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The dialing in has all been Kassie. My understanding is that she
tried again and got it working with the latest firmware, just not
with Slic3r yet. Correct, Kassie?<br>
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On 10/10/2012 10:11 AM, Rick Osgood wrote:<br>
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type="cite">Sorry, I meant to reply to this a couple days ago and
forgot about it. Thanks so much to all of you (both of you?) for
working on this and making the printer better than it was. Bob
showed me a print he made last night for his laser cutter and it
came out exactly the right size to fit his bearings. I was amazed
because it was never that accurate when I was using it.
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<div>All of the settings you mentioned, are these with the old
replicator G software and old skeinforge version that we have
always been using at the shop? I know Darrel started trying to
upgrade to the latest firmware and software but I wasn't sure
how far he got with that. So all of these settings are
with the older software or the newer one?</div>
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<div>As for the hardware upgrades, I personally don't mind if you
guys want to try something like this. Just keep in mind that
the printer has been getting a lot of use lately so we want it
out of commission for as little time as possible and we want to
notify everyone before taking it offline for an extended period.
Also keep in mind that I haven't donated the machine to the
shop (yet anyway) so if you start putting money into the machine
and something happens where I need to take the machine home for
some reason, the parts you buy and put into the machine will
either leave with it, or we'll have to take them back off of it
and put it back the way it was. I don't anticipate this
happening but I don't want any one to feel like they've wasted
their money or had something taken away from them in the event
that I need it back for some reason.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 5:27 PM,
Kassandra Kaplan <span dir="ltr"><<a
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.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I've been
working on a few profile for ricks printer.<br>
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A .35mm, or 350 micron, standard print quality. This
profile replaces my old profile. This profile has better
z-height accuracy, reversing and speed. The quality is not
as good but close. 90% complete<br>
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A .2mm, 200micron, medium quality print. The settings work
but are not dialed in. 75% complete<br>
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A .1mm, 100 micron, high quality. This setting is not ready
for use yet. 20% complete.<br>
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A .05, 50micron, very high detail setting. Unstarted but I
expect this will Be as low as this machine will go given the
half stepping controllers.<br>
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Upgrades possiblity:<br>
Firmware:<br>
If we upgrade the firmware more refinement in each quality
setting could be achieved. The issue is that makerbot
firmware uses an a axis instead of the standard e axis. A
script could be written to fix this.<br>
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Alternately new electronics could give greater improvement
all around. Using a ramps shield, azteeg, or other marlin
capable electronics would allow printing down to .01 mm or
10 microns and the most up to date softwares. This would
also fix the a axis problem.<br>
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Dual extruder:<br>
With an electronic upgrade or the buying of a second
extruder control, 70 dollars could allow an upgrade to dual
extrusion set up.<br>
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Pla:<br>
Is possible with filament change protocol and new setting.
May improve max print quality, but hot days can soften this
material.<br>
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Current issues:<br>
E axis vs A axis<br>
Filament tensioner- due to the improved retraction the
filament tension needs tightening with every hour or so of
about a quarter turn. This seems overly finicky. A pinch
wheel clean might be in order.<br>
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どうぞおげんきで<br>
Kassie<br>
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