kmanstudios

OK, I am just starting to get into wiring and solder and all that shocking sort of stuff. I have a regular soldering setup for basic stuff with the various tips and helping hands with magnifying glass. But as I got further into things, I found I needed something like the Zeny 853D SMD rework station to really get into microelectronics and such. I can see, from other posts that get deep into the PCB and such for the printers, that this will be a handy skill to develop as the machine goes out of warranty, or I get crazy and take on homemade mods and such. Now I have gone to YouTube (that muddled mess of tuts that are either out of date or just not complete enough) and am looking for some suggestions on a brand or type of Soldering paste. Most of the links posted with those tuts are either dead or out of country and am hoping for a basic guideline on the type of paste (with flux?) and what size nozzle or needle or what ever I would need to look into. Preferably something that can be procured in the US. Looking to do some teensy weensy stuff. Thanks! The clumsy noob is ready to electrocute himself

And here my ignorance shines like a beacon...... I am assuming that M4 is the size of the head and the larger the number, the larger the head? Or, is it like wiring where 12 gauge is larger than 30 gauge? Just making it thorough for me wee noggin.

Awesome ! Thanks for the help @kmanstudios ! Panic over. You are quite welcome

That extra object you have circled is the priming tower. Under the dual extrusion section, you will see it is checked.

Way cool And, no worries as it is what it is. Go community!!

Good to know. But, WOW!~ What a cool tip for making it work well. Kudos and thanks for the illustration! It really helps me as I am a complete visual thinker.

Win 8.1 Pro (I doubt that makes a difference, just noting to be thorough)

Just out of curiosity, what material and how well does it hold when applying torque? Does it strip out or a soft torque usage?

I just viewed it in Firefox with no issues. Are you on PC or MAC? I am on PC and latest version of Firefox.

I went back and double checked the procedure I outlined and it is working for me if I just change materials. Not sure why it is not working at all for you.

OK, I found a glitch in the process. Assuming that you are in Cura and your settings are one way. An example would be that I have two slightly different project files. One is for the base of a lamp (thicker walls, more top and bottom layers, etc. to make it heavier/sturdier) and one that is the same material for the top part of the lamp, but 2 walls, not three, and much less infill for transparency and top is less layers than bottom. If I open one project file and then the other, it starts adding machines (Same material, different settings as mentioned). But if I just choose a different material and discard the personal settings, it will open just fine by asking if I want to update or create new. I even "start new project" on one and it keeps the same material, just sets everything back to normal/default settings. If I open a project with the same material, it will not ask to update, but adds a machine. If I open different sets of profiles that are different materials and such, it will ask if I want to update existing or create new and not add new machines if I choose update. This is what I did before and it seemed to be working. But I was going from one type of material project to another. Even color of material made a difference as it asked to keep or discard settings when changing color of PLA, but keeping the personal settings. Even if I keep or discard changes upon selecting the material, it will not create a new machine if the material choice is different from current settings to opened project. Bottom line, it seems to be something that is locked into material and not anything else I have discovered so far. And, this time, my test files were all created in 2.6.2 and did not load older projects. I have not tested the older projects with the material issues to see if that is the culprit completely, but wanted to get this much out so far.

I will have to say that it has not happened with new projects for me unless an old one has been opened first and the program is left running. Since it was not happening all the time (As mentioned, only when old projects are opened) it was a bit disconnected in me wee lil' brain. But when I did a series of opens and closes with a purpose, and then actually took into account Nallath's account, it did work as explained. But, only if it was a fresh run of the program and had only created new, or used 2.6.x, files. Consistently did it during a run starting from the older files and no restart of the program. And, I had cleaned out the extra machines---that seemed to have sway in things.

Thank you, thank you On the hunt now.

I imagine it also gives some play for when the filament is not really straight (Kinked or curled) or super-duper even.

