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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
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    Hatchbox Wood PLA

    So, I'm most of the way through a kg spool of the hatchbox wood. It's been... different. I've mostly been printing in rather large layers (.30...
    Thread by: drbanks, Jun 13, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Filament
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    Upgraded bed heater?

    As I spend my afternoons watching the extruder nozzle burn off its junk while the bed very slowly inches up to 80 C, I have to ask myself if...
    Thread by: drbanks, Jun 6, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: Mods and Upgrades
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    Filament Sensor

    Last night, about halfway through an 8 hour print, my printer decided it was out of filament. It wasn't, but it was a fresh kg spool and there...
    Thread by: drbanks, May 27, 2018, 3 replies, in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Just yammering - Filament Color and Z Offset

    So, I went a little crazy and ordered a metric butt-ton of various filament samples. When I came to the end of my most recent spool of Hatchbox...
    Thread by: drbanks, May 26, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: Filament
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    I am not sure I can deal with the flakiness anymore

    So, after spending a week dialing in my PETG settings (and I think I'm finally there), I peel off a test print, find it about as much to my liking...
    Thread by: drbanks, May 5, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: Troubleshooting
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    Suggested S3D PETG Settings?

    So, I've done my first two prints with PETG. I've already learned a few things. I went in increasing the Z Offset, raising the temps (extruder,...
    Thread by: drbanks, May 2, 2018, 7 replies, in forum: Filament
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    Noob Question: When do you know it's time to replace your nozzle?

    This doesn't have immediate relevance since I'm about to replace the nozzle with a hardened one, but it makes me wonder: All other things being...
    Thread by: drbanks, Apr 17, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: General Questions
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    How big a PITA will it be to replace the power switch

    I seem to have burned out the power switch on my R2. 1) Stuck in the "ON" position. Will not toggle 2) Turning on the bed heater will often...
    Thread by: drbanks, Apr 9, 2018, 44 replies, in forum: Troubleshooting
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    How hot can the bed get

    Not asking for Robo's official specifications, but actual feet-on-the-ground experience: How hot can I reasonably get the bed heated to? I was...
    Thread by: drbanks, Mar 15, 2018, 17 replies, in forum: General Questions
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    Simplify3D settings

    I have been spending A LOT of time recently fighting with zits/blobbing on the exterior surface of my prints, especially when it's a curved...
    Thread by: drbanks, Mar 15, 2018, 20 replies, in forum: Software
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    Dawn Banks from Cow Hampshire

    I've been running my new(ish) R2 since Jan 15, 2018 non-stop. So far really loving it. It's my 2nd 3D printer after a FlashForge Dreamer. This...
    Thread by: drbanks, Mar 2, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: United States of America
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