TheMakerz – #010

Hosts:

Aaron Turnbull – [email protected]

Liam Tidwell – LiamTek.com  https://www.etsy.com/shop/3DTek

Jonas Rullo aka Bambiker,  aka jrullo on IRC Tumblr: http://bambiker.tumblr.com/

flyingRich – http://flyingRich.com

Chad Cory – youtube – watchmydiy   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnXEH0eHynU464l5Lw9zyEw  etsy shop – c3dbycac  https://www.etsy.com/shop/c3dbycac

Brett Hansen – @Newstalgic Twitter

James –

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Liam Tidwell –  Nylon 454-50C bed with Elmer’s extreme gluestick

CR-10 printing mid air – grinding/heatcreep

Fix/watch in a familiar/comfortable area

Anet – ZProbe slightly off bed

Scotch Locks – https://www.amazon.com/3M-Connector-19-26-Moisture-Resistant/dp/B0000WR5C4/

Label your cables

DoorToDoorGeek – The Slim Wallet – https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1648262/#files

Stepping into more flexible filament soon?

Flexible 3D Printing Filaments Tested – Which Flex is Best? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMKp6q9ktE

Chad Cory – laser upgrade is out of date but still works?

Jonas – You guys are poison! – 3D pen purchase because Brett mentioned it last week!

3D Stereo Drawing Pen RP-100B: Amazon Link To Pen

This is actually a really neat tool. This one was $19.99 and ships for free with Amazon Prime.

This is a clone of a more expensive model. You can see a live demo from our “buddy” Tom Salanderer from last weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekib2E6qs7k

This one actually does PLA and ABS temps. Max was about 245. I also immediately tried Esun PETG, which I love. All worked well.

Operation is simple. Plug in, choose PLA or ABS on the tiny LCD screen and wait for it to warm up. There are LED lights that change when the temp is good. Poke in a bit of PLA/ABS/PETG and press the forward button until you see extrusion.

You can hold the button for continuous extrusion control, or click the button twice to start it extruding by itself. You can adjust the speed as it extrudes for really good control.

The variable speed is a nice feature.

After running for several minutes continuously, it started extruding slowly which felt like a jam. Could have been running too fast for the temp I was using. Regardless of the “jam”, I was able to unload the filament by pressing the back arrow button that auto unloads filament. I then immediately reloaded the filament and kept going. “Jam” solved. I’ve only used it for about an hour but have not had to disassemble for jams like a real 3D printer. It looks like you can pinch the end and take off the nozzle, but haven’t found that necessary yet.

I made this Frankenstein bowl out of my lesser quality alien head keychain prints. It took me about 20 minutes.

https://goo.gl/photos/s41MWHDRY2UADWWPA

Yes, terrible, but pretty fun and definitely quick.

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Conclusion: For less than $20, definite thumbs up and +10. Short of this thing breaking within a month, a definite great buy.

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I GOT WOOD (filament)! – ColorFab BambooFill

Actually it’s Bamboo impregnated PLA filament from E3d. This is total novelty stuff. It definitely has an interesting texture. So far I printed with .175 layer height and the lines look like tightly woven linen. There’s a neat tiny striated pattern along the extruded length as well. Imagine a spool of thread but bamboo colored. It looks like your print is a single strand of thread all coiled onto itself in the shape of your part.

There is a noticeable change in the print where the print head changes direction, however continuous corners are really nice. I’m not sure why but there’s a really exaggerated Z-scar effect where the head changes direction. This could be a problem with my print head, but I didn’t notice the effect on other materials printed. Changing print speed, etc. may improve things. More experimentation will be necessary.

This one is a little pricey, but it is special. $29 British pounds for 600g from e3d-online.com.

The base material is PLA which is impregnated with bamboo bits just like most any wood filament.

I printed toward the hotter end of the PLA temp spectrum and the color still looks like the spool. It’s probably not a candidate for printing at different temps to achieve different colors.

It feels like PLA when sanding with the added “enhancement” of smelling like smoldering saw dust. The saw dust smell is apparent but not obnoxious while printing. It really is bamboo. I’ve sanded and cut quite a bit of bamboo and it definitely smells like this.

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