Recent content by WheresWaldo

Hey nodle Tell me about the mini delta. Those look like a fun printer.

Hey Viper16 do you have the diagnostics set up for the TMC2208 or are you using it in Legacy mode? It look like there is an easy way to set up the board for UART diagnostics then you can change between modes easily and set up power usage via G-Codes without having to reflash firmware. I am going...

guitarslingerchris The noise would be helped moving to 24V, some. Also SpreadCycle is crappy at low rpms that is why Hybrid mode exists. Viper16 I wanted a Duet Maestro but I already had a MKS SBase and when I decided to dump the TronXY board, I got the SKR from BigTreeTech, then since I already...

Viper16 except we are speaking about a specific use case, yes the A4988 are cheap, but they are much better than TMC2208 for an extruder, which tends to run the stepper very hot. Extruder steppers have a very different use profile over axis movement steppers so the requirements are different. I...

guitarslingerchris I was pointed to the LV8729 on the RepRap forums when I was researching the TMC2130's. Almost every person who had TMC2130 for X, Y and Z went with something else for the extruder stepper. I was actually very surprised to see that. I have some TMC2208's, LV8729 and A4988...

Hmm. some different choices there. I too have a project printer, I print on a Robo 3D R2 and a HercuLien (Ultimaker kinematics). But my project printer is a TronXY X5-400 So far the upgrades include: E3D Titan Aero Clone with Volcano hotend, 0.6mm nozzle and 50W 24V heater cartridge. 40 mm...

You might need to adjust slicer settings to introduce a vertical hop when making moves, S3D = Edit Process > Extruder > Retraction vertical lift Cura = Settings > Travel > Z-hop when retracted Matter Control = Advanced Settings > Filament > Retraction > Z Lift Alternatively, you can find the...

With PEI sheets, you can print PLA with no bed heating, but I generally warm the bed to about 40°C anyway. If your prints stick too well, you can use a release agent. My goto release agent is the dollar store hairspray helps with adhesion but releases completely when cooled. Cooling fans on PLA...

Normally there should have been more information provided to give you an accurate assessment of the issue, like what filament, what bed temp, etc. But typically you would not want parts cooling on the first several layers to insure proper bed adhesion. Also some filaments (ABS for example) do...

I am a hard tubing fan and have designed and 3D printed custom jigs to get bends that I want in hard tubing. This kit would put all my hard tubing tools in one place. About time I redo my water cooled rig. I already use Alphacool rads, so this would just complete the setup.

I have two networked 3D printers, it is just a few steps to make them secure, unfortunately OctoPrint is not secure by default. Also you can prevent snooping at your firewall. You do have a firewall don't you?

Someone at the FCC's IT department should create some QOS rules for Ajit that limits him to those specific speeds and slower depending on network traffic then you will see him move on raising those limits. It is always easy for the HAVE's to tell the HAVENOT's to be content with what you already...

If you are using the USB3 interface there is very little perceivable difference in speed as opposed to connecting straight to a SATA connector. I wanted to build a self contained media server so I needed all the drives inside my PC case (CM Master Case 5 Pro). Now have 40 TB of storage for all...

Not really any need to shuck the drive for just backups. If you do shuck the drive you do have to contend with removing 3.3v from the SATA power connector. It is used to disable the drive for enterprise use and your PC won't recognize it if 3.3V is applied.

I have 6 of these white label 8TB drives they are all about the same manufacturing dates, 3 came from one BB 3 from another BB. They actually have different boxes The only way I can describe it is 3 boxes are Green and White 3 were White and Green. All the drives were shucked and put into a...