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franzfurdinand Mar 6, 2025

(Troubleshooting) Advice for improvement

(Troubleshooting) Advice for improvement - Lemmy.World

My prints up to this point have been okay, but not great. Serious stringing seems to be an issue here, and one of the things I’ve notice is that the further along the print goes, the more it seems like the print head is almost grinding into the print. To the point where if I’m printing something like a minifigure, it will get ripped apart mid print. Am I overextruding? Missing z steps? Filament is Overture PETG, Nozzle is 230C and bed is 80C. I have it in an enclosure. I’m running it from a laptop set up with Cura.

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franzfurdinand Feb 22, 2024

Because I hate when people ask questions and never go back to update their original post when they solve the issue, I’m gonna post an update here and now.

The fix was actually surprising but simple. I ended up moving the second Z axis lead screw carriage mount a bit further towards the motor. That is, the piece that supports the build plate, where it connects to the leadscrew.

Further diagnostics ended up showing me that it was binding, and one of the problems I had later on was that it was binding but only when going up. So I ended up having prints that got progressively more and more stretched out along the z axis.

Moving it to be further in line and loosening a few mount screws to allow the nut to come back to vertical got me to where I needed to be. Hope this helps!

franzfurdinand Jan 19, 2024

Troubleshooting a fully custom build

https://lemmy.world/post/10891152

Troubleshooting a fully custom build - Lemmy.World

Hey y’all, I managed to hack together a printer from scratch and I’m struggling to get it to print well. It’s a CoreXY system that’s being controlled by a Octopus 1.1. Dual z screws, the works. I have it moving under it’s own power and all. It’s able to actually print, but the results are atrocious. I’m just trying to diagnose what’s wrong here. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/aa55ee14-4782-46bc-98b6-7d958ea4e6af.jpeg] [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/cb91e325-c79f-429f-9121-d42eb4564b25.jpeg] The bottom/first layer actually looks kinda good. It’s just completely shredding subsequent layers. [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f60a0b38-344d-4fa6-a62d-d1cd1e279307.jpeg] [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/228c8211-58dd-404b-bfd1-6e365734eca5.jpeg] Any advice would be appreciated!

franzfurdinand Aug 20, 2023

Building a Hypercube and looking for advice

https://lemmy.world/post/3463343

Building a Hypercube and looking for advice - Lemmy.world

Howdy y’all, much like the title says, I’m looking to build a Hypercube. I have what was once upon a time an Ender 3 V1 that I’ve rebuilt with an Ender Extender kit. I’m not happy with the aggressive ghosting I get from the 400x400 bed so I wanted to cannibalize the electronics and build the frame from scratch. I was also planning on keeping the bed since it’s got a stick on heater and thermistor that’ll work well with the new setup. Hotend too, probably, since it’s an all metal Micro Swiss. Any gotchas to look out for? I know belt tension is a biggie once I get it together, but any gotchas to look out for in the build process? I’m not too nervous about throwing together a custom firmware for this, it’s not my first custom firmware and I’m a software guy by trade so it’s pretty straightforward for me.

franzfurdinand Aug 7, 2023

Fursona Inspired Blankets

https://lemmy.world/post/2836059

Fursona Inspired Blankets - Lemmy.world

I’ve been putting these things together for a few years now and I wanna show them off a little bit. I originally started making them to solve a problem - I’m kinda tall, and I like having a blanket that can cover me up from my head to my feet. I hadn’t found any that could do that, so I started making these 6’x12’ blankets. The example here is fleece on top and flannel on the bottom! The heart is my maker’s mark. Orange because leggy.