
    "platformTemp": 0,

    "numberOfShells": 3,
    "infillShellSpacingMultiplier": 0.7,
    "insetDistanceMultiplier": 1.0,

    "roofThickness": 1.2,
    "roofLayerCount_disabled": 4,
    "roofAnchorMargin": 0.65,
    "floorThickness": 1.2,
    "floorLayerCount_disabled": 4,

    "coarseness": 0.00001,

    "sparseInfillPattern": "hexagonal",
    "infillDensity": 0.33,
    "infillOrientationOffset": 0,
    "infillOrientationInterval": 90,
    "infillOrientationRange": 90,

    "gridSpacingMultiplier": 0.99,
    "solidFillOrientationOffset" : 0,
    "solidFillOrientationInterval": 90,
    "solidFillOrientationRange": 90,

    "doBacklashCompensation": false,
    "backlashEpsilon": 0.05,
    "backlashFeedback": 0.9,
    "backlashX": 0.0,
    "backlashY": 0.09,

    "doBridging": true,
    "bridgeAnchorMinimumLength": 0.8,
    "bridgeAnchorWidth": 0.8,
    "bridgeMaximumLength": 80.0,
    "bridgeSpacingMultiplier": 1.0,

    "doExternalSpurs": true,
    "doInternalSpurs": false,
    "maxSpurWidth": 0.5,
    "minSpurLength": 0.34,
    "minSpurWidth": 0.12,
    "spurOverlap": 0.001,

    "doRaft": false,
    "defaultRaftMaterial": 0,
    "doMixedRaft": false,
    "raftAligned": true,
    "raftBaseAngle": 0,
    "raftBaseDensity": 0.7,
    "raftBaseLayers": 1,
    "raftBaseRunGapRatio": 0.8,
    "raftBaseRunLength": 15.0,
    "raftBaseThickness": 0.3,
    "raftBaseWidth": 2.5,
    "raftInterfaceAngle": 45,
    "raftInterfaceDensity": 0.3,
    "raftInterfaceLayers": 2,
    "raftInterfaceThickness": 0.27,
    "raftInterfaceWidth": 0.4,
    "raftModelSpacing": 0.29,
    "raftOutset": 4,
    "raftSurfaceAngle": 0,
    "raftSurfaceLayers": 2,
    "raftSurfaceThickness": 0.27,
    "raftSurfaceShells": 2,
    "raftSurfaceShellSpacingMultiplier": 0.7,

    "doPurgeWall": false,
    "purgeWallModelOffset" : 2.0,
    "purgeWallSpacing" : 1.0,
    "purgeWallWidth" : 0.5,
    "purgeWallBasePatternWidth" : 8.0,
    "purgeWallBaseFilamentWidth" : 2.0,
    "purgeWallBasePatternLength" : 10.0,
    "purgeWallPatternWidth" :  2.0,
    "purgeBucketSide" :  4.0,
    "purgeWallXLength" : 30,

    "anchorWidth": 2.0,
    "anchorExtrusionAmount": 5.0,
    "anchorExtrusionSpeed": 2.0,

    "doSupport": false,
    "defaultSupportMaterial": 0,
    "doMixedSupport": false,
    "doSupportUnderBridges": false,
    "supportAligned": true,
    "supportLeakyConnections": true,
    "supportDensity": 0.2,
    "supportExtraDistance": 0.5,
    "supportAngle": 68.0,
    "supportModelSpacing": 0.4,
    "supportExcessive": false,

    "doFanCommand": false,
    "fanLayer": 1,
    "weightedFanCommand": -1,
    "doFanModulation": true,
    "fanModulationWindow": 0.1,
    "fanModulationThreshold": 0.5,

    "doPrintProgress": true,

    "startGcode": "",
    "endGcode": "",

    "commentClose": "",
    "commentOpen": ";",

    "extruderProfiles": [
        {
            "bridgesExtrusionProfile": "bridges",
            "feedDiameter": 1.75,
            "feedstockMultiplier": 0.85,
            "firstLayerExtrusionProfile": "firstlayer",
            "firstLayerRaftExtrusionProfile": "firstlayerraft",
            "infillsExtrusionProfile": "infill",
            "insetsExtrusionProfile": "insets",
            "nozzleDiameter": 0.4,
            "outlinesExtrusionProfile": "outlines",
            "raftBaseExtrusionProfile": "raftbase",
            "restartExtraDistance": 0.1,
            "retractDistance": 1.0,
            "retractRate": 10,
            "retractDistance2": 1.0,
            "retractRate2": 50,
        "restartRate": 50,
            "toolchangeRetractDistance" : 19.0,
            "toolchangeRetractRate" : 6.0,
            "toolchangeRestartDistance" : 18.5,
            "toolchangeRestartRate" : 6.0
        },
        {
            "bridgesExtrusionProfile": "bridges",
            "feedDiameter": 1.77,
            "feedstockMultiplier": 0.75,
            "firstLayerExtrusionProfile": "firstlayer",
            "firstLayerRaftExtrusionProfile": "firstlayerraft",
            "infillsExtrusionProfile": "infill",
            "insetsExtrusionProfile": "insets",
            "nozzleDiameter": 0.4,
            "outlinesExtrusionProfile": "outlines",
            "raftBaseExtrusionProfile": "raftbase",
            "restartExtraDistance": 0,
            "retractDistance": 1.0,
            "retractRate": 10,
            "retractDistance2": 1.0,
            "retractRate2": 50,
        "restartRate": 50,
            "toolchangeRetractDistance" : 19.0,
            "toolchangeRetractRate" : 6.0,
            "toolchangeRestartDistance" : 18.5,
            "toolchangeRestartRate" : 6.0
        }
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    "extrusionProfiles": {
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            "feedrate": 30,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "firstlayer": {
            "feedrate": 5,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "firstlayerraft": {
            "feedrate": 30,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "infill": {
            "feedrate": 30,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "insets": {
            "feedrate": 30,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "outlines": {
            "feedrate": 10,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        },
        "raftbase": {
            "feedrate": 10,
            "temperature_disabled": 230.0
        }
    }
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