3D Printer - Anyone Have one?

[Trendkilla254]

I did just finish it on friday night. I have not calibrated the extruder yet. The build went great. I was lucky enough to not break any of the acrylic parts. It took about 7 hours of building between 3 sessions. I feel like now that I have done it once that I could build it in about 4 hours maybe. Without the videos, it would have been impossible.

 

[ElectricPlasma]

I did just finish it on friday night. I have not calibrated the extruder yet. The build went great. I was lucky enough to not break any of the acrylic parts. It took about 7 hours of building between 3 sessions. I feel like now that I have done it once that I could build it in about 4 hours maybe. Without the videos, it would have been impossible.

Nicely done! Looks like everything's in check.

Also, what do you mean by calibrate the extruder? Maybe your printer is different, but I believe you only have to calibrate XYZ axis.

 

[Trendkilla254]

Nicely done! Looks like everything's in check.

Also, what do you mean by calibrate the extruder? Maybe your printer is different, but I believe you only have to calibrate XYZ axis.

You should calibrate your extruder. You heat the hotend and measure out 120mm of filament and mark a line. Then you tell it to extrude 100mm of filament. You measure how much you have left. You divide that number and multiply it by your number of steps. That will give you your new steps number. You change your Extruder Steps and redo the process. That should ensure you are extruding the exact right amount of filament. It's supposed to fix most print issues and should be done anytime you change filament. At least that's what Youtube Personalities Recommend.

How to calibrate the Extruder on your 3d Printer

 

[Rivem]

You should calibrate your extruder. You heat the hotend and measure out 120mm of filament and mark a line. Then you tell it to extrude 100mm of filament. You measure how much you have left. You divide that number and multiply it by your number of steps. That will give you your new steps number. You change your Extruder Steps and redo the process. That should ensure you are extruding the exact right amount of filament. It's supposed to fix most print issues and should be done anytime you change filament. At least that's what Youtube Personalities Recommend.

How to calibrate the Extruder on your 3d Printer

Trend is totally right EP. That can have a big effect on your print quality and layer adhesion.

 

[ElectricPlasma]

Interesting, never even heard of that before. I'll give it a shot, thanks guys.

 

[Trendkilla254]

So here is my Second Print, the first was just a 10x10x10 cube.