Started doing research and what I can find, and figure, is this: The 'material nr. 1.4310' is the type of metal for correct 'springiness' and the 'DIN 17.224' is the length of the spring in mm. Still on the search as I drink my caffeine boost to wake up. These look about right....but awaiting confirmation from any knowledgeable source before spending money. Also waiting on hardware store to open to see what they may have.

geert_2:The spring give the lever a bit of play. I am assuming that it is for people like me who take a while to get the right feel for some things and not just flatten it from the get go. And, for right now, I have a piece of metal in its place, but it will shortly deform. IRobertI: Not sure. I will have to input the numbers into a search engine and see where I can buy them from. And, I have no idea really about other machines, but from what I have seen, the feeders do not seem to be too different. And, thanks for the tip. Here was the problem(s): 1. Woke up to the sounds of my baby crying 2. Decided to open the feeder while still, basically, asleep to see what could be happening as to why I could not pull the filament out. 3. Upon opening, while the feeder was still attached and vertical, I was not aware of anything until I heard something careen off things behind me. Fortunately, I found the screw mechanism, but have no idea where the spring went. So all this mess but for not paying attention to one simple idiotic rule (And I know better): Do not work on the machine while in a sleep like state. Either shut it down and wait, or be a bit more patient and wait until more aware.

For some reason, I keep letting my spring just fly out of the feeder when I have to disassemble it. This time, I got woke up to the sounds of the feeder clicking on stuck filament. 2AM. Not an excuse, but it is what it is. As I took off the back of the feeder, the spring just went flying somewhere. So, in the future events, it will happen again I am sure, what type of spring is it? Size, type, tension, whatever is needed to purchase a whole bunch of them when I do these clumsy things in the middle of the night whilst still mostly asleep. I made a makeshift spring out of wire I had in the house to keep printing (must, not, stop...must....Keep....PRINTING!!! Ok, if not a fan of 60's or 70's Hanna Barbara superhero cartoons, that will make no sense) but is is not a spring metal and it will eventually just conform to shape. I cannot keep bothering the good folks at fbrc8 about this. I did ask the same info, but I was hoping for an answer here as well so that I can get a bunch of these things. Thanks, da clumsy noob......

"Ah HA!!", He exclaimed while petting his white cat fiendishly. Edit: Scratch anything below bad "Austin Powers" visual above. Until I can replicate a new issue properly and track it directly, it does not merit attention.........

It has been happening with the last 3 spools. I Have a hard time believeing that I got 3 bad spools in a row. As for the cleaning is there really any way to clean it for this issue? I looked at how to clean the printer cores and its all for if they are clogged. Depending on where you are in the US, there could have been a great increase of humidity. I know I am running into that issue here in Brooklyn. Even with my A/C running 24/7 it is having a hard time keeping the humidity down a bit. Like I said before, I just finished running a 5 day print and you can see the change in the PVA structure quite easily as the days wore on. From what I understand, Nylon and PVA are pretty much the same level of being hygroscopic.

Just curious, have you tried to keep one file loaded (Like in my image 4) and change machines? Does it switch to the previous machine state, i.e. load materials and settings for that machine?

So far, I have been lucky in that I have just been able to put it back into a drybox and let the desiccant do its job. On a side note, I just finished a 5 day print job with tons of PVA. You can actually see the change in the PVA as time went on. And, I had to really clean it out when done because of all the cooked moisture charring things up, inside and out.

Here is a visual track. At least Pixopaxo above this post is more knowledgeable than I. I keep deleting them, but they keep coming back...the Michael Corleone of 3D Printing....

I will PM you with a link a bit later as I keep deleting them and not sure which files do this. I just notice after a few are created. Oh, and before I started to delete them, it would name the project UM3E#x. It as if it is saving a state of the machine. If I change the project printer, it goes back to the previous settings.

Maybe a bad spool of material? I have not had this happen and my printer has been running for 7 months, almost non stop. While I do not use nylon all the time, it does get used. Are you cleaning it properly and regularly?

It has been happening to me in all 2.6 versions. I have to keep going in and delete the printers.