Tag: 3D Printing
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How to: Cleaning clogged nozzles
Introduction 3D printers are great tools for creating custom objects, but they can be finicky. One of the most common problems that 3D printer users encounter is a clogged nozzle. A clogged nozzle can prevent the printer from extruding filament properly, which can lead to poor print quality or even failed prints. However, cleaning clogged…
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Building the Creality Ender 3 Pro: Tips and Tricks
About a year ago my wife bought an Creality Ender 3 Pro 3d printer for me from MicroCenter, with a coupon she spent $99+tax. I left it sitting on a shelf for months because I figured, “how good can it be for $99”, but a few months back I decided to build it and give…
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Extruder Head Upgrade – Second attempt
Today I am going to upgrade my extruder head… again. My last attempt looked great, but was a prime example of why you should research a little more before you print a bunch of parts. So, now I am planning to install the original extruder head upgrade that I had chosen, before I talked myself into trying the…
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X-Gantry Assembly
This is part 3 of my X-Gantry Upgrade, for the previous article follow this link. Yesterday I printed the smaller parts needed for the gantry, and today I plan to complete the X-Gantry Assembly.
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X-Gantry Upgrade
I have decided that my first goal is to replace my X-Gantry using the gantry I found on thingiverse. The X-Gantry I have chosen is from Proto-Plastik and is part of his A5-1Z upgrade to the TwoUp 3D printer. This X-Gantry seems to most closely match my goals for a replacement part, and supports an Anti-Sag…
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Bridging to nowhere
After last night’s efforts I had a pretty good cube, on five of six sides. Unfortunately, the top looks terrible, honestly more like a net than a side. Bridging is the act of printing over an open space without support structures, and there are custom settings for it in slic3r. I decided to focus on bridging next.
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3D printing. First experience? Almost…
Over twenty years ago I had my first experience with CNC and g-code. I wrote a program for a steel company to merge simple 2D g-code files, used to control plasma cutters, to optimize usage of steel plate with minimum waste. I have watched for the last few years as 3D printing finally became available to the masses.