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  1. How does the material look on the other end, in the feeder mechanism? That amount of inprint from the feeder is normal I think.

    How is your bed leveling? That looks like the nozzle might be to high from the build plate, thus not pressing the first layers enough.

     

  2. Hello!

    Yeah, this is a really simple issue to solve.

    As you know, the nozzle is really hot. When it stays in a small area for a long time, the plastic beneath gets too hot and melts. So what you need to do is give it time to cool down.

    There are a couple of things you can do:

    1. Print two at a time. This way it has time to cool while the head moves to the other model.

    2. In the settings you can give it a "minimal time per layer" and enable "cool head lift" which will move the heated head away from the print for a set amount of time, thus giving it time to cool.

    Hope this helps :)

     

  3. "The oxygen thus acts to inhibit the resin from curing in certain areas as the light cures those areas not exposed to the oxygen. Thus the oxygen is able to create a ‘dead zone’

    within the resin which is as small as tens of microns thick (about the diameter of 2-3 red blood cells). In this subsection of the resin, it is literally impossible for photopolymerization to take place."

    To my understanding, this means that the resin is pushed away, by the oxygen, from the areas that's being printed, so that the UV light only hits that part.

    Unlike SLA, where beams of UV light is projected to different areas to cure the resin, this CLIP does it so that the UV light is continuously projected on the whole area, and the oxygen determines where the resin is cured.

    When this is done in a continuous motion there won't be any layers although, in a way, the parts are still being built layer per layer.

     

  4. Hello!

    I haven't used Slic3r myself, so I can't help out that much, but I can still give my 2 cents.

    Have you checked this out?:http://wiki.ultimaker.com/Manual_First_Print (THIS IS FOR THE ULTIMAKER ORIGINAL NOT FOR ULTIMAKER 2!!)

    There's some help with setting it up for Sli3er.

  5. Thank you :) i will look for a plexi glass plate and test again with some values..

    And depending on the results i probably install a full enclosure to install but i'm still not sure if it's a problem with the heat of the stepper motors..

     

    Just to give you an idea: I have my UMO in a full enclosure > http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/9457-umo-enclosure/

    The ambient temp inside is about 45C when printing, and this is without a fan to let the hot air out. So i'm wouldn't be too worried about the stepper motors.

     

  6. Hello fellow printaholics!

    Today i wanted to share with you my soundproofing enclosure that i made for my UMO. It's kind of a "poor mans edition", and not the prettiest, but it fulfills its purpose well! I made it with stuff I found in a scavenger hunt in our garage. The only thing i bought was the led lights and some more soundproofing material.

    Frontview

    I made this for three reasons;

    1: I'm running the printer in my living room, and you can all guess what my girlfriend thinks about the noise it made. Of course I too found the noise a bit much at times.

    2: To keep the temperature steady and prevent drafts.

    3: To keep the fumes etc inside the box instead of my nose.

    before

    What is started with. An old top piece of a closet.

     

    front panel corners

    front panel cut

    I cut a hole in the door for the plexi glass.

    top cut

    plywood top

    The box wasn't high enough for the bowden tube, so I cut a hole in the top, and built a "box" out of plywood on the top to allow free movement of the bowden.

    soundproofing top

    silicone

    from beneath

    I then added some foam pieces for some DIY soundproofing. I also used silicone ti air tighten all the cracks.

    painted

    back

    I at least tried to make it a bit less ugly by painting it.

     

     

    back extruder

    Cut a hole in the back to simply stick the extruder motor and feeder mechanism out through (this is something i'm coming up with a new solution to, as it is hard to change filament like this.).

     

     

    soundproofing

    Added the first pieces of various soundproofing material.

    soundproofing material

    Followed by more 2cm thick soundproofing, the kind which is use in boats and engines.

     

    done

    After I added some LEDs, I had an almost finished product!

    I still intend to install a fan with an air filter, not so much for temperature control, but for the release of fumes.

    It really keeps the sound in well. The extruder motor is outside the box, so that makes a bit of noise still. I'll make some kind of box for it, after i'm done with deciding how to place the whole thing.

    The ambient temperature during a print is about 45C.

     

    All in all I'm happy with the result.

     

  7. £148 sounds an awful lot for surface treatment!

    Are you using ABS or PLA or maybe something else. There are very different methods for different material, like for example Acetone treatment works on ABS but not on PLA.

    ******

    EDIT;

    Re-read the question, and saw that you asked specifically for treatments regarding wax. I haven't tried any wax on my prints.

     

  8. I printed out this beauty. It came out a bit rough, so I decided to sand it a bit and then paint it. I'm not that good at painting, but i'm happy with the result!

    Before; quite a rough print, done with 0,2 layer height.

    Diablo front

    Diablo side

     

    After sanding & painting, as well as coated with a layer oh lacquer

    front

    side

     

  9. Hello again fellow makers! I have a new patient (aka print) that i would need some advice with :)

    Diablo front

    Diablo side

    Print settings:

    Material: PLA

    Layer height: 0.2

    Shell thickness: 0.4

    Bottom/top thick.: 1.2

    Fill density: 5%

    Print speed: 50mm/s

    Temp: 210C

    Bed temp: 60C

    Diam: 2.85

    Flow: 100

    Retraction speed: 40

    Ret. Dist. : 5mm

     

     

    Here you can see how it's come out like for others: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:224878/#made

     

    The 0.4 shell thickness might part of the reason, maybe 0,8 would be better.

     

    What do you guys think?

     

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