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Carla_Birch

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  1. On 8/24/2019 at 2:24 AM, johnse said:

    The "Join Community" link is still available in the footer of the page.

    What is a very bad place for it to be, most new users are not going to load a page talking about how big companys use 3D Printer and scroll all the way down to the footer.

     

    My personal view is it would be better to just have "Community" in the main header menu, because a community is a big part of growing a company and a loyal userbase that can help give support and advise for new users.

  2. 1 hour ago, gr5 said:

    Yeah I don't have a super slip for the S5.  It would be the same material (teflon) but different length.  Last I checked, 3dsolex didn't have a super slip for the S5.  Next time I put in an order with 3dsolex (in about a month) I'll check to see if they offer it now but I suspect not.

     

     

     

    They still don't on their own site, whats a shame as i would buy them if they did, not sure why they don't its only a longer length as you say.

  3. 1 hour ago, gr5 said:

    In the USA, you can get a bowden (and it probably comes with clips) from fbrc8.com (who assembled your Ultimaker) or you can get S5 bowden's from me at thegr5store.com.

     

    When not printing (in other words when there is not a lot of pressure on the filament from the feeder) if the bowden jiggles up and down even .5mm then you need the clip (or you need to add this distance to the retraction distance in cura).  If it stays in place then you don't need the clip.  There are tricks for inserting the bowden in such a way that you don't need the clip but they cost something like 10 per penny plus you can print one as you said.

     

    I see you have the 3D Solex super-slip bowden under the S5 parts but then the listing says its "Compatible with UMO, UM2, UM2+, UM3" but it does not say the S5?

  4. On 7/10/2019 at 1:49 PM, Belezeebub said:

    Use the advance settings of PVA only for interface layer I used to burn 5 - 7 rolls of PVA a month now I am down to 2.

     

    Yep's i do this very same trick, because my prints all have supports on the outside, so i only need the roof of the support to be PVA to give the better overhang finnish.

  5. Best way to get better clearance is to dial in your flow rate and speed more, but you have to keep in mind you dealing with plastic that shrinks when cools and each type/brand might shrink more than another. But i do find personally myself that 0.4-0.5 is the normal clearance needed for pla.

  6. I got an 3dsolex hardcore today for my Ultimaker S5 but i'm facing a problem where it seems on the auto level that the core seems to push into the glass more than the stock cores, so after the auto level is done, the nozzle is to close to the glass to be able to print the first layer and then as you can guess drags the next once a layer is down.

     

    Anyone have any ideas? I'm guessing its something to do with the core being able to go up and down not as easy as stock cores and thats why its pushing more into the glass?

  7. Personally i try to make sure i have the filament needed on a spool for a print and when my spool gets to the where its likely no good to do a big print with i swap the spool and save the filament for doing little small prints with with the filament not on a spool.

     

    Cura is good at saying what filament if needed to do a print so i try and make use of that information to make sure i have the needed filament left on the spool.

     

    When i do have to change filament mid print i always try and do so when the infill is printing, so any break in filament feed is on the inside of the print and does not show on the outside.

  8. I think with the last update the prime blob was edited a bit in how it works so it does seem to drag a bit of filament across the build plate now. It really could do with lifting the head more when it primes so that it don't get filament stuck all over the nozzle what then drags some across. Maybe @SandervG could pass the feedback on to the right team members.

  9. Still using the one that come with my S5 here and it's still fine and i have 108 days of run time on the printer. It's likely you are using prime blobs at the start and you get left with a bit of filament on the cover around the nozzle due to how the prime blob works. So without seeing any image i would say its just burnt filament what you can just clean off.

  10. 47 minutes ago, kmanstudios said:

    And on top of this: Make sure your feeder itself is not filled with filament 'shavings' as this can lead to issues with your filaments and readings.

    Yep the rare times (2 times) i have come across this problem i have cleaned the printhead out, feeders and also taken the bowden tubes out from printhead and made sure to push them back in tight again also.

     

    Keeping a printer clean makes for a happy printer, defo the front fan that sucks in a lot of fine hair like plastic that also then gets all over the print cores. This is why the printer maintenance tasks have you clean the printer every month and the print cores every 3 months. 

     

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    Keeping on top of them tasks @nano-l is something to try and make a habit of checking and doing if you do not do so already.

  11. My S5 prints fine and as been from day one, you got to keep in mind that the Cura settings are not a one fits all jobs, going by the model you will need to edit settings.

     

    Looking at the model you got fine walls with cut outs, you will need to slow down the print speed to stop ghosting, also because the walls are thin you don't want a infill but you want to edit the settings so its just printing walls, because printing a infill will make a lot of vibration on walls that thin.

     

    Also the part don't look that big so i don't know why your print times so long, was you printing with PLA and PVA support? If so you can greatly lower print time by using a mix of PLA support with just PVA Roof, saves a lot of time and PVA because looking at the images all support you can access so you don't need full PVA if you was using it.

  12. On 4/22/2019 at 9:23 AM, RudydG said:

    Hello, can you tell me your experience with the S5 + S3D?

    I was a fan of S3D, in the tinkering time, now i am all into the automatic workflow of Cura, but is miss some features, the speed and the interface of S3D.

    I just downloaded the latest verzion, but already, i see that by default the mix up the extruders (left PVA + right PLA), not like it is standard used on the S5.

    Many thanks, for your input 😉

    I have personally been keeping to Cura with my S5, just seems to work better because it was designed for it. S3D feels a bit like a hacked up way to just get the basics working.

     

    Why i do miss how supports work in S3D i have just leant to get use to using the support blocker in Cura.

  13. On 4/15/2019 at 9:00 AM, SandervG said:

    Hi Carla, your best bet would be our sales partner in your region has more information. Since you are from GB that would be 3DGBIRE.

    (A sales partner is our partner in a certain region that we work together with very closely. They sell our products, but also appoint all resellers and should ensure a good customer service regionally. So it may not not be necessarily your reseller, but it could be.

     

    I'll share our other sales partners here below as a reference:

    GB - 3DGBIRE

    DE, AT, CH - iGo3D

    Nordic + Baltics - 3DVerkstan

    FR - Makershop

    NL, BE, LU - Trideus

     

     

     

    Contacted 3DGBIRE and they say they don’t have the plates and it’s still being discussed far they know.

  14. On 3/26/2019 at 3:59 PM, SandervG said:

     

    Hi thank you for your post. This week glass plates should be being shipped to our partners and they'll then ship them to you. So I would expect that you should receive it somewhere next week. Hope this helps! 

    Hi @SandervG,

    Have still not heard anything about the glass plate, should i contact the company who i got the printer from?

  15. 5 hours ago, SandervG said:

     

    Hi thank you for your post. This week glass plates should be being shipped to our partners and they'll then ship them to you. So I would expect that you should receive it somewhere next week. Hope this helps! 

    Many thanks for the update 🙂

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