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Post by Kainguru on Oct 28, 2015 12:58:58 GMT -8
Seems an appropriate place to start a thread about this growing interest. FTR I have a dual extrusion CTC makerbot clone with various DIY upgrades: Extra z/y axis support bearings to reduce lateral wobble A z axis brace to reduce horizontal wobble Printed off some mark 8 drive blocks so I can print ninja flex Heated build plate with glass surface Sailfish firmware upgrade - best choice ever. So far I've successfully printed down to 0.05 mm layer thickness (out of the box min layer height should be .1: very long print time and you have to make sure everything is running perfectly at this resolution on a basic machine. It is possible Waiting for form1 clones to drop a tad more so I can try SLA laser/resin prints. Aaron
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Post by shadrack on Oct 29, 2015 5:54:06 GMT -8
I am super interested, and super unable to do anything about it right now. So consider this note a subscription to this thread.
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Post by ericfromnj on Oct 29, 2015 12:34:47 GMT -8
I don't understand a word that Kainguru has typed...
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Post by Kainguru on Oct 29, 2015 13:56:45 GMT -8
I don't understand a word that Kainguru has typed... I bought a cheap clone and used it to print better parts. The x/y/z pos are your 3 dimensions of movement ref: 3D Printing - by reducing the wobble from the movement of the print head you end up with better prints (less failures). The drive block had to be upgraded so that I can print flexible plastic (ninjaflex). There are loads of different plastics - my favourite weird ones are the glow in the dark plastics and the laywoo (wood) and laybrick (stone). I really want to try 3DXNano because that stuff conducts electric current. The firmware is basically you printers bios - sailfish is a community developed firmware that prints faster and more accurately than the factory installed pieces of sloppy coding shite. Layer height is basically your resolution : the lower the finer the resolution : the slower the build time and, depending on what you are printing, the possibility of less tensile strength. It's a trade off - most printers that squirt plastic go down to about .1mm with high end ones managing .05mm or a bit less: it's basically precision engineering at that point. SLA uses a laser to cure resin a layer at a time with resolutions below .025mm - this is the printing tech that'll let you literally print a mini exactly the way you want it. Sort of a step up and sideways from drawing a character and having it fully realised in 28mm resin. Though I think 30 to 35mm scale is probably more easily and reliably achievable with this level of tech. There are loads of 3D modeller programs that let you easily realise a 3D model on your 'puter and with some tinkering you can make that same model, or mesh, printable. The tinkering to fix your meshes used for rendering 'puter images so that they are printable is an arcane art still - but doable with persistence. Personally I like DAZStudio and Poser to make meshes but they're hellishly hard to make printable. Aaron
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Post by ino on Oct 29, 2015 16:07:48 GMT -8
My buddies and I were interested in building iron man and storm trooper costumes. My buddy got an 8x8 makerfarm to start. Once I could afford one, I got a 12x12 makerfarm. I'm still workin on the build. I've been too busy with work and life, as well as there hasn't been as much support for the upgraded board (rumba) I got. It's kinda a pain since I'm more mechanical than electrical/programming. It has far more potential though.
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Post by ayslyn on Oct 29, 2015 20:04:53 GMT -8
So, for those of us who are looking to get into this, what kind of advice can you give us?
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Post by maxinstuff on Oct 29, 2015 22:08:18 GMT -8
I too am super excited about 3D printing.
My understanding is it is mostly hobbyists into it? Do people prefer to build their own printers?
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Post by Kainguru on Oct 30, 2015 0:09:41 GMT -8
I too am super excited about 3D printing. My understanding is it is mostly hobbyists into it? Do people prefer to build their own printers? I would advise getting an already built one and tinkering with that rather than build from scratch. Aaron
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Post by ino on Oct 31, 2015 21:04:23 GMT -8
Look for a big support community too. There are some good startup companies, but there won't be a lot of info if things go wrong.
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Post by Kainguru on Nov 1, 2015 3:40:59 GMT -8
Look for a big support community too. There are some good startup companies, but there won't be a lot of info if things go wrong. and things will go wrong . . . Aaron
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Post by whateveraz on Nov 14, 2015 21:49:09 GMT -8
Just thought I'd put these up here. I finished painting up a couple of models I pulled from Open Forge. Since I'm painting them to match, I have some pre-painted Dwarven Forge, Dwarven Forge that I painted. As well as some Hirst Arts that I made from molds, assembled and painted for comparisons. The large intersection is Hirst Arts. The corner and diagonal wall pieces are the DF that I painted. The hallway section with angled edges is the pre-painted DF. The hallway sections with the flat edges as well as the stairways and skull pillar are all 3D printed.
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Post by whateveraz on Nov 14, 2015 21:54:20 GMT -8
It only let me add 3 attachments the first time.
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Post by maxinstuff on Nov 15, 2015 21:17:08 GMT -8
It only let me add 3 attachments the first time. HNNNNNNNGGGGGGG
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Post by Kainguru on Nov 18, 2015 17:43:01 GMT -8
It only let me add 3 attachments the first time. HNNNNNNNGGGGGGG Yep, the sound of a forced one though it that does count as 3D Printing because: You are creating a 3D Object You are creating it a layer at a time You have some control over where each layer is deposited as it is extruded But you tend to only be able to print logs and such and the print material degrades quickly, nor is it very good for painting. Aaron
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Post by Kainguru on Nov 18, 2015 17:45:05 GMT -8
Just thought I'd put these up here. I finished painting up a couple of models I pulled from Open Forge. Since I'm painting them to match, I have some pre-painted Dwarven Forge, Dwarven Forge that I painted. As well as some Hirst Arts that I made from molds, assembled and painted for comparisons. The large intersection is Hirst Arts. The corner and diagonal wall pieces are the DF that I painted. The hallway section with angled edges is the pre-painted DF. The hallway sections with the flat edges as well as the stairways and skull pillar are all 3D printed. They look great, how 'compatible' were your 3d Prints with the Dwarven Forge stuff? A useful link: Open Forge 3D ObjectsAaron
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