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Warner lakes I'm Still getting to grips with it, had a few issues with the homing and orthographic compensation, but I've managed to print some pretty cool traffic cones :D, and have printed a...
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What kind of plastic are you using? What surface do you have on the bed?
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Im just using PLA and the bed is Kapton tape, I think I've got a handle on the detachment issues, but the artifacts are a real pain, particularly when printining a part that has multiple colours per...
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Which slicer are you using. I'm using Simplify3D, their latest release has an ooze shield. not sure what cura and slic3r have in their latest release.
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I've been looking at Simplift3D, but whilst they do a lot for dual extruder printers their tri extruder printer support is not too hot, it does have some nice features though, will look forward to...
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Hey bgkdavis , Have you been to HSBNE? (http://hsbne.org/) I haven't been there personally, but it could contain a lot of 3D Printing activity for you Maroons ;). It looks like a very well presented...
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Yes, I highly suggest checking Hackerspace Brisbane out. I've only been once, but I can definitely say it is an awesome space with quite a few RepRap printer owners (and some other types of printers).
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well Ive given Simplify3D a go and this is what the print looks like with the ooze shield still on the bed, you can see there are a lot of ooze artifacts, but they are all attached to the shield...
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YES! I have a RepRap (recently purchased) which I am trying to get to run with Ubuntu 14.04. This is not being very successful so far (still haven't printed anything as yet). I am working through...
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Hi OzzieEngineer, did you get it working yet? I have connected my printer to ubuntu and got it working, right now my printer is running off RAMPS connected to a raspberry pi running Octoprint. It's...
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Hi dansxmods, Good news and bad news. Good news is that I got it all working and it prints great! I found that dust had accumulated in the extractor. Once I had totally cleaned it, it was extruding...
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Of course I now realise that by running on ubuntu, your actually using computers to drive the printer, I don't have that problem, both my printers are fitted with Duet controllers and run completely...
View ArticleOnshape Users - Brisbane Meetup - 29 September
I just got an email that there is an "Onshape Meetup" at the Brisbane Hackerspace on 29 September. I'm not sure if I'll make it along, but I thought I would share. If you're not familiar with it,...
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ozzieengineer, Assuming your machine uses a standard control board (RAMPS 1.4 or similar), I strongly suggest getting a "RepRapDiscount Full Graphic Smart Controller" [reprap.org] which has an SD Card...
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My board is a Melzi Ardentissimo with an SD card slot on it. The manual instructions (in Chinglish) says I can load a gcode file in the root directory and run it from there. I am yet to try it out....
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There is also an LCD controller option for the Melzi called the Panelolu2 [reprap.org] but I have no experience with this hardware set-up.
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I'm jelly! where's this in Sydney haha
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Is there any one in Ipswich area who knows about setting up a Geeetech I3 Pro B printer as I have run into trouble trying to get it to print Geoff
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Hello Geoff, There is actually a hackerspace in Ipswich with fellow 3D Printing enthusiasts that should be able to help you: [www.hsipswich.org] Otherwise Hackerspace Brisbane will also be of great...
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