kmanstudios
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Big honking brim to help?
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Thanks @cloakfiend 🙂 The surgery was back in January, but troubles persist. I cannot tell you how many prints are made, but due to fine motor control issues, I have not been able to finish them. Kinda hard to paint without fine motor control. Kinda makes sanding and finishing a bit difficult. Lots of issues that myself and the medical team are working to find ways to help things out. Just gotta remap the brain, if possible.....
But, that print looks awesome :) Glad to hear that the 3D pen is working for you.
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This is a work in progress. Since surgery, I am working with some side effects (still) so, I am slow and having to work bunches to get around them. Printed on the S5.
This is the model on the build plate. Still not finished. Gotta really sharpen details and work a bit more on the overall bust.
Sliced, you can see the details disappear.....
Print is rough as hell....After years of no PVA issues, getting them now... ☹️
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I do not know Tinkercad, so I ask about importing, or creating a vector line and just extrude without all the booleans?
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Maybe @fbrc8-erin may have some reference material she knows of.
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36 minutes ago, gr5 said:
@bkirchman - manual leveling 1mm above the glass won't help much if it does an autolevel right after.
On a technicality, I would disagree about the manual leveling not helping.
In a broader sense, it is good to do a manual leveling periodically to correct for the buildplate 'settling' by way of many things. Basically, the more level the buildplate the less correction the active leveling process goes through.
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9 minutes ago, gr5 said:
I don't even know if UM3 has factory reset.
It does :)
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I love it when our community does thins like this. 😁It is so nice to see people look after others that have different printers. Makes me feel like this is a real community.
Though I do not have the printer, I really like this participation 👍
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It is also better for you to create your own profiles rather than depend on a blanket profile when it comes to materials as different manufacturers version of a material does vary as well as the machine it is printed on as well even the colour of the material.
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36 minutes ago, rob0213 said:
Funny thing is I haven't changed ANYTHING.... it just quit working twice now.
Note that I did not say that you changed anything.
What I did mean, is that the printer definition in the supplied Cura with your product may not be the same as the definition that comes with Cura available to the masses. Nothing to do with what you are doing. The product's manufacturer just may have something in their supplied version that is different from the basic Cura available to everybody.
I just think it may be the thing to look at due to the ginormous 'grey area' seen in your image.
The .3mf file would let people see if it is indeed the skirt issue @ahoeben mentioned. Otherwise we are just guessing. I am sure this is frustrating to you when you do need a more solid answer.
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14 hours ago, rob0213 said:
The STL file opens just fine in myPpowe Sspec edition of Cura....
This sounds like a printer definition that is different from the the supplied copy of the program and the wide release of Cura.
The greyed area referenced by @ahoeben seems to show this with the image you supplied.
Edit: A supplied .3mf file would help in this as it would contain all the information of the Cura setup used.
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Supplying a project file would be very helpful. Otherwise, we are throwing guesses out there.
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It has been a while so I am a bit fuzzy on this (sorry), but I did start with the 0.4 or 0.8settings in the past and just tweak it a bit. I forget the settings, but it worked great on basic PLA, of which I print mostly myself. I think I did start with the 0.8 settings.......
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Nice thing about the CC 0.6 is that it will last much, much longer.
I print 24/7 for about 6 months and the brass nozzles get frayed and lose fidelity in the print. The CC core will be much stronger and last better with any material.
And it is there fore that ONE time you need to print something abrasive. Remember, there are abrasive based PLA filaments. When I first started, I did not know glow in the dark was an abrasive material. Kinda hastened the end of that core. :(
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31 minutes ago, ultiarjan said:
While the cc0.6 is great it's pretty pricey... So availability of a 'normal' 0.6 core would be a nice addition to the lineup. Specially considering the um3 feeders can't handle abrasive material anyhow...
I can agree with that.
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What is wrong with the CC core being made for abrasive materials? Not only is it the size you are looking for but will also run all other materials. Abrasive resistant does not preclude the usage, just expands it......
This is not in opposition to the other stuff mentioned here, but just letting you know.
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This is just a friendly reminder to people that when asking for help, it helps us to help you if you supply things such as models to be examined.
It is amazing how many things are actually model related. But without the model and full information (printer, model, etc) it is just a guessing game.
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Kinda would help to look at the model as I have been able to print bottoms of spiralized designed models.
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Without the model to examine, it is a guessing game. Can you share the model to be checked?
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And I just noticed that it is a sketchup model, which is notorious for creating issues with 3D printing.
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Can you share the file? Without the file, it remains to be a giant guess as to the many reasons it will not load properly. I say this because (with my machine, a lot of ram and such) I routinely load hundred + Mb sized files into cura.
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1 hour ago, gr5 said:
I think it's cancelled. I think all large makerfaire's are cancelled. They filed for bankruptcy I think just after the san francisco one a few weeks ago. Let's cross our fingers and hope they can figure something out. It sounds like the mini makerfaires are still a go.
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That is just one reason I am suggesting that you go with a new core that has all of that done. That core is not easy to mess with.
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20 minutes ago, Craig123 said:
Thank you for your help so if I get my hands on a um3(E) core a ruby nozzle should fit this, and this core should fit into the S5 with no issues ?
yup 🙂 But it seems you still want to change the nozzle instead of getting a whole new core.
@gr5sells hardened cores like this in the US. He knows tons of stuff about this.
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As far as I know, all UM3(E) cores work perfectly on the S5 as well. The cores being a self contained unit have all the needed parts to work properly. I am not sure if there is a specific ruby core or not, but if so, it will solve the issue without worrying about breaking the core just trying to change the nozzle.
I have been switching between cores on both machines since I got the S5. So, it does work in my experience.
AMA: Oct 31st | Owens Corning - XSTRAND™
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Tried throwing a dart to see if landed.
While I tried it a long time ago with the X-Strand, I have printed with PP and had no issues, but then, I was not pushing design boundaries. I was using compact, vertical designs in both X-Strand and UM PP.
I can say that I remember making sure the plate was super duper clean and a very thin film of PVA. I was also in a very climate controlled room with low humidity.