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Might be able to draw some ideas from this platform? https://artella.com/#/home

Any new news on this from anyone?

What are some tools that could be integrated that would facilitate collaboration. Such as Streaming video meetings with an archive for later access by contributors who come onto the project later in the development timeline. A file library that folks can check their files in and out of so there isn't any overlap, and so they can request directly in the library view for other contributors to review their work. Maybe an up voting system for selecting community projects and ideas that have the most excitement or immediate application. Designating ( giving badges to) members of a project to make them feel like they have more ownership of the roles they are operating in, e.g. Project owner, Lead designer, etc. A dependency timeline chart thing that would help the community quickly see what is needed next on each specific project in order to move forward. Maybe sending out weekly updates and notifications of skills that are needed on each project based on the skills and interests that each user has already added to their profile? A donation system once the product has been developed to give some monetary incentive to the people who contributed to its development. Sorry if this stuff has already been discussed. I read over this thread a while back and don't remember everything that was in it

I think this is a better approach. Let contributors use whatever tool they are most proficient in. and just make sure to standardize the file formats that we share with one another. Removing as many hurdles for people to be able to contribute as easily as possible.

What are the other options currently for monitoring and controlling your printer remotely? Is there something more user friendly and feature rich right now? @cloakfiend I agree, I wouldn't start a print remotely. I think 3dprinteros is a great solution for schools and others who have been placed in charge of a multitude of printers and want a turnkey solution for managing all of the printers and print requests they have to keep up with.

I just got my raspberry pi connected up to my printer and created an account on 3dprinteros. I like the idea of monitoring my prints from online while at work. As of right now, I think the biggest features for me will be using the webcam and being able to pause prints remotely if needed. I've only had enough time to turn it on and look at my dashboard on 3dprinteros, have not printed anything yet. I have the free user account. First impression is that the frame rate is really low for the camera, but I think this is because they are taking a series of pictures, and not video. Not ideal, but I can see it serving its purpose. Also hooked an additional webcam to the pi and that secondary stream did not seem to work. Maybe these features are better in the subscription version. The interface looks friendly, but slightly confusing so far.... but I've only spent like 15 minutes total looking at it, and most of that was playing with the camera. I'll share my thoughts as I test it out more. Anyone else have experience using this service?

lol.... I love how so many people jumped in to provide the link! Thanks guys!

Link? https://www.youmagine.com/users/iroberti

Yes, the fan turns on once the print head begins warming up.

Thanks George! I have another question. When pulling the filament back and forth by hand from the back of the feeder, through the bowden tube (while the feeder motor is disengaged and not running), should there be any moments where there is greater resistance than at other times while pulling it back and forth? moments where it is really difficult to pull it or push it through? I took the bowden tube off, inspected it and tried pushing some filament through to test if it had any resistance before doing what I mentioned above, and it felt and looked ok.

ok. thanks guys

Can I lube the bowden tube with olive oil, or is there something better than that to use than that? I don't want to start cooking something on my printer...