On 10/27/2018 at 1:37 PM, Anders Olsson said:It depends how many printing hours you have on the machine?
If it has been operating more or less 24/7 (some of them actually do), you could consider replacing the timing belts, there is a kit for that.
If the printer only has a few thousand operating hours though I think it will be fine with what you suggested.
Pay extra attention to carefully cleaning and re-lubricating the Z-screw with the right type of lubricant as that probably is the most critical component for maintaining good printing quality.
The feeder should´t need any attention unless you have been printing abrasive materials?
Thank you for the response. I've only been printing with PLA. (no wood or fancy textures or flex or anything).
I did a check to see how many hours I've printed over the years and it looks like 3500. (lots of miniature terrain, slow prints, high resolution) Does that qualify as "only a few thousand" do you think, or do you think I should do the timing belts?
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It depends how many printing hours you have on the machine?
If it has been operating more or less 24/7 (some of them actually do), you could consider replacing the timing belts, there is a kit for that.
If the printer only has a few thousand operating hours though I think it will be fine with what you suggested.
Pay extra attention to carefully cleaning and re-lubricating the Z-screw with the right type of lubricant as that probably is the most critical component for maintaining good printing quality.
The feeder should´t need any attention unless you have been printing abrasive materials?
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