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Holy hell that's so cool. Just being able to make what you want is awesome.New tablesaw needed a new motor fan so I drew it up and printed it. This was 2.0 as the original had blades that were a bit too thin.
Its the nice thing about having the printer. But you really need to learn some kind of cad software to get the most out of it. My knowledge of Fusion is at a very beginner level but I was still able to draw that up.
Thanks! Sorry, just saw the reply. Hope you got the resin printer up and running. I got mine in and printed out some stuff but was wondering why it kept producing prints with holes. Found a file for "Elegoo Mars Screen Test" and printed it and lo and behold, there were multiple spots that were producing holes. So I ordered a replacement screen, should come in a week or two.
Is that the mask for Avatar that Zuko wears as the spirit?Thanks! Sorry, just saw the reply. Hope you got the resin printer up and running. I got mine in and printed out some stuff but was wondering why it kept producing prints with holes. Found a file for "Elegoo Mars Screen Test" and printed it and lo and behold, there were multiple spots that were producing holes. So I ordered a replacement screen, should come in a week or two.
I LOVE the CR-10S though. I am still learning some of its kinks (mainly, changing filament is a pain because I guess you're supposed to push it forward first then pull it through otherwise it gets stuck?), but printing full size helmets is great. I never used to print in PETG before, but now I love it for helmets.
A few things I've printed in the past month.
Blue Spirit mask from Avatar: The Last Airbender
This was my first large, multi-day print. I think it turned out well, except the layer shift in the middle.
Helmet from the Mandolorian
I was excited for this one, but ultimately disappointed in the final product. A few mistakes here:
- Scaled it too small because I measured my head for the wide part of the helmet and not the narrow (front)
- Used way too much "filler resin", which was resin mixed with powder to fill layer lines. It went on uneven and made it splotchy
- uneven sanding. I resolved this in the next print by buying a power sander.
Magneto Helmet (bought model from etsy for $15)
Actually pretty proud of this one. Learned from the other ones and I think this came out relatively well. Made a few issues here, but ultimately I am happy with it.
Wasted nearly an entire can of red spraypaint though, as i kept trying to fix some mistakes. The crest was made with the resin printer, had to use wood filler to fix the aforementioned holes due to a bad LCD. This is a bday gift for a friend and I can't wait to give it to him.
So, lessons learned. Ready for the next thing. Maybe another smaller mask, or maybe a weapon. still deciding.
Also, Resin smoothing is pretty cool, look it up. For big holes that need to be patched, you can mix resin with baby powder (lots of it) to thicken it, then UV cure it, then sand it. Just don't be dumb like me and use it on your entire print. You can "paint" your full print with resin though to help speed up the smoothing process though.
Try using lychee slicer. It's better than chitubox, but it is ad supported unless you buy a license. I find it to be a better piece of software and more stable, but you have to wait 20 second before saving each file
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Tinkercad for simple objects, Fusion 360 for more complex. Both are free.
I use CATIA, but working for Dassault makes it free. 😜
That's a pretty big perk, you using V5 or the latest version?
TinkerCAD here as well. Still learning though. Creating functional stuff is so satisfying.
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I try to do not use support as well :) hate them.
Looks like you got the same springs as me, they really helped me with bed levelling as I found the included ones were too loose if I got them anywhere near where they needed to be. Ended up getting a BLTouch for auto bed levelling in the end anyway but still would've needed the spring upgrade.So I think I'm nearly ready to do my first test print, though I think I should have just printed something right out of the box instead of making a couple upgrades. I changed the springs under the bed, the coupler at the hot end, and changed from the plastic to an aluminum feeder for the filament.
Next thing up is leveling the bed and per the video I followed calibrate my e-steps. I also need to figure out which board version I have so I can update the firmware at some point. So I can be sure that thermal runaway protection is active, from what I read it's not set by default. I won't be printing overnight but I'd like that bit of piece of mind.
There's going to be a maker version of SOLIDWORKS later this year.
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My kingdom for software that has the modelling interface of Solidworks but has Fusion's CNC packagesThere's going to be a maker version of SOLIDWORKS later this year.
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