"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
06/29/2020 at 08:11 • Filed to: None
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"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
06/29/2020 at 08:11 • Filed to: None | 2
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So far I’ve printed a little tray for small sockets. Placed an adhesive magnetic strip in it. Holds sockets well.
Haven’t checked yet, but I am pretty sure 10mm was missing before I undertook this project.
Odd behavior i’ve noticed. Few trays came out perfect... One or two other attempts resulted in layers not adhering well. Same exact settings in G Code and on PRUSA...
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 08:27 |
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Make sure it’s set to the correct size of your nozzle, that can screw up the adhesion...also make sure the bed is leve
led correctly and you could try bumping up the temp by a few degrees.
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PartyPooper2012
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/29/2020 at 08:32 |
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No idea. It went something like this... Print 1. OK. As soon as 1 is done, print 2. 2 comes out like it didnt adhere to previous layers. I stop and print 3. All ok.
Nothing changed. Not settings. Not object. Nothing.
I’m gonna try lowering extruder and bumping up a temp. Printing with PLA at 210deg . 60mm/s with bed at 60deg
Should in theory be fine. I know it is because all others came out ok.
jminer
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 10:07 |
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There are a lot of things that will cause a print to fail, and sometimes they’ll fail just to spite you.
Sometimes it’s as simple as the A/C kicked on in the room causing a layer to not adhere.
There will be a lot of trial and error until you learn the quirks of both your printer and your space.
I will recommend seriously that you build an octoP i - makes managing the printer way easier and you don’t have to shuffle around SD cards anymore.
https://octoprint.org/download/
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PartyPooper2012
> jminer
06/29/2020 at 10:10 |
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Thanks. I think I will continue with what I am doing for now... hope and pray it works. If print doesn’t come out right, try again and hope and pray harder.
I am going to kick up the temps and lower extruder. Could be the AC blowing around... could be windows open. Could be dog wagged its tail.
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jminer
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 10:28 |
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When I got started 3/4 of my prints failed until I learned all the quirks and now several years and nearly a thousand prints later still 1 out of every 6 or 7 prints fail.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 11:47 |
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Where’s the pic of the socket tray? I’m always looking for better socket organizers.
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PartyPooper2012
> VincentMalamute-Kim
06/29/2020 at 11:58 |
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I’ll take a pic later today. On a flip side, I found more or less what I created on amazon.
My tool chest has short drawers so standing sockets upright was never an option. I was looking for a horizontal way of storing them and making sure they did not roll around. This solves my issue and it’s faster to get than to print. Tho it was a good experiment printing.
My tray size is limited to the printer’s bed size. So it was about 200mm long which is about 8 inches. Surely I could use something that will fit in a drawer more better...
But I will take a pic and post here.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 12:43 |
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Don’t bother with the pic. Unless you want to. I have similar ones by Lisle but I wish
the magnets were stronger and they’ve also cracked. Maybe the one in your link is better.
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PartyPooper2012
> VincentMalamute-Kim
06/29/2020 at 13:40 |
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Here it is being printed. All that is missing is that it be a bit taller and top layer added. Nothing fancy
That center piece is what I glued magnetic strips to. They hold sockets from rolling away in the drawer. The border around, keeps them from rolling off the tray.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 14:06 |
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Nice. Looking at your reinforcing struts, I just realized that printing your own tray could overcome the cracking that’s occurred in mine.
You don’t have
cutouts for
individual sockets but you could even print little raised IDs in roughly the right spots for socket ID. Easier would be to use a label printer.
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 14:11 |
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Trust me, printers can do that. I’ve worked with them a lot at the local library as an employee there. Despite NO changes to the settings, prints can vary from print to print if they aren’t dialed in to near exact
...some models are more OK about being a little off in terms of settings than others, but you’d be surprised how much a little tweaking can do.
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PartyPooper2012
> VincentMalamute-Kim
06/29/2020 at 14:34 |
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I contemplated individual spaces , but I don’t really care about that too much. As long as I know my tray is full, all the sockets have returned.
If I print individual spots, then I have to measure each socket and god forbid, sometime down the line, I get a new set of sockets that might be thicker or thinner than what I have now.
Magnetic strip holds them in place well enough not to roll around as I open and close the drawer.
Tho I think this amazon find I am getting is going to allow for more socket storage.... but I’ll see. If it doesn’t work, Ill continue with my design.
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PartyPooper2012
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/29/2020 at 14:35 |
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I chucked it off to the fillament getting tangled a bit as it was starting to print. I stopped and restarted and it printed fine. I wish there was some sort of way to keep the fillament from getting tangled up... i’m gonna think on that next.
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 14:38 |
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angled up? Isn’t it feeding off a roll? Shouldn’t really be getting tangled on it’s way to the print head....the MakerBot Replicator 2 we have at the library has a plastic tube the filament feeds through from the wheel on the back to keep it tidy.
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PartyPooper2012
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
06/29/2020 at 14:42 |
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Somehow the end string got under strings on the roll. It was pulling rather hard so I assume there was not enough material getting to extruder expeditiously.
Once tangle was resolved, it was fine.
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VincentMalamute-Kim
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 14:48 |
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I may order your Amazon link.
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PartyPooper2012
> VincentMalamute-Kim
06/29/2020 at 15:05 |
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could go slow and order just one and see how it fits some of your sockets. dont need to migrate entire system...
I like my design, but who knows... maybe this would be better.. .and since i know you said yours cracked, may this will need a stiff backing so it doesnt flex under the weight of the sockets.
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> PartyPooper2012
06/29/2020 at 16:48 |
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Ah, gotcha....hopefully is stays cooperating now!
Tripper
> PartyPooper2012
06/30/2020 at 08:59 |
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Yo those Olsa tool organizers are the best!
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PartyPooper2012
> Tripper
06/30/2020 at 09:06 |
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umm. I guess we’ll see? I have a couple coming today or tomorrow.
I’ve spent a long ass time looking for lay flat socket holders. To a point I decided it was easier to print my own.
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Tripper
> PartyPooper2012
06/30/2020 at 09:10 |
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I’ve got the lay flats, and the stick up ones. I printed mounts for the wrenches.
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PartyPooper2012
> Tripper
06/30/2020 at 09:13 |
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Yeah. This thing might be a game changer. Currently... I am embarrassed to admit - I am using metal baking trays. 3 of them. 1 for 1/2, 1 for 3/8 and 1 for 1/4
Things are organized well enough that it doesnt take me 4 hours to find the right socket, but I am looking for under an hour
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Tripper
> PartyPooper2012
06/30/2020 at 09:19 |
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Nothing to be embarrassed about my best friend who is very handy w a wrench just chucks em all in the same deep drawer in his tool box...Makes my heart hurt.
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PartyPooper2012
> Tripper
06/30/2020 at 09:21 |
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he must be buying those 10mm sockets like every 3 hours.
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Tripper
> PartyPooper2012
06/30/2020 at 09:34 |
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Willing to bet there is a cache of them