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    Palette 2/Palette 2 Pro

    I am living dangerously. ;)
    Post by: drbanks, Aug 27, 2018 in forum: Projects
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    Starting to get frustrated

    It caused my first MK3 to eat itself. A part came loose after it'd already laid down a good first few layers, ended up in a death blob and...
    Post by: drbanks, Aug 8, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Starting to get frustrated

    I so much got into the habit of setting my Z-Offset on BuildTak so high that after I get a print unstuck, I don't have to walk around the room to...
    Post by: drbanks, Aug 8, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Fixed Camera Angle

    What sort of camera is in there now? I'm assuming a bog standard Raspberry Pi v2, but that's just me extracting notions from my hinder.
    Post by: drbanks, Jul 16, 2018 in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    Where is this from?

    Mine fall off all the time. I think as a result of all the shaking from printing. Kind of a bummer to have to re-level the bed.
    Post by: drbanks, Jul 16, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    V2 print bed upgrade

    Even adjusting my Z offset to do much less first layer squish, getting parts off the bed generally involved walking around the room to find them...
    Post by: drbanks, Jul 13, 2018 in forum: General Questions
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    Nothing sliced with Cura is printing on the R2

    Usually, I've had the opposite problem. Stuff from Simplify3D looked awful where through Cura it looked fine. But, I hated Cura so much that I...
    Post by: drbanks, Jul 9, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Can't reset target temp

    I've known forever that I could remove those scripts, but I have some mental block against doing that, so I'm just in the habit of preheating for...
    Post by: drbanks, Jul 2, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Can't reset target temp

    It's been my experience that the Octoprint "start of print" gcode script always preheats the nozzle to 230 before printing that horizontal wipe...
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 30, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Does Anyone Want a Custom Glass Bed?

    I can't get the bed leveling to work at all with BuildTak anymore, but when I put my PEI bed in, it seems to work fine. One of the major...
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 28, 2018 in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    Does Anyone Want a Custom Glass Bed?

    I've got some Nylon and PC samples I want to print. Any suggestions for those of us who don't have a glass bed. Should I use BuildTak or PEI,...
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 28, 2018 in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    Clearing a deep throat hot-end jam

    And not in a huge hurry because: A) I have a new spare, presumably working, so I can take my time refurbishing this one B) I have an i3 running...
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 27, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Clearing a deep throat hot-end jam

    The nozzle's already been removed from the hot end and it's a hardened steel nozzle anyway, but thanks for the warning, because it's not the sort...
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 27, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Clearing a deep throat hot-end jam

    Good idea; thanks.
    Post by: drbanks, Jun 27, 2018 in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Clearing a deep throat hot-end jam

    Was switching filaments from PLA to nGen, with the extruder set on 240 degrees, and ended up with a pretty hard extruder jam. Mebbe I should have...
    Thread by: drbanks, Jun 26, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Troubleshooting