Well first test print complete, at least I know it works
Did that stl come with the printer?
If so, then open it with note pad and see what they used to slice it in.
Then you can use the settings in the stl.
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Did that stl come with the printer?
If so, then open it with note pad and see what they used to slice it in.
Then you can use the settings in the stl.
Ahh but the case also needs to fit the printer just how I want itIve spent too much time designing stuff for this printer
I see
I was bored and bought a TFT70 and a wifi card for it
I see
I was bored and bought a TFT70 and a wifi card for it
TFT70, nice! - I decided to go 7" for the Pi also
Keeping TFT35 for the printer but 7" for octoprint would be nicer I think. The Pi is now in a carbon firbre/tpu (the clear stuff you gave me) case. First tpu print came out ok. Could probably go a bit hotter for better quality on the tpu tbh. I just left the bed at 50 pressed print and fell asleep on the sofa. Woke up to this:
TFT70, nice! - I decided to go 7" for the Pi also
I love TPU.
I can hit it and it will just bounce off somewhere
I'm not spending anymore on my machine, other than some Heat Breaks if I can find some.
I'm guessing the values to look at/copy are the max acceleration, federate, print/retract/travel acceleration, and jerk?
It will tell you what program it was sliced in.
Them import it in to that using the Gcode
Many of these Chinese companies use Simplify3D to get great prints.
Printed one of the characters from the game I'm working atm yesterday, not max quality. Cleaned up with my rotary tool and painted, looks pretty good! Can't share because NDA mind. Will have to print one of the ones we've revealed already so I can share it next 
Currently printing the tool holder for the ender 3.
Currently printing the tool holder for the ender 3.
There is not enough pwm control on the skr 1.4 turbo... fans are loud, better fans on the way plus pwm for everything...
The buck converter for the pi is also here so I should get to wiring that up also
How many fans do you want to control? Hotend fan should be on full anyway but can be set to only come on at 50°c, part cooling is taken care of, electronics fan?
All the electronics fans are doing my head in. Full pelt all the time. So with this im putting thermo couples under the drivers for 2 temp controlled fans there. That leave 2 pwm ports so perhaps ill feed one to the Pi leaving just the one available. TBH for a fiver or whatever it cost it's more just adding something to play with than a major requirement. But in terms of quality of life not having 3 of the 4 fans at full chat all the time feels like a bonus.
I didn't think that smart, just went with what I knew
its cool though and gives me loads of control and i can now know all the temps around the drivers and case as well as the temps of the pi3 on a handy little retro screen. Speaking of which I designed a little case:
I feel like ive got it pretty well dialed in now.
Didn't the standard ender 3 have a double sided bed? One side textured and the other glass?
It's textured one side, just plastic on the other. The springs are really awful though, they move just from moving the bed around while levelling. Might need to modify the Z-limiter as well as I have to have the springs really loose to get it high enough to not trip the Z limit.
Ahh I guess there must be a couple of different versions, mate of mine has an ender 3 with the double sided bed. Sounds like you might need to adjust the 7 endstop a bit to get more "spring" into the springs. I still haven't manually levelled mine since putting the 3dtouch on.