Has anyone tried eliminating oozing by turning the printer upside-down? I've seen one print while suspended from a corner. Off hand i can't think of anything else affected by gravity besides the oozing... I'm thinking get a print started, let it run for the first few layers and then flip it onto a stand (like the spacer I saw at NYMF only higher).Kyle
We flipped a printer here yesterday, which helps in getting the production robots of the platform, but the prints look exactly the same. There is still the bit of the standard oozing between the horns.
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snowygrouch 1
Gravity is only giving F=ma
which is F=mx9.81
think about the mass of plastic in the little dribble of ooze....you are talking about
pathetically tinny forces compared to the residual elastic strain in the filament in the bowden
forcing out the ooze.
By all means try it but I think it will probably help about 5% for 200% effort
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