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so i have built the panelmax from http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49954/#instructions but how do i flash it? in the instructions it says flash with the following code etc etc... but i don't know how to flash, has any of you done this? Also i read that there are different wiring schematics for the ultimaker.. can anyone help me with which colour should go where? http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6xuouf&s=6#.UpFKZWD2KqA because this make no sense at all

ok just a few questions that get on my nerves with the printer and hope maybe I've done something wrong... 1) On the 2nd > * layers i get the following (see pic 1) can you see how its not flat, some parts are though, and some look like this... 2) Does anyone else's print head seem to overflow? (see pic 2) I've tightened it up as much as it will go but still pours out... i have to sit here "watching every print" like now (printing = http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49954) and i have to keep wiping the block every few mins with a damn off cut of a sponge. surely thats not normal... I'm sure you lot go off to bed. I cannot sit longer than a 2-3 hour print; where I know some prints can be over a day! (the Doc Who tardis jewellery box)

Hi Neighbour, South Brum here, right next to 'Rover'

I'm looking for better springs for my bed, I saw some people changed their springs for stronger ones, can anyone suggest a spring and a eBay link for me to look at getting in the uk Thanks folks Lee

I have seen the option somewhere but cannot remember where i saw it. Any pointers anyone ?

seems good to go now, all wires in in strong especially the yellow and red / temp wires

set it to 90c and left it for 15 mins and stayed at that temp - licked my finger and touched it, it was hot but not scoulding. dropping it to 38c now i think its ok. but it was alarming to see that amount of smoke.

ok .., thanks guys... i took it apart a cleaned everything with a dremmel. no burn marks on ANYTHING, which is very werid... im heating up now as per GR5 suggestion.i do have an infra red thermometer somewhere too

It was pouring out I tut it off immediately power and usb and still come out for another three mins I was using 210. I've loosened everything in the head screw-wise and waited for the thing to cool down. I hadn't changed anything from what I've printed all day.

I just had smoke pouring out of the printer head !!! Is this a common occurrence ??? What do I do now?

apart from thats massive in scale... what scale should i down size it at

bingo thank you illuminarti typically i just made on on sketchup too lol but not as good as that

and ive come back to it and the bed has moved off the 4 pegs.... hmmmmm either cat, dog, or wife. none of them are owning up to it... has anyone see any bed-plugs that can slot in the bed holes to stop it "accidentally" moving AGAIN.

video of my printer right now printing a shower plug in ANTI time lapse... slow motion for a change lol

hahaha ok are you on skype ? add me : bleemster

cant you print directly onto the acrylic bed?

i did purchase some of that alcohol cleaning fluids too, as it seems like the pla isnt sticking to the masking tape very well.

change of status... the paper trick... should the paper move freely or should there be a little tension. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:49954 try that one

bed is printing a good test pattern now... im now going to print http://www.thingiverse.org.uk/%20to%20build%20my%20own%20ulticontroller.

@gr5 its deffo working. im not sure why you cant see it :-/ @illuminarti thats a lot of technical info and detailed answer and always appriciate people who take a lot of time to write a detailed answer. i will need some coffee to understand "On a UM1, 1 step = (3mm screw pitch/(200 steps/rev x 8 microsteps/step) = 0.001875mm" 1) im going to our local DIY store today to get some tools, knives, better tape etc - just not had the chance. 2) that makes sense about multiples of layer height. 3&5) i was printing a tool holder as i keep losing my hex screw driver... i presumed that using a 0.08 would make the item stronger !?!? and thats why i did a 100% density too... i got up this morning and put the screw driver in and the tube popped off the back very easily... was extremely disheartened. this is what i was printing http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:150770 it would be nice to have a guide for strength item settings. guide for speed. 4) ok no problem i will turn up the base print speed on my next print. Additional: When im trying to level the bed, im finding it very difficult to draw the outer test squares... a) ive printed off the Z alignment upgrade... b) lowered tightened all the screw on the bed to the max... c) set the z switch to about 3mm above the bed d) raise the bed til the switch clicks (print head 3mm above the bed) e) run the cura levelling wizard f) losen the bed screws to bring the bed back up to the print head until it touches the head. note: some times when i am moving the head from one corner to the other, it leave indentation on the masking tape, which i presume means that the particular corner is to high. also: the front right part of the bed seems the most difficult to get to touch the head. g) when i get all four corners touching the head gently with the switch 'on' i continue on the wizard to draw the squares the pla starts to 'string' out of the head... (i use fresh masking tape) but the printer does one or one and a half rotations before the actual pla sticks and starts to draw. (i can provide a youtube vid a little later after i get back from the DIY store) I presume that the head is too high from the bed, so turn the screw 1/8th anti clockwise to raise the bed, but then the head marks/indents the masking tape - isnt that too low? either way such a small increase or decrease in height still doesnt give me the squares. so far i just ignore the squares and print anyway. and it starts to print.

Ive printed a few items now but on every one of them im getting clumping straight away as you can see from the pic below... what am i doing wrong here? layer height: 0.08 s.thickness : 0.8 check bot&top thick: 0.6 fill density: 100 prnt speed: 50 print temp: 220 supp:none plat:none diam: 2.85 (not changed - default pla with printer) flow 100% ------------- noz: 0.4 speed: 40 dist: 4.5 initial layer thickness: 0.3 cut off: 0 dual: n/a travel spd: 150 bottom layer 20 infill speed: 0 min layer time: 5 check -----------------

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Ok, I got the standard roll with my printer of PLA (blue) which when printed is rock solid. What other types of material can I get? IE. if i wanted to print an iPhone case or dampening feet for the ultimaker, i would like a bit of 'give' in the material. What else is there and what can it do?

Has anyone tried "FROG TAPE" instead of standard masking tape yet?

do i need any supports etc (which i have no clue about) to keep the ceiling part of that "afloat" surely the printer cannot print in thin air?