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Why all the excitement about linear rails?
The following is a compilation of the input from a number of sources.
Linear rails in general are mechanical components that - when designing equipment - offer great flexibility.
The profile of the ...
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How long is an extruder's/nozzle's life?
This is highly dependent upon the type and quality of filament you use.
Exotic materials such as wood, metalic, or otherwise infused plastics can potentially wear out the inside of the nozzle and at ...
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What do linear rail codes mean?
MG stands for minature guideway.
N signifies narrow, whereas W means wide.
So, there is <...
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Printer is Confused-Printing in Air Literally
Here's the pattern.
The problem is, you didn't slice the g-code using support. It won't print right without it.
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What is the largest microSD card that a Monoprice Select Mini can read?
Unfortunately, the answer isn't as simple as that a specific size of SD card works and another size doesn't. The Marlin firmware wiki mentions:
The SD- or MMC- Card must be formatted as FAT and ...
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Why is my Ender 3 restarting spontaneously in mid print?
This problem (of spontaneous restarting during printing) appears to be solved.
The Cause
The apparent cause was a combination of push-on spade connectors on the power switch that were looser than ...
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What's a good way to secure bushings in a 3D printed part?
If the outside of the bushing will bond well to the epoxy, your method is simple and likely to be effective.
You could use the same method used for threaded inserts by roughing the exterior of the ...
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Does anyone know the thread size (pitch and lead) of the Anet A8's lead screw?
I have the Anet A8, I confirm the threads are Tr8x8(p2). This is explained as "Tr" for trapezoidal thread followed by the nominal diameter in mm. The digits after the "x" denotes the lead of the screw ...
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Which belt tension gauge do I need?
You may not need to adjust the tension, but you may nevertheless want to measure the belt tension, at least to ensure it's not too tight: the shaft on stepper motor has limitations. For example, NEMA ...
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Anet A8 frame replacement
There are lots of online sources for T-slot aluminum extrusions from ebay to McMaster. If you want more options do a Google Search.
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Moving Extruder Gear Assembly
Hanging up the Bowden system won't fix the problems with printing flexible filament: the filament will still press into the bends of the tube and thus lead to under extrusion. Another issue is, that ...
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Can't print anything, clicking and low extrusion
The "click of death" is the feed bolt skipping as it chews a bite out of your filament. Your filament feed is encountering resistance and the feed bolt is slipping. I've seen that sad spaghetti so ...
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Can't print anything, clicking and low extrusion
I had a similar issue after installing an E3D V6 using a Bowden extruder.
PLA needs a heat break that has a PTFE liner, since with all metal heat breaks, it's probable that the filament will reach ...
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Does anyone know the thread size (pitch and lead) of the Anet A8's lead screw?
I don't own the printer, but the intertubes identify it as a "TR8X8 T" (8mm diameter / 8mm offset per revolution).
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Anet A8 frame replacement
I highly recommend the Bosch Rexroth series of aluminum hardware.
I also recommend RS components as a distributor for this material. They have local warehouses, and provide very fast shipping.
Here ...
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Tronxy printers
I ended up buying a TronXY X3 and have had it several months.
I have seen several videos on the P802 and the X3 so I believe I can answer this question fairly.
Here is what the two printers look ...
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Tronxy printers
Auto-leveling is a great effort saver and a best thing in 3D printing in the last 10 years. While you can go without it, and many people do, it reduces the number of failed prints you will have at the ...
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Has anyone used a Shield Buddy (en lieu of a Arduino Mega2560) as the RAMPS 1.4 host board?
It's not quite as simple as you would suggest.
You can't just recompile Marlin for another device. You'd need to rewrite large parts of it. It may be compatible with the Arduino IDE, but that doesn't ...
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What should I consider before buying a 3D printer?
Not surprisingly, your question is a difficult one to pin down in a precise manner. I'm going to pull one line from your post as the focus for my answer.
I would like to get use of your experience ...
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How to know if I should replace my power connector?
If you can measure the voltage at the main board where the bed power line is attached, or at the last point in the wiring prior to the connector, then measure the voltage at the bed, you can compare ...
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Making durable 3D printed drill templates?
Found one source for small “doweling jigs”, the Telco 06120TK, on Amazon, $1.50 per bushing in packs of 10. Not the neat, press-in kind, they thread into a 1/2”-20 nut, but they are tempered steel.
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Y-axis on KP3S Kingroon only moves in one direction
The answer might just be replace the mother board.
If I understood everything correctly there are 5 things to check to break down the problem:
the motor,
the cable,
the stepper connection,
the ...
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How could dual end-stop switches on each axis improve the functionality and precision of 3D printers like the Creality Ender 3 V2?
First the questions in the body are addressed:
I realised that there are three end-stop switches, one for each axis, X, Y, and Z. But this only helps to determine the start (0) position of each axis.
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Does it matter where I place my models on my Resin printer build plate?
Having only recently begun to print with a resin printer, I've wondered the same. The tension on the FEP is reasonably even across the entire printable surface, and the FEP is slightly larger than the ...
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Did I just destroy my MKS Gen L v1.0 board by shorting the stepper driver?
However, after searching it appears that the schematics for the MKS Gen L v1.0 are not available openly.
Here is the schematic.
Anyway, the problem is the MP1584 regular is toast. There is no reverse ...
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Standard Settings for AnyCubic Printers?
Times are not dependant on the printer but the resin. Please look at the resin's label, which should have recommended settings.
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Fixing temperature Issues on I3 Mega / Where to find spare part
The plastic looks ok. If you get the tools and pins to work on the connector, you could replace problem pins. Many of us build our own cables. If we verify the connector is Molex, you might need ...
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Are control boards switchable?
Yes. Stepper motors, heaters, temperature sensors, fans, etc... are all standard parts. Pretty much any control board can be used with the hardware from pretty much every printer.
Some more expensive ...
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Is it possible to upgrade the CR10-S Pro to CR10-S Pro v2?
Print recovery can be achieved by changing the firmware.
Here is some information on how to do that: Marlin documentation
Also, this another stackoverflow post about that: Stackoverflow Post
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Any defacto standards for controlling new tooling options on generic 3D printers (firmware control and signaling)?
Generally: nozzles are not changed, the whole tool head is
While "tool change" is easy to implement in a G-code and could be easily adapted in the firmware, there are several practical ...
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