rebekah_harper
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Does the X/Y calibration procedure on the UM3 recognise the cores fitted and adjust accordingly or do they have to be both 0.4mm ones.
it wouldn’t make sense if it didn’t but I know from a while ago it didn’t adjust for smaller nozzle size.
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6 hours ago, kazl said:
Resin printing is expensive. Formlabs resin is $150 a liter and you can roughly estimate 1L to be ~1 kg as far as material usage. Some third party ones are $60-100 but I've had worse results with those. But the results do speak for themselves as far as resolution is concerned and it is a night and day difference from FDM. Not only that but I've also found it to be consistently faster than my Ultimaker 3's. As for actual material properties you can get resins which will behave like rubber, behave like ABS and lots of other plastics for functional requirements. But you won't be able to melt them.
Having started with a Resin printer and moved into FDM, I find them to be nice for using regular thermal plastics and being cheap to print. UM3's already were a bit pricey being such a heavily commoditized technology, but still it wasn't unreasonable to have a group of them humming away printing either multiple parts or sets of whatever you need. Take away the cost advantage and you've seriously degraded that value proposition. At at the S5 Pro price point of $9K you have SLS opened up as an option and Nylon power made parts are quite incredible in their resolution and matching strength. But if you must get an FDM printer, why not just go with a Statasys at that point? The F120 is $12K but then at least you're getting a whole other level of quality and consistency.
Resin cost around £40,-/L and there are more resin types now that before. Rubber, Abs like, clear, high impact, wax etc... as aid the colour range which is broader if you get to the colour mixing into clear resin.
printer wise if you look at phrozen range it’s pretty good and reasonable price.
I have an anycubic photon, for over a year, detail is impressive, post productions is as much as printing FDM with supports if not less.
build area for the photon is small but phrozen have brought out a large build area and reviews are pretty good.time to print is pretty fast with the LCD style as each layer takes 10-15 seconds.
Formlabs have brought out the Form3L but at £8000,- for a complete setup it’s a bit out of my price range but the tech thats gone into it you can justify the price.
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I’m sorry but I’m left underwhelmed.
it’s pushing me more to resin printing.
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I was think dual purpose hot plate; print bed and coffee heating system.
Cause I needed a ton of it these past few weeks.
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Thank you.
i just annoyed that this happened in the first place. Time lost due to dodgy update from a pro team for a £3000,- printer.
But its its fixed and the latest update has improved the printer so far.
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much appreciated for the advice.
I came across a problem late last night. for some reason it wouldn't connect with the WiFi board. i tried everything but it wouldn't wouldn't show any activity by means of the green light on the board. so I couldn't connect over that. I sort of connected through cable but I wasn't able to use putty to connect. so I did the MicroSD card reset and managed to get back up an running. just sooooooo annoying to have this problem in the first place 😞
really appreciate the help though.
Bex
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I am starting to loose my s%$£.
I have lost so much time trying to get my UM3 up and running again. Took ages to get it onto the network again.
I can't change the steps per mm for the QR upgrade as the directory doesn't exist anymore. (firmware version 4.3.96 2019313)
I can't roll it back as it doesn't read any tar files from the USB and I can't update as the time is set in the 1970's
I am raging that a "pro printer" has turned into a decoration.
if any one has any answers for me I would be very greatfull. I need to get this printer up and running ASAP.
cheers for any help.
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so I managed to get back on the the network.
am having the same problem.
I connected to cura connect, putty etc.... but it's still stuck in the 1970's
the link isn't self explanatory so is there any one that can provide me a guide how to sort this fiasco out.
cheers
bex
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hiya all,
am raging at the moment.
the firmware update fails to verify every time. I have tried to follow the instructions but the supposed interim firmware isn't even available on the USB stick even though its on it.
I have tried to connect to my wifi but sits there telling me that it's creating a hotspot. I even watched a movie waiting for it to do so but did't even spill out an error.
I have the bontech upgrade which is awesome but because I tried to resolve the WiFi issue by doing a factory reset, those settings are gone. so now I am stuck, I can't access the firmware to change the E-steps per mm. (and no i didn't mess up the firmware as it was working fine and steps were adjusted ages ago.
So dear friends I seek your help on this matter.
Bex
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7 minutes ago, marcottt said:
Support from trangelabs is nothing. They only say some stupid things to get 15 day warranty time.
They say to ask to bondtech.... But this is a clone I don't think bondtech answer this....
Bondtech already gave their answer 😱
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37 minutes ago, bondtech said:
Contact Trianglelabs support? I am sure they will give you the answers you are looking for.
A serious subject with irony, but none the less amusing response.
Meanwhile, I love the genuine article on my UM3 managed to fine tune it perfectly.
👍🏼 It’s amazeballs
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It should work if you follow GR5’s guide.
I’d format the SD card and give it one more try.
The file is a .img file that your uploading and not being changed in anyway?
might be worth plugging in the HDMI cable so you can see what’s going on. Will
give us a better idea how to help 🙂
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Should be around 10min.
I would start again, possibly use a different file.
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hiya,
right is 0 and left is 1 indeed. I don't know why but that's what I have used.
