3D printing

[6666]

Some yes, I have downloaded some faulty .sla files with holes and gaps wrecked the prints.

[Tibuck19]

Some yes, I have downloaded some faulty .sla files with holes and gaps wrecked the prints.

You need to start with a more standers file like .STL or .OBJ files, and till you get use to how your printer works. I would encourage you to only print files from sites like myminifactory, thingiveres, Youimagine, as most the files have been test printed before hand, If you use files from turbosquid or other kinds of websites, you are likely to have fail prints, as they are more Art oriented, and not well suited for 3D printers.

[ivconic]

Experiment with different setting "profiles".
I am mostly using Cura.
There are numerous profiles already tested for certain kinds of prints.
So is always easier to see how somebody else did it, than try to find what suits you the best.
Larger objects with simpler shapes will print with one profile... smaller objects with lot of details will print with another profile... etc.
I indeed spent many time experimenting and trying to find best adjustments for 3D object types i wanted to print.
There is no one unique profile for all kinds of printing. Impossible.
Ok, it is possible... if you accept to wait several days it to finish!
Qiaozhi was right telling me that i will probably have to waste few "kilos" of filament to finally learn something.
So i did. It does not hurt much, because filament is affordable.
Each 3D printer, no matter what class is; from time to time will need some love.
Other words; will need maintenance, cleaning, readjusting, tightening belts, leveling etc.
Also there are funny details which nobody will try (or remember) to tell you.
Visiting tens of forums and reading hundreds of opinions will help a lot, of course.
For example, one small and pretty crazy fact: some filament colors will print differently!?
I have one yellow and one purple filament. Yellow one is tough nut, giving me more headache and demands more attention during adjustments and printing.
Purple one is more friendly. Prints excellent from a start. Demanding no attention at all.
Crazy isn't it?
Trick is in color pigment in mixture and how it affects the plastic wire features.
Small and very crazy detail! But true!
Here are some of the profiles i tested so far and decided to keep them (few of mine own too):

[ivconic]

Most frequently, lately, i am using "Ivica 4. Oktobar larger prints.curaprofile" for printing larger objects, like enclosures with lot of corners and gaps.
It is sublimation of many precisely picked adjustments and tested in practice.
I am pretty restless and nervous by nature, i don't want to wait. I am aging very fast while waiting.
Therefore i made that profile as sort of compromise; to print larger objects in pretty acceptable quality and yet not do die waiting it to finish.
I named it as "4. October" because that's the day i completed that profile. But previously i spent two months testing too many combinations and options.
It is most suitable for printing metal detector enclosures with larger sizes and many corners and gaps ... within (maximum) 19 hours time frame (of course depends of complexity).
Usually it took 14-16 hours to finish the printing of such object.
Quality is alright. Of course: depends also on filament quality too.
...
For smaller objects with high details and high quality; i will suggest two other profiles that i already tested:
"Siepie-CR10-Ender-3-Small-Minis-PLA-Base-1.0.curaprofile" and
"3DPT-CR10-Ender-3-Large-Minis-PLA-Base-1.0.curaprofile".

Just for fun and comparison; take one 3D object and only exchange those 3 profiles and let the Cura to estimate the printing duration.
You will be scared and amazed...
Enjoy!

[Sean_Goddard]

Spent ages deciding which 3D printer to buy. Looked at all the pros and cons. ALL but one had cons of requiring messing around and trying different values so I bought a Zortrax M200. A1 prints right out of the box, no messing around with settings to get the perfect melted wellington print or something that falls apart when you sneeze on it. That said, £1600 is not a small sum, but then I can thank Talk Talk for that. I sued them and won £2973 so they paid for it I guess.

[ivconic]

Spent ages deciding which 3D printer to buy. Looked at all the pros and cons. ALL but one had cons of requiring messing around and trying different values so I bought a Zortrax M200. A1 prints right out of the box, no messing around with settings to get the perfect melted wellington print or something that falls apart when you sneeze on it. That said, £1600 is not a small sum, but then I can thank Talk Talk for that. I sued them and won £2973 so they paid for it I guess.

I saw it on Youtube. Looks impressive. Therefore the price i guess.

[6666]

Experiment with different setting "profiles".
I am mostly using Cura.
There are numerous profiles already tested for certain kinds of prints.
So is always easier to see how somebody else did it, than try to find what suits you the best.
Larger objects with simpler shapes will print with one profile... smaller objects with lot of details will print with another profile... etc.
I indeed spent many time experimenting and trying to find best adjustments for 3D object types i wanted to print.
There is no one unique profile for all kinds of printing. Impossible.
Ok, it is possible... if you accept to wait several days it to finish!
Qiaozhi was right telling me that i will probably have to waste few "kilos" of filament to finally learn something.
So i did. It does not hurt much, because filament is affordable.
Each 3D printer, no matter what class is; from time to time will need some love.
Other words; will need maintenance, cleaning, readjusting, tightening belts, leveling etc.
Also there are funny details which nobody will try (or remember) to tell you.
Visiting tens of forums and reading hundreds of opinions will help a lot, of course.
For example, one small and pretty crazy fact: some filament colors will print differently!?
I have one yellow and one purple filament. Yellow one is tough nut, giving me more headache and demands more attention during adjustments and printing.
Purple one is more friendly. Prints excellent from a start. Demanding no attention at all.
Crazy isn't it?
Trick is in color pigment in mixture and how it affects the plastic wire features.
Small and very crazy detail! But true!
Here are some of the profiles i tested so far and decided to keep them (few of mine own too):

Thanks will have a look at these when the summer heat drops, above 40'C today
T

[ivconic]

Thanks will have a look at these when the summer heat drops, above 40'C today
T

I heard on the news; while middle west in USA is freezing - Australia is cooking!
Therefore my "Global Cooling theory" topic in off topic part of the forum.
I guess it is just a regular "on each several hundred of years" natural cycle of our planet.
I am sure things will stabilize soon and become regular.
No matter what various "theories" proponents are claiming.
We are living in era of "scary news". Medias and news today are horrible travesty.
Don't pay attention on those, just a side effect of the travesty of all values in "modern" life we are living now.