[600" BBF]

Santa delivered this to me a week late ... Kind of like my own Star Trek replicator

I'm sure at some point I'll make something practical with it, but for now I'm doing test prints of a manifold lid at 1/2 scale. It can print ABS material which means I could actually print a functional manifold in the future ... for testing purposes.... who knows
(print table can handle 14.9" x 11.8" x 8.8" )
Testing 1, 2, 3 ...






at 1/2 scale it's about 9.5" long and 4" wide

The stock settings take this top 11 hrs to print. After changing some settings the print time was reduced to 8 hrs. Made another change and it can now print in 6 hrs and looks great. It will take 26 hours to print the manifold base at 1/2 scale. I'll print the base when my batch of filament shows up.

https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/aa150/Sleepercp/IMG_6408.MOV

 

[canada1]

I didn't get anything from Santa this year.
Looks like a very cool toy to play with!

 

[69427]

Are you building a R/C boat now? 

Seriously though that's pretty cool.

 

[ecyrb]

Printing a Hamburger press right now. Have an Ender 3 Pro.
Haven't written any GCODE in 15years. Need to refresh my coding skills!
Damn things are a lot of fun to make stuff.
Used to do pieces for show and tell, pass it around in meetings with the Execs. to get my ideas across.
Great tools!

 

[ecyrb]

BTW, like your cool coffee cup holder!

 

[600" BBF]

BTW, like your cool coffee cup holder!

a friend printed that for me a year and half back at 3/8th scale. I'll print it at 1/2 scale this weekend if not before. I'll check the print quality of ABS vs PETG filament


With the ABS filament I'll be able to print this full scale in a couple/few parts and then epoxy it together. ... We'll see how that works out

I don't know Jack about coding, but I think I see some Youtube lessons in Soildworks in my future. ... soon. I'm sure there will be some fun stuff I can design and I best learn to do it, otherwise it could cost me a small fortune to pay a couple guys I know to do it.

 

[Rob94hawk]

Have they made a filament that can take the heat and punishment for a dyno test?

 

[600" BBF]

Have they made a filament that can take the heat and punishment for a dyno test?

That would be ABS. This printer has a heated chamber and is designed to be able to print in ABS. The alternative to ABS is PETG. It's my understanding that it can handle the heat/chemical exposure to get dyno testing done. I've been told it's a good idea to coat either of them with something to protect them from the oil and fuel.

 

[600" BBF]

I see a few things getting printed this weekend .. both ABS and PETG filament



The Good Stuff .... ... including "clear" ABS

 

[Coloradoracer]

I should start making a list of parts I need....hmmmmmmmmm

 

[600" BBF]

I see a few things getting printed this weekend .. both ABS and PETG filament



The Good Stuff .... ... including "clear" ABS

this "Good Stuff" is not near as user friendly as the PLA ..... I'm about to get pissed off .... 😠

 

[LarryO]

C'mon, you've had enough time now to at least show us something new.

 

[0x100 Keith]

I like ABS for multi part builds because you can solvent weld easily with acetone. Nylon is a little harder to print with but can probably be done with that printer and I believe is more fuel resistant than ABS. Then Nylon with fiberglass has good heat deflection ratings; I'm using it for an intake box (throttle body to carb intake adapter) and it is holding up well, details here if you are interested (

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[0x100 Keith]

Just noticed the brand on your ABS, I buy the same 4 or 8 at a time. Some settings to try, 230 nozzle. 87 bed, 40mm/s perimeters, 75% slower for external perimeters, 50mm/s infill. I use these for .2 and .4 layer heights on a .8 nozzle. (Definitely get a .8 nozzle but you can use these settings with a .4). I print on glass with random hairspray for adhesion; works well for all but the longest/thinnest parts.

 

[600" BBF]

Just noticed the brand on your ABS, I buy the same 4 or 8 at a time. Some settings to try, 230 nozzle. 87 bed, 40mm/s perimeters, 75% slower for external perimeters, 50mm/s infill. I use these for .2 and .4 layer heights on a .8 nozzle. (Definitely get a .8 nozzle but you can use these settings with a .4). I print on glass with random hairspray for adhesion; works well for all but the longest/thinnest parts.

Thank you much for the information, and I do need to get both an 6 and 8 nozzle.

So far so good on the third go around today. It's about 90% done and I'm not sure if I'll be up for it to finish. It's 11:20 pm now.
What are you doing about cooling when printing ABS?

I'll check into the nylon... Thanks.

 

[600" BBF]

C'mon, you've had enough time now to at least show us something new.

It's been a heck of a day with projects and a very bad ceiling leak, so it's really screwed up my day.

I'll post a few pictures in the morning.

 

[0x100 Keith]

What are you doing about cooling when printing ABS?

For cooling at the nozzle I use the 'auto' settings in Prusa slicer which is basically no cooling except bridges, which I typically avoid. I print ABS with the printer enclosed on 3 sides and the top and without any control of the enclosure temperature.

 

[Coloradoracer]

I'd go broke owning one of those. I'd be making all kinds of crap!!! The supplies alone would kill me!

 

[600" BBF]

I like ABS for multi part builds because you can solvent weld easily with acetone. Nylon is a little harder to print with but can probably be done with that printer and I believe is more fuel resistant than ABS.

Just read that a few days ago, and it sounds like it maybe a better option than epoxy.

I'm currently printing the ABS at 220 and the build plate at 100. I have the print speed (last print and what's printing now) at 67mm/s. I do have a .06 nozzle on order and I'll look into getting an 8.

After an adhesion issue (see below) I went and picked up a glue stick. I cycled the plate to 110c and put a heat gun on it for a few passes. I let is cool and then started the next print. That and the new settings seemed to work well on the test lid.

Thanks for the information you've shared with me.

 

[600" BBF]

C'mon, you've had enough time now to at least show us something new.

Saturday morning just so much fun ....
So when I walked into the shop Saturday morning I see this - The last I had my eyes on it, at 55% completed at 10:30 pm Friday night it was looking great. Somewhere around 85-90% completed something went haywire ... IN A BIG WAY:




After cleaning up that mess with the first print with PETG filament I decided to switch to the ABS since that's what I actually purchased this machine to print.

Next test with ABS It was printing fine and at 33% I decided to take a look before I was going to walk away for an hour or two and I see this:

Son of a bitch:

Had I walked away a few minutes early that would have turned into a hell of a mess.

After reading some tips on the internet I made some adjustments and started over ..
Walked in the shop this morning and was greeted with this:



Now that I have a perfectly printed top .... I need something to bolt it to .........

Should be completed early tomorrow evening ...
5%


10%


Fingers crossed that all goes well.