I’ve been spending 5-6 hours a day in Solidworks and I’ve been able to rework almost every part of this custom printer. Learning so much and appreciating every bit of practice and knowledge in ...
2021-01-06 07:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
As I wait for the last of the Voron 0 parts to print I’ve been brushing up on CAD because sooner than later I will finish a printer design.
I have a custom printer that’s been waiting to...
2021-01-03 07:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
This thing is so cute! Shout out to Jason from LDO for setting up a test kit in purple for me. I don’t love ABS so I’ve begun printing all the parts in Fusion Filament HTPET. Specifically the R...
2020-12-29 20:44:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Overhangs. Overhangs suck. Well... extreme ones. If I increase cooling it helps squat since too much cooling causes curling and so does too little. In the end not a product you want to use for anyt...
2020-12-28 22:08:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Ugh... this stuff prints great but it’s tolerances are 1.71-1.62. I bought mine during a $40 per kg sale and it’s normally $80 a kg. Basically it’s poor for tolerance but it prints really wel...
2020-12-27 18:33:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Not the fanciest of Christmas gifts but I ended up snagging a Buildtak Nylon sheet to compare against my plain garolite sheet when it comes to printing... Nylon!
I already have a stack of fle...
2020-12-25 03:47:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Need to get back into making more profiles and seeing as Prusa has pushed back any news printers for a while it’s time to get a stock printer running once again.
Give me a couple weeks to ...
2020-12-22 19:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
I don’t have much that I can truly tell yet besides that retractions are super sexy.
Not sure why but retractions are just super clean. I don’t notice this on my hemera build but I could...
2020-12-20 16:38:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Been sitting on testing this filament out and I have to say I’m quite happy with it.
Fusion Filaments who make epic HTPLA+ filament started making HTPET+ aka High Temp PET plus filament. I...
2020-12-19 21:28:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Shout out to a Patron here mr Frank Dixon who’s not only been teaching me Solidworks but hammered out the prototype universal LGX mount.
The first print shows a few tweaks but hopefully so...
2020-12-19 08:16:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This seems pretty epic to me. Quick changing to any extruder setup you Dream up or just having spares ready when things go badly is pretty darn exciting.
As always Kickstarter can be too goo...
2020-12-19 05:11:16 +0000 UTC View Post
If you haven’t kept up with the GitHub I’ve been updating all the profiles like crazy for Ideamaker.
Every single profile has been updated to a V2 and includes PLA, HTPLA, TPU, PETG, CFP...
2020-12-18 17:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Had an interesting discussion with someone who was talking about how difficult it is to create profiles for these self drilled nozzles you see on the social media’s.
“Magic”
Usin...
2020-12-09 08:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post
With trying to keep myself as neutral as possible all I can say is this is heavier (con) than expected but it also feels incredibly durable and well built (pro).
As a complete hotend it come...
2020-12-04 17:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up awesome humans. I've FINALLY fixed the Discord server connection with Patreon. If you have Discord setup it will add you AUTOMATICALLY. You have access to your own section where we can ch...
2020-12-04 06:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who caught the stream last night we worked in Solidworks to make a tray for when I’m lure building. Added some magnets to help keep the parts in their compartments during wild arm throw...
2020-10-02 13:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
If you didn't know there is a very cheap way to get Solidworks student edition for $36 a year. I signed up after the whole Fusion360 changing it's license thing for the 400th time and I actually en...
2020-10-01 18:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
If you missed it Joel Telling with the help of the evil Dave Randolph sent me his original Taz 6. Shipping was rough and broke the stock extruder body and mounting plate.
What’s...
2020-09-25 17:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I was mysteriously sent a package from Joel Telling himself. I was given no prior information and it arrived this afternoon. All I know is that I've been told to open it up on stream and that it's ...
2020-09-24 20:58:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I hopped onto youtube and made the first working Marlin 2.0.6 SKR project firmware and pushed it to github.
For those willing to test their skills the base firmware is on the link provi...
2020-07-28 23:46:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry I haven’t been updating everyone on the cool things but thanks to my buddy Dan I’ve been inspired to follow in his footsteps and print some speakers.
This is the brainch...
2020-07-21 03:41:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday July 18th at noon central USA time Joel will join me On the Hotbed!!!! Join us and let’s have a discussion with the man who basically got everyone hooked on this amazing hobby.
2020-07-18 03:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve ported the most popular stuff over to Ideamaker and am supporting ABL out the box. If you’re running a stock prusa or UBL I have start gcodes prepared for you that’ll make the transition...
2020-06-30 16:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Going forward I’ll be keeping an official Prusa Slicer GitHub going to support profiles. It’s not complete as you can tell but I’m slowly porting over everything to use the new Prusa Slicer f...
2020-06-30 16:11:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve spent a lot of time refining these profiles for the SKR bear project. I’m going to make sub folders as I port them to different machines but for now these are for ABL SKR bear printers. 2020-06-28 19:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Today at 12pm central USA we have the crazy man himself David Randolph from Printed Solid! Come spend an hour with us and don’t forget to bring your questions!
2020-06-20 13:45:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On your traditional hotends with a screw in heatbreak there is a lot of air space between the grooves. This air gap acts as a thermal barrier preventing heat from transferring efficiently from the ...
2020-06-15 15:22:49 +0000 UTC View Post
We have Wolfgang from Zaribo on stream tomorrow Saturday at 12pm central USA. Come and hangout with us!!!
2020-06-12 21:56:11 +0000 UTC View Post
After a lot of headache I’ve resorted to switching to Ideamaker to get cleaner parts due to some tool path issues in prusa slicer.
Prusa slicer is still my 💯 go to but for practical par...
2020-06-11 18:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post
SKR Bear project has all new refined firmwares with tons of fixes and new ABL (regular 7x7 mesh) firmwares which is now the default option. A total of 22 variants with more coming.