I've used the profile and works fine so far.
the reduction in build volume is to allow for the clips that come with the printer.
yes, it ony accepts x3g format. don't know why but possibly it's because the printer is pretty much a copy of the makerbot as it was back then.
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WanHao D4S:
number of extruders: 2
filament size : 1.75mm
X Y Z
build volume: 220 140 150
origin offset : 110 70 0
Flip Y
tool offsett tool 0 : 0
tool 1 : 34
frimware type: Makerbot/salfish
START
M73 P0 ; enable build progress
G162 X Y F3000 ; home XY maximum
G161 Z F1200 ; home Z minimum
G92 Z-5 ; set Z to -5
G1 Z0 ; move Z to 0
G161 Z F100 ; home Z slowly
M132 X Y Z A B ; recall home offsets
M135 T0 ; load right extruder offsets
G1 X-120 Y-70 Z30 F9000 ; move to wait position off table
G130 X20 Y20 Z20 A20 B20 ; lower stepper Vrefs while heating
M126 S[fan_speed_pwm]
M140 S[bed0_temperature] T0
M134 T0 ; stabilize bed temperature
M104 S[extruder0_temperature] T0
M133 T0 ; stabilize extruder temperature
G130 X127 Y127 Z40 A127 B127 ; default stepper Vrefs
G92 A0 B0 ; zero extruders
G1 Z0.4 ; position nozzle
G1 E25 F300 ; purge nozzle
G1 X-115 Y-65 Z0.15 F1200 ; slow wipe
G1 X-110 Y-60 Z0.5 F1200 ; lift
G92 A0 B0 ; zero extruders
M73 P1 ;@body (notify GPX body has started)
END
M73 P100 ; end build progress
G1 Z150 F1000 ; send Z axis to bottom of machine
M140 S0 T0 ; cool down HBP
M104 S0 T0 ; cool down right extruder
M104 S0 T1 ; cool down left extruder
M127 ; stop blower fan
G162 X Y F3000 ; home XY maximum
M18 ; disable stepper
M72 P1 ; play Ta-Da song
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just to mention that the Wanhao D4S profile is still a single extruder with no option to change.
As of yet I haven't seen a Wanhao D4S with only one extruder. only seen them with dual, so I don't know where on earth this current profile comes from.
Bex
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Hiya,
its the the latest version.
managed to figure it out.
once I logged in I had to type: cd /usr/share/ plus the rest which escapes me. Once I did this I then typed in python3 commands_util.py
this gave me the CMD prompt. However I have to do this after every time I sendgcode. For some reason I have to turn off and on the printer then log in the send the GCode for it to move. Once it moves it won’t respond to any GCode command, so I have to turn off and on again followed by logging in.
I don’t get it. ? I type the exact same thing and it doesn’t respond.
But I managed to dial in the step/mm for the bond tech. Which was 513 ish. Managed to check it and he presto.
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Nope, no CMD prompt.
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hiya,
tried to get somewhere with it but can't get any form of Gcode to work. I tried to get to python 3 command util but can't get there either.
all say either it doesn't recognise the command or there is no file or directory ?
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Hiya,
yeah just realised i should have know better.
I have a UM3
thanks for the reply, I will apply those commands.
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Hi all,
could someone help me. The steps per mm given by bond tech aren’t right. Major under extrusion.
What is the best way to perform a move material by a fixed amount under control.
I have used used the developer access although I struggle to actually get it to do something when I want it to.
I lost my original value for E steps. ?
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9 hours ago, Mtnbikersd said:
Yes, I've used the Wanhao Duplicator 4s setting, but it is a single extruder profile and why have a dual extruder printer when you can only use one extruder?? I've chosen to attempt to create my own, which is almost what I did for the Ender 2 which brought me into the Cura world in the first place. I chose the Ultimaker "Original Dual Extruder" with a dual extruder, and am currently swapping out the G-code and settings with everything I can glean from everyone I've run across with the actual settings for the Duplicator 4. I can't try it out until Monday when a part arrives I need to make the printer operational (a support broke in shipping). I believe the native Cura has an export function that will already allow you to save your files to an X3G format, or maybe I've already downloaded and installed that plugin; sometimes you just keep throwing spaghetti at the wall and hope it sticks. If I get it up and working, I'll post it here and on Facebook in the Wanhao user's group. I really like the idea of clicking a button and changing the filament color mid printing, should add some zest to the whole deal, eh?
There is a plug-in for x3g writer to do the necessary.
i wait in baited breath so I can advise my friend how best to sort it.
Mid possible and when working, could you share on thingiverse any files and guidance to make it happen.
many thanks
rebekah
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Indeed. I checked and distractingly this is the case.
Another thing wrong with 3.5.x
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Indeed. I checked and distractingly this is the case.
Another thing wrong with 3.5.x
X/Y calibration.
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the xy cal doesnt adjust to current setup.
with 0.25 nozzle i get the extruder skipping and if i have anything other than pla i have to adjust temp as well as flow rate during the process.
how can i lower the nozzle diameter for an internal process on the machine