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Overnight/Longer prints

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  1. crazyshakespeare

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    I have had my R1 + for a little over a month now and was just curious about running the printer overnight or really long print times(8 +hrs). Any advice, or issues in doing so? How safe is it to leave it going while you sleep? I know these are probably extremely amateur questions but Ive never seen anyone really talk about it.
     
    #1 crazyshakespeare, Dec 29, 2015
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    Oh wow, thanks Mark....those are def. helpful....Im going to look into building the smoke detector, but not so sure about them wiring it into the powerstrip lol
     
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    The idea is for it to turn of the printer if you can't or aren't awake.
    If you are going to be able to then a regular smoke alarm works fine.
     
    #5 mark tomlinson, Dec 29, 2015
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    Hey CrayBard, I am just finishing up a 24 hour print. The room already has a smoke alarm in it so I will notice if it goes off, wished I had a filament sensor, but just don't want to invest more in the Robo since I am in the process of building a much larger printer. But both of those and a way to remotely monitor your prints could set you up to be able to set up a print job, watch the first layer and then just walk away until its done. An addition like a Raspberry Pi running OctoPi and a USB webcam could make that setup complete.
     
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    I just set mine up yesterday with OctiPi and it's an even better upgrade than the LCD screen... And you know everybody loves those! $50, and a little bit of time, and you're in business.
     
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    Hey Waldo, how big of a printer are you building? So far that's the only drawback I am finding with my R1+...too many large projects without slicing. I've looked into the beast mod but still think I might need more size.

    Thanks for all the advice on longer prints def. going to look into all the advised upgrades!
     
    #8 crazyshakespeare, Jan 20, 2016
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    @crazyshakespeare - Here is what I am building, about 14" cubed build area, with the entire 14" square heated area on the bed. Not like the Robo, that only heats 80% of their build area. Still waiting on a few electrical connectors and wiring needs to be done. I am also reprinting a few parts since I now have my Robo printing as good as any printer costing 2x or 3x as much.
     
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    Very cool...I completely agree with the the heated area of the Robo. I think I will have to wait till I extend my y-axis before I upgrade to a larger heat bed. Thank again for the help
     
    #10 crazyshakespeare, Jan 21, 2016

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