drayson

damn... my solidworks-days are really tooo long ago so had to use "Pepakura" (don´t laugh, I know...) to unfold my design making it possible to cut it from an aluminum sheet... Updated the Tingiverse-thing with an pdf of it http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:183223 Feel free to comment...

Thank you for this hints - I think I will better try to cut my model out of sheet aluminium than print it in PLA :-) Regarding flow control I thought about using a resistor to reduce the flow on the right side fans so to have nearly equal conditions on both sides (left fan flow has more way to travel :-) )

Soooo..... First of all: Again thank you Blecheimer, the fan shroud is on the way to PLA :smile: Second: I managed to get access to a solidworks station and started an (ugly) attempt to come closer to the thing I have in mind. A few minutes ago I published a work in progress on Thingiverse but honestly I have no idea if it is printable... http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:183223 Your comments are appreciated !!

Thank you Blecheimer !!! I will post my results as soon I have tested it.

Thank you again for your support and assistance! I really appreciate this! God, Catia... never used it. I learned AutoCAD and SolidWorks several years ago but had no chance to stay up to date so most of my knowledge is gone :-(

@ Blecheimer, could you please do me a second favor and modify also the right one? I#d like to print both at once to test the behavior with 4 fans at the same time - the quick and dirty one is perfect :-)

GREAT!! Thank you very much, thats pretty good for my tests. I'm also not sure how the fans will work so lets give it a try :-) B.t.w. What software do you use for modelling?

Hmm... Might work but needs some space below the platform. I started thinking about printed parts with some kind of predefined breaking area. If the nozzle hits the platform hard enough the part breaks instead of the glass plate.

Habe vor einigen Tagen ein Sample Paket mit 10 Farben von Colorfabb bekommen (auf Bitte mit einem XT-Stück). Kosten ok, nur der Versand... Phuuu.... :-( Erste "Test" mit grün, blau und purple an einfachen, flachen Schlüsselanhängern haben bei 208 grad eine sehr schöne Oberfläche und festen Bond zwischen den Layern ergeben. Im Vergleich zum UM filament m.M. nach besser und sauberer. XT ist noch nicht durch da ich erst den UM wieder ganz fit haben möchte... Hab da noch einige Baustellen (Z-tisch, leveling, fan ducts, usw, ...) :-)

My intension is to use it with glass bed plates, so crashing into the surface shall be avoided...

I'm also very interested in semi-auto leveling. Parts needed are more or less available, 3 rods with a thread for mouting to the bed, clamps with screws are printable but... Honestly I have no clue how to make sure the bed can move down if something is wrong with the g code. Fixed clamping points eleminate this safety buffer, moveable clamps might bring in inaccuracies to the leveling... Any clue on this???

Hi! My plan is to mount two fans each side, so I thought about modifying your ducts fan mounts to have a base of 25x50mm with 8 holes for screwing the fans (holes are symetric and have a distance of 20x20mm on each fan) and cut the duct shape accordingly. Unfortunatly I'm currently out so I can't make a scetch as i'm writing on my phone :-( What do you think - would this be feasible? Could you give me a helping hand modifying your ducts? B.r drayson

Hi Blecheimer! I'm currently trying to design a sheet metal version for 4pc. of 25x25mm fans (2each side) similar to UM2 but I have seriouse problems in design. I like your design and would like to give it a try but also with those small 25x25mm fans (2 each side). Could you do me a favor and give me some assistance in modifying your design? B.r. Drayson

THAT would be a good idea for Daid´s R&D topic :-) Developing a nice bag for carrying, incl. space for a filament roll and tools, with a nice logo on it...

Unfortunately I had no time up to now to install my new pulleys but just from a optical point of view I´m impressed about the quality of the manufacturing compared with the original ones (I was a mechanical engineer in my former job - now stuck in management... :-( ) For your high quality pieces, I would pay at least a few 10 or 20 or 30€ more but as usual most people nowadays live like the slogan of a famous electonics company ("geiz ist geil") and don´t think about the value of quality any more...

HiHo irish boy :-) If you have a past extruder head, giveaways made of chocolate would be nice - found some simple bat/pumpkin/spider models on thingiverse but just in plastic doesnt make sense for children - isnt?

Refering to greengecko's post at the google-group, from my point of view the most important features are listed there. Nevertheles in short, my personal favorites are: - heated bed upgrade for UM1 with a single PSU - "Joris" implementation in Cura - "half layer hight" implementation in Cura On the other hand, thinking a bit outside the box, I would think about an laser cutting head upgrade, print post processing guidelines/tools or UM furniture (I´m currently working on a stackable drawer unit...)

Thank you for clarification - do you have plans to fix it or is it not worth? For me it´s always good to have a chance looking into the file to get the estimated print time as I slice a few of them depending the time available in office...

Great piece of Software!! Just one question: I´m missing some information in the created gcode-files Example: ;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 13.10 M109 T0 S220.000000 T0 ;Sliced at: Tue 22-10-2013 10:50:58 Basic settings: Layer height: 0.1 Walls: 0.8 Fill: 20 ;Print time: #P_TIME# ;Filament used: #F_AMNT#m #F_WGHT#g ;Filament cost: #F_COST# G21 ;metric values G90 ;absolute positioning I remember in old Cura versions, this information was available... Is this a SW bug or an Error of my system (or an error of the guy sitting 80cm ahead of the PC:-) ) The values are visible in Cura an I updated the cost information in the preferences - so any info would be appreciated...

Hi, before cutting the acrylic bed I would suggest to try this parts first. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:144421

Hi all, again my question to you all - would a 330W 19,5V 19,9A PSU sufficient to drive an UM1 AND a HB the same time?? http://www.ebay.at/i...=item3385f480ab For heating I´d like to use a silicon heating pad http://www.ebay.at/i...984.m1423.l2649 I really need your advice as I would start ordering parts...

Great - good news!! So I will start converting everything to a 3-point leveling and a glass bed setup as soon as my girlfried offers me some spare time :-)

Hi! How do you clean the plate after getting off your part? Is in necessary to scrap everything away and prepare the whole plate or is it working just fill the holes in the surface? Would like to have more infos on this because my glass plate still waits unused in my drawer... Tnx!!!

Hi all, I´m currently in selecting a PSU which covers both HB & UM - would need your expertise... see topic http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/2995-heated-bed-for-the-ultimaker-1/&do=findComment&comment=22401 thank you for your input!

@ Daid, thank you for clarification - completely understandable... :-) @ all, I´m also trying to figure out how to built a hot bed for my UM. As I mentioned a while ago, I would love to use only one PSU supplying UM and HB. Now I would be happy about your suggestion about this 330W PSU http://www.ebay.at/itm/DELL-NETZTEIL-DA330PM111-ADP-330AB-19-5V-16-9A-Y90RR-330W-PSU-ALIENWARE-M18x-X51-/221290725547?pt=DE_Technik_Computerzubeh%C3%B6r_Notebook_Netzteile&hash=item3385f480ab My plan is to mount a distribution box in the UM and connect it to the UM electronics and in parallel to the HB. Do you think that might working? For heating I´d like to use a silicon heating pad http://www.ebay.at/itm/281073796785?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 As I´m not an electric engineer´ so I would be happy aboutn any hint I can get :-)