Holy crap! literally CRAP! hopefully none of these made it into my hotend T_T
Cheap PLA from china
Repetier-Host Slic3r config
Request by my reader here is my Slic3r setting that I use with Repetier-Host
Repetier-Hosthttp://reprap.org/wiki/Repetier-Host
This is what I used to print this:
Slic3r Setting, only for the important stuff
Layer And Perimeters:
Infill
Speed
Advanced
last but not least my Extruder setting, this you need to probably fine tune to your printer
MendelMax 1.5 Calibration Part 2 + extra
Here is my final print,
10% infill 0.3 layer
100mm/s retract speed
3mm retract lenght
couldt be more happy with the result
In addition to that I added a servo for auto bed leveling work quite nice I must say but problem is the servo is to far out to the front, I will need to print a new x-carriage so I can put the servo to the side so it can cover a lot more bed surface
Blomker Mendelmax 1.5 3D Printer BuildLog Part 3 (Completed)
Finally a fully functional Reprap 3D printer, got my crucial part for cleaning up my wiring which is a acrylic plate, cleaned up my wiring nice and tidy now :), for previous post
Blomker Mendelmax 1.5 3D Printer BuildLog Part 1
Blomker Mendelmax 1.5 3D Printer BuildLog Part 2
everything wrap up nicely now no more messy cable dangling around
printer still need some calibration, initial Slic3r setting seem close enough printing 20×20 cube yield 20.x result which is acceptable for me
here few thing that I have printed after the calibration,
Gopro 2 Naked mount (www.thingiverse.com/thing:25628)
Base Plate and if you notice it now attached to my front frame of the printer
www.thingiverse.com/thing:335179
a few micro quad arm (www.thingiverse.com/thing:158809)
MishaT Spool holder (www.thingiverse.com/thing:26472), bought the bearing from reprap.my,
attached nicely to the printer
Some Keychain made using thinkercad which have my HAM callsign 9W2DLR
XT60 battery cap, this was actually my first print and get me realize that my Y axis are inverted :p
Overall it a fun build and straight forward, I still waiting for my LCD controller so I don’t need to have my laptop connected to the RAMPS when printing which is sometime will take 12 hours!
I tried to print Zam Kossel part but 20 minutes before completion whole house when blackout! the print almost take 5 hours but failed at the end but I think I can still use the part
more to come, hopefully can do some video showing the printer printing
Stay tuned
Blomker Mendelmax 1.5 3D Printer BuildLog Part 2
Another update of my Mendelmax Build, Part 1 can be found here Mendelmax 1.5 3D Printer BuildLog Part 1
Originally the extruder drive is installed like this but I don’t like to see the cable poking like that, What I did was I just rotated it 90 degree problem solve
after rotated
next is fixing the loose hotend, Mr, Bayer suggested to put a M8 washer between the hotend/extruder but unfortunately the M8 washer a slightly bigger than the hole of the hotend, but lucky enough if you an RC and have these at your disposal
I taken the motor mount from the small brushless motor, take my dremel and grind it flat! presto you have a perfect fit washer which solve my loose hotend problem
nice fit in the extruder
Perfect fit!
this the fun part, software and electronics testing, I’m using repetier-host for my software for now until my LCD controller arrive, wiring still a mess as I need to test the RAMPS1.4 first before tidying up everything,
when sending my XYZ to home I just realize that my machine is backward lol! look like I have to fix that later and also need to move my spool holder to the back of the printer, plus need to re-route the extruder fans/hotend cable to the back too
Kapton tape! ensential vitamin when dealing with 3D printer
Because it was late I was not able to finish software testing only manage to test my end stop are working perfectly fine, more to come stay tune!