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  1. Hi,

    I tried to do some vertical printing (in an attempt to reduce support and post processing) but my latest attempt lost it's grip and fell down during printing.

    At the moment I'm using the quick standard settings with standard pla.

    Is it maybe possible to improve the sticking on the surface to try and improve this method of printing?

    Maybe trough a higher temperature of the heatbed? Or maybe trying to use glue?

    feedback is always welcome.

  2. here is another one, from right to left; from a solid version to a version with holes in it, again to see how the um is dealing with these subpatches and now holes combined.

    P1050469.thumb.JPG.4b65b945bb43b504944f4392ad6a87d0.JPG

    It came out pretty good! Again these are easy/medium quality settings on the standard um pla that came with the machine.

    What I did do is refine the shape very well in the software.

    I did break a very small piece on the left version when trying to take away the supports. I was clearly pushing it there. It was too close to the supports and a bit too narrow.

    But I am impressed with the strenght in general, even where the piece is starting to get very narrow (for instance on the right upper corner of the left piece).

    P1050469.thumb.JPG.4b65b945bb43b504944f4392ad6a87d0.JPG

  3. I just found out that I got flex pla instead of the usual pla (I didn't even know this was an option for printing :) ).

    But I already got some ideas though.

    are there any considerations to be made before attemting to print in this material? I'm thinking about trying it out soon.

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  4. Hi all,

    These are some of my first studies that I made. The first stl file without errors and to see how it copes with different levels of subpatching.

    I made a tiny one, up to a larger one this night (that took about 12 hours to print, it was the first stress test sorta speak as well ;)).

    P1050468.thumb.JPG.142077bec204417dd90e8b47b086ca6b.JPG

    Everything is done on easy/medium settings.

    P1050468.thumb.JPG.142077bec204417dd90e8b47b086ca6b.JPG

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  5. I think that it can take sometime when you're used to "just" 3d modelling. You need to rethink your design process and think about how it will print, it will save you a lot of time and headaches :)

     

    Yeah, that was exactly what I was thinking. My modeling skills were purely orientated on the visual aspect in the past, with now many problems into trying to convert it into stl and a printable object.

    I really need to rethink almost everything to get a good stl out of it now.

  6. Hi all,

    day two with this amazing machine (so far so good), and I start to notice the difference between 3D visualisation, and 3D printing already.

    I notice a lot of stl problems while modeling, and start to see the difference between a setting up a nice render and setting it up for 3D printing.

    At the moment I spend most of my time on the statistic view instead of just having a nice look to things :)

    Things aren't just the same, I start to realize that now. But old habits die hard and I'm almost all the time stuck with a model with mistakes when trying to print it.

    Anyone else with similar adaptation problems (past or present)? 8)

  7. same issue here (my first after a few prints).

    I thought it was a nozzle prob so I tried changing filament, but it didn't move. Then I noticed the filament was jammed in the feeder.

    P1050453.jpg

    ps it's 22C here right now so that can't be the issue I guess.

  8. the printer has arrived already (many thanks to the local distributor), together with a first successful test print.

    And I have to say I'm impressed so far.

    I received some errors in the beginning (a z axis error + an error when loading the filament --both solved by resetting the machine). I got to admit rolling my eyes at both occasions saying to myself: "here we go..."

    But I'm deeply impressed by it's user friendlyness so far. I expected it to be much worse to be honest.

    first experiment went well (I printed the ring), and as we speak I'm trying out one of my designs.

    so far so good, it exceeded my expectations! :)

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  9. Hi all,

    I'm considering getting me a 3D printer (for the first time;) ) and my eye fell on the m2. But I'm not really sure yet.

    I have been following the progress of this field from a distance for around 15 years now and in a way I can't wait to really dig into it personally to get my hands dirty ;-)

    It would be used for some prototyping, shape/ergonomic/concept studies, more art related objects and experiments, etc.

    I have made my first concept design recently, and I caught the 3D printing bug in a way :-)

    facet5.jpg

    But,

    first of all the diy part. Soon after digging into the subject for a bit I realized that it isn't what you call super user friendly yet. It's not (yet?) like using a senseo sorta speak.

    I don't know if it's a bad or a good thing really, I'm in a way intrigued and fascinated by this factor and a bit scared off at the same time (if you know what I mean).

    For instance yesterday I concluded to buy it, but this morning I noticed for instance a very complicated video on how to remove a nozzle + other technical issues and this scared me in a way.

    community wise I noticed a post about the drop of input (since the forum has changed?). Is this true? This concerns me in a way that I will probably need some assistance and a huge part why I would choose this printer is the community behind it.

    price wise, it's still not what you can call cheap either. There is the initial printer costs, and I'm looking at filament prices, energy costs, maintanance, ...

    Is it possible to receive some input on these, and possibly other matters to give me more insight towards making up my mind?

    Thanks a lot in advance.

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