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LePaul

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  1. Hmm I was wondering why the right side always seemed too high on the Z despite my gentle twisting... Tomorrow, after a good night's rest, I'll add washer to all of those areas where the spring touches on the bottom!
  2. Well these look awful Trying one arm at 225, let's see how that comes out
  3. Well let's see how the set prints. My first "big" print
  4. Nice...! Well I have the set on the platform in Cura...but I want more clips to put on the front...but it won't fit on this print. Here we go!
  5. Thanks for the screen shot. So...how slow? 40? 30? I'm downloading the files 210 seems good
  6. Should I go hotter but the same speed? I see you did an impressive print recently.
  7. .2 mm layer height Default (quick) settings Speed 50 Printing temp 210 Note the strands in the hole opening? Source: https://www.youmagine.com/designs/ikea-dioder-led-bar-locking-clips
  8. Flux capacitor for time travel Good list!
  9. Well, I'll have to either keep monitoring the forum or send Sander an email. I'd like to know what my options are to upgrade, since I bought mine 24 days ago. I asked a lot of questions about having the latest version, anything up and coming...and it was indicated the Ultimaker was the latest and greatest. Clearly an Ultimaker 2 was in the works and had they hinted a new version was going to come out if I waited 30 days, I would've. Sigh.
  10. Thanks for that.....they have a glow in the dark that looks interesting too!
  11. Well I'm torn. I bought mine a month ago, not a whisper mentioned about a newer version in the works or coming soon. I asked many questions pre purchase too, afraid of something like this. So...curious what the options are for existing customers, especially very recent purchases. Thanks
  12. I've been following the threads on ABS and I agree...seems like something to wait a bit longer on and see what the Ultimaker teams comes up with for a heated platform, etc Is there a domestic source for the PLA Ultimaker sells?
  13. You could write a small manual with those topics you mentioned! So far getting the part off the tape has been the trickiest for me. The scaper I bought does the job a bit too good...it'll take the tape too. Using the canned air/CO2 duster to chill the part helps a lot. I made another owl and when trying to remove some tape residue from the bottom, peeled off the bottom layer. Opps! What would you gents suggest for test prints for a newbie to move up from? Someone mentioned pyramids and some other things before moving into big stuff. I also meant to ask...how do you remove the PLA to change out to a different spool? Just tug it out? I thought I would check if there was a best practices/best process for doing so. Thanks for all your help. I'm enjoying the small steps/progress I'm making. I'm really curious about using ABS for some stuff in the future, but with that needing a heated bed and so on, I'll keep learning with PLA for now
  14. You're correct about the small nub of material in the nozzle! I heeded your advice and heated the nozzle up and then moved it around the edges, using a piece of paper as the guide for height. I had done the cold nozzle, aligned height to paper then a 1/8th turn after. That print didn't work...it was too low, the first pass was no material and an indentation in the tape. The second pass, I got a blob of material since the first pass was too low. I
  15. Hey I meant to ask a while ago...you guys have some great pictures of models/items made by the Ultimaker. Can you link those files in somewhere? I'd like to make those and not go to Thingiverse and hunt for the right file
  16. That's an excellent question, I have my second extruder kit but haven't touched it....not until I master how to work with the first one
  17. You brought up a good topic, perhaps its covered in the Wiki or another thread... For printing bigger items, what temps, rates, etc are the best to use? More of my Ultimaker Printing 101 education
  18. Agree...There's room on that print head platform for a a few ideas...ultrasonic, etc...
  19. Ah, disable servos...that's a great tip I've been searching for some other fun things to try printing. The owl came out fantastic (scaled down to 2 inches tall) I wanted to try some of the statue ones I have seen posted on the Ultimaker site but haven't found the STL of them Thanks again for all of your assistance.
  20. Actually you are in luck, the latest Blog post goes into this in some detail http://blog.ultimaker.com/2013/09/10/dual-extrusion-experience/
  21. Yes. Actually I took the advice someone mentioned and adjusted while the nozzle was hot. I used the Ulticontroller to move the X and Y axis around each corner and adjust each bed screw a bit...I stuck with the 'paper fit thru' as a guide for this print...it came out pretty good. Feedback welcome...I think I'll stop messing with it and finally move on to some larger prints (the Eiffel Tower one I see on Thingiverse is calling me)
  22. As you can see from my posts, I got as close as I could from loosening and tightening the limit switch up top (top z) and been trying to fine tune using the acrylic bed set screws. From there, I've used the guide of a piece of paper, when it no longer is able to slide under the nozzle, its too close Then as someone mentioned, bring the bed UP a tiny bit by doing a 1/8th turn on the bed screw, which should make up for the thickness of the paper. As I am learning, there may be a few other tweaks to make...temperature and speed, etc.
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