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yvest

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  1. So if I understand correctly it's essentially the first layer that is causing problems where it seems you have bad adhesion to the bed, right? I actually had that same issue with regular PLA where it turned out that I had to perform some proper bed leveling. If the nozzle is little too far from the bed, it will not stick well. Just a suggestion, I'm still learning myself :-)
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    I bought these nice Philips Led lamps couple of years ago and they were supposed to fit into my ceiling where I measured free height of around 8cm which was enough for them to fit. Unfortunately, not every hole did have the same free height so several of them didn't fit. As a result, for a long time those lamps were simply hanging there as I didn't want to buy any new ones (see photo). Having a 3D printer now, I thought of making my own design where the lamps would fit and still look good on the ceiling. Since I like the look of the lamps (and somehow want to be careful about the heat they do produce), I've chosen for an open design. The design consists of 2 parts having a lamp holder and the cover part which you simply push into the ceiling. I already noticed 2 things with it which I'm sure can still be improved being: (1) The cover might get little loose since it's just being pushed into the ceiling without any clips or so (2) The holder / cover does not push the lamp into a straight position necessarily so you need to ensure it's straight manually (combining the holder / cover in a better way could probably solve that) But overall, it does the trick and looks ok to me. Any suggestions / ideas welcome. Shared on YouMagine
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    Printed this thermal detonator for my son, came out pretty nice I would say (3 parts to be assembled)! Material = Ultimaker PLA Silver Metallic Design made by AprilStorm
  4. Thanks Ultiarjan, I guess I didn't yet fully understand why these buttons / levers were there on the feeder where now I assume it enlarges the opening. So your trick seems to make perfect sense to avoid the problem I encountered, thanks for that. Also the disassembly instructions seem very detailed, will look into that later this week. Many thanks! Yves
  5. Hi everyone, Got my UM2+ last week and I noticed that after changing my material recently, the feeder started to produce some cracking sound (see / hear video here https://goo.gl/photos/i1ahZU77kq2aUYdUA) while printing. Sometimes it goes away but most of the time it's there. What I did notice while changing material is that when reversing, there is typically a very thin material being reversed which has a thicker part at the end. The thin material is completely removed but the thicker part seems to cutoff and remain within the feeder. Probably reason for this problem to start. So I mainly have 2 questions: - How do I best resolve this problem / sound? - What is the best way to remove the material to avoid some leftovers remain within the feeder? Many thanks in advance for any tips / suggestions. Yves
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