What did you 3D print today?

[Bulldogr6]

Humid summers are tuff. I bought the Polyalchemy airloc system to try out. Bagged with a descant pack im hoping to only have to only occasionally dry spools .

https://www.polyalchemy.com/collections/airlock-filament-vacuum-sealing-system

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[Brandon]

I wonder if a regular food saver, food saver bag and some absorbent packs in the center of the reel would work as well or the same.

[XEMON]

Getting impatient ... Pulling parts off the bed before they are cold/hard ...

[XEMON]

Stacking FSR into the spring feed tube of a DRV

[Spider!]

My daughter's Black and Decker blender stripped the drive, which was plastic on top of being poorly designed. They don't seem to have any around the intarwebz, so I drew one up and printed it in PETG. It has actually started making smoothies. I half-way expected it to explode and go back to try nylon, but not yet.

08/14/21 - still making smoothies.

[Brokeass_baller]

The exact same thing happened to my Black and Decker blender. Ended up just buying another one. Lol

[Spider!]

Yeah, that lobed shaft is not good for power transmission, then they made the part out of plastic. Makes a nice stress test though!

I may eventually put it on thingiverse, if it holds up LMK if anyone wants it sooner than later.

[Spider!]

I needed to test my new fat nozzle, filament and fan setup on the old printer. I found this guy to print for fun.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4919900

[boarder2k7]

That's a chonky nozzle! What size is it?

[Spider!]

It's just a 0.5mm, but I think that's 50% more flow over a 0.4mm. Good thing it's not larger, the old hot end barely keeps up at higher temps. I got it in case I want to print with some sort of filled filament. It does squirt some filament.

[XEMON]

Well ... Not much ... The belt fell off!

[Brokeass_baller]

I've seen some self-centering conveyor belts and stuff, but I just think it's crazy that they'd rely on a stop of some sort for a drive belt, like they expect unbalanced pressure on that side. But, you know the machine much better than I do. So good luck. Hopefully it's an easy fix.

[XEMON]

I've worked on conveyer system a bit (bottled water) and this is the junkiest system ... But the carriage is about an ounce and has 10" travel distance ... Higher end printers use linear rails, but still keep this belt system. Just thinking a dot of glue might be enough to help it not slip out of the slot ...
PS: it's hard to work on industrial grade equipment all day and come home and work on the most basic and archaic system 😅

[Brokeass_baller]

Oh nice. I do maintenance in a rubber factory, and used to work in a bread factory. I feel ya with the janky home contraptions. The disregard for industrial standards irks the hell out of me. Lol

[Rainmaker]

PTP detents☺

[Rainmaker]

Spider! a lot of them are going to these guys:

https://www.mcarterbrown.com/forum/buy-sell-trade/rare-old-guns/158486-armson-semis-and-rifles

[Spider!]

Rainmaker, nice!

Is that bed garolite?

[Rainmaker]

Spider! it's a Gizmodorks PEI sheet

[Not-required]

Another printer

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[BrickHaus]

I recall your screen name from a5og/x7og. You always closed your posts with "aloah" so the location seems fitting. Either way. Glad to see this post. Lol

[Not-required]

Yup thats me! Man A5OG was a looooooong time ago.

[BrickHaus]

Attempting to get her running after my hero me install. Trying vup holder reducers for my wifes car. I think my filament is bad its been on my printer in my basement climate for a few months while this was sidelined. I cant seem to get it, to extrude evenly to save my life. and once i leave a curl, the left cooling duct snags it.

Im gonna let it run even with the crap first layer and hope my dual fans let me bridge the middle layers up enough to make it usable. Either way i think Im tossing this filament after the attempt.

[BrickHaus]

Yeah, I was fixong to to a board much like yours, but my co worker explained it was a bad idea as you can have issues with thermocouple readinds when you run them through a board. So he said, "You are stuck with the TC wires straight through, why make a breakout for the rest?"

Seems to work for you, but being I still dont get great prints as it is, I didnt wanna add to it. Lol.

That being said, we split a plug kit, so standard fans can simply be plugged in. I did a single male for the cold end fan, and single male for the part cooling. Then i cut up the wires from a cpu cooler I upgraded, and made a y harness that is single female to duap male plugs for swapping between single or dual fan sey ups.

Not as easy as your BO board, but rairly easy to swap fans now.

[XEMON]

Sounds good, i was concerned about the TC too but it works perfectly.
I hate plugs for small stuff ... I needed to add a fan the other day and just zip tied it to the carriage and hocked it up in parallel to the hot end cooling fan, works for me ...
Didnt thought about mining plugs around to fit.

PS: Your lightup fan looks cool, how does it work?

[BrickHaus]

Light up fan seems to be at an equivelant to the stock fan, but it is quieter. I got 4 of them for 15 bucks or so shipped, so even if I get a junker they should be of a good value. Let me run it for some time and Ill let ya know how they last.

[BrickHaus]

Making a cup holder reducer for my wifea car and her Yerbae cans.

Also Xemon, here is my plug assemblies.

[XEMON]

Looking nice, definitely a bit lighter than mine ...
I took the time to upgrade to a 40X40X20 horned fan ... I still get heat creep in the hot days ...

[BrickHaus]

Im not sure how bad the creep is. That cup holder looks pretty nice, printed at 225 nozzel temp, i checked the cold end with my finger mid print, and its slightly warm, but cooler to the touch. Id have to pull my filament after a print to see how creep is. I did have a nozzel jam last night, but it was my last creality branded nozzel, and swapping it gave me a night and day better print.

Edit: unless ya have any tips for identifying heat creep. I do have an IR gun I could check it with.

[XEMON]

Well ... If i retract the recommended 6mm the filament get stuck into the heat break ...
When i swapped to the HeroMe, i replaced the main fan with a 40X40X20 and a titanium heat break ...

3mm to 2.5mm retraction works great ...

I f i didn't hate water-cooled system so much, i would probably give a go to water-cooled hot end ...

[BrickHaus]

I run 3.5mm retraction now. And it does leave strings, but they arent too bad. I want ti get a micro swiss hot end eventually, buuut baby steps.

[XEMON]

I got a clone one ... The original are a bit out of my price range ...
Waiting for a mosquito clone ...

[bassninja]

Just got my Ender 3 V2, first printer. Bought a bundle with filament, but the filament hasn't been shipped yet.
Started printing a pump handle for my drift kit but the included filament sample was only enough to print half of it.

[BrickHaus]

Tgats a hell of a print for the first try

[bassninja]

Second try at the pump handle came out pretty good, except for the tiny layer shift in the middle when I bumped the x-axis belt tensioner like an idiot. Unfortunately the floppiness of the drift kit combined with the XL handle makes it unusable.

[XEMON]

Looking nice, good job 👍

[Rainmaker]

Stubby freak barrel for the Thumper. Thank you JonM - I used the dimensions of your 8 inch freak barrel as a starting point. Modeled it to kinda mirror the feed tube milling.

[Rainmaker]

I shot this the other day... the stubby barrel is LOUD AF! I almost want to wear hearing protection

[Rainmaker]

Added this to Thingiverse, and put it in our repository thread on here.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5027852

[XEMON]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

[XEMON]

Working on a keyboard wedge enclosure: