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  1. 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 :-) )

     

  2. 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

    shroud1

    shroud2

     

     

    Your comments are appreciated !!

     

  3. 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, ...) :-)

  4. 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???

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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...

     

  8. 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...)

     

  9. 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...

     

  10. 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...

     

  11. @ 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 :-)

     

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