This is a fantastic write-up, but I was really bothered by the design choice of having those colored lines at the top of the screen at all times on mobile.
This is a fantastic write-up, but I was really bothered by the design choice of having those colored lines at the top of the screen at all times on mobile.
This is a really great write up and despite its focus on FDM/FFF printing, most of these rules are present and true for industrial SLS, MJF/HSS and even some Metal printing systems! For anyone...
This is a really great write up and despite its focus on FDM/FFF printing, most of these rules are present and true for industrial SLS, MJF/HSS and even some Metal printing systems!
For anyone interested, the 3D Printing Handbook by Ben Redwood is also a great read to understand how to design for most printing technologies.
Thanks for sharing this. I just bought a Creality K2 Plus about two months ago, so I'm still figuring out some of the finer details after getting the basics down. Having all of this in one place...
Thanks for sharing this. I just bought a Creality K2 Plus about two months ago, so I'm still figuring out some of the finer details after getting the basics down. Having all of this in one place as a reference is extremely helpful. It'll definitely save a lot of web searches!
Thank you for putting this together! I recently needed to produce some 3D printed equipment. I don't own a printer but a few different workshops in my area are offering access. That means I have...
Thank you for putting this together!
I recently needed to produce some 3D printed equipment. I don't own a printer but a few different workshops in my area are offering access. That means I have to do all my concrete learning and testing within the limited time allotted for printing. Many questions emerged that now have answers thanks to your article, without my needing to perform tests each time.
As a side note, there's an issue I've ran into many times that doesn't seem to be well covered online. The printers I use are Ultimaker Cura 3, and this has been happening with several of them. It happens when the filament gets ever so slightly tangled on the spool and requires a bit more force to pull it out (this only seems to happen with the spool that is physically further away from the device body). The printer thinks the filament is jammed - even though it isn't - and pauses printing. I can resume printing without touching the spool at all and it works perfectly, but it's very annoying to have to monitor the printer for the entire duration of the job.
If there's anyone here that knows how to solve this, I'm all ears! Things I have tried:
Taking off the filament guide in hopes to reduce the required pulling force. Didn't help much and might cause other issues (the guide is there for a reason).
Placing the spool on the spot close to the machine. Helps somewhat but not feasible if both extruders are in use.
Unraveling some of the filament from the spool and winding it back on more tightly (while taking care to not introduce torque). Also helped a bit but didn't entirely solve the issue.
I've printed with the Ultimaker 3 quite a bit. When something like this happens I would usually check a few things. Cross winding on the spool - check to see if the filament has tangled slightly...
I've printed with the Ultimaker 3 quite a bit. When something like this happens I would usually check a few things.
Cross winding on the spool - check to see if the filament has tangled slightly on the spool and try to correct it if possible by carefully untangling it.
Filament angle going into the printer - if the material is at a weird angle while the feeder in the back is trying to push the material to the head it can make it hard for the printer to actually push the material and cause issues.
Feeder tension - there is a small screw on top of the feeder that controls how hard the motor gear is being pushed against the material. Check to see that it is set high enough where it can easily push the material. In my experience, having it set to one quarter to half way is plenty.
Clean nozzle - sometimes the print head/nozzle can start to clog. This is especially true if multiple materials have been printed with the same nozzle. Try running through a print head cleaning procedure if you can. This can be found in the settings of the printer and can be performed with PLA which I'm assuming they have.
Dry material - if the material hasn't been dried recently, see if they can dry it out.
These are just things I've thought of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more things that could resolve the issue.
This is a fantastic write-up, but I was really bothered by the design choice of having those colored lines at the top of the screen at all times on mobile.
They're animated to disappear when you scroll down. Something must've broken on your end because they snake away on mine.
For me, the circle moves but then the lines remain
And I agree that it is quite jarring lol
This is a really great write up and despite its focus on FDM/FFF printing, most of these rules are present and true for industrial SLS, MJF/HSS and even some Metal printing systems!
For anyone interested, the 3D Printing Handbook by Ben Redwood is also a great read to understand how to design for most printing technologies.
Thanks for sharing this. I just bought a Creality K2 Plus about two months ago, so I'm still figuring out some of the finer details after getting the basics down. Having all of this in one place as a reference is extremely helpful. It'll definitely save a lot of web searches!
Thank you for putting this together!
I recently needed to produce some 3D printed equipment. I don't own a printer but a few different workshops in my area are offering access. That means I have to do all my concrete learning and testing within the limited time allotted for printing. Many questions emerged that now have answers thanks to your article, without my needing to perform tests each time.
As a side note, there's an issue I've ran into many times that doesn't seem to be well covered online. The printers I use are Ultimaker Cura 3, and this has been happening with several of them. It happens when the filament gets ever so slightly tangled on the spool and requires a bit more force to pull it out (this only seems to happen with the spool that is physically further away from the device body). The printer thinks the filament is jammed - even though it isn't - and pauses printing. I can resume printing without touching the spool at all and it works perfectly, but it's very annoying to have to monitor the printer for the entire duration of the job.
If there's anyone here that knows how to solve this, I'm all ears! Things I have tried:
I've printed with the Ultimaker 3 quite a bit. When something like this happens I would usually check a few things.
These are just things I've thought of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more things that could resolve the issue.