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Hot end jamming very quickly

I have built a 3D printer out of parts from my tip, a ramps board, arduino mega, and a hot end. However, after doing a test extrusion some plastic was spewed out and then the print jammed un-expectantly and my homemade extruder no longer had the…
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Self-lubricating 3D printable materials for space

Materials used in space need to not outgas significantly An answer to this question: Would 3d-printed objects outgas in vacuum? referred to the NASA outgassing database which showed that ABS, PET, and PLA filaments are all fairly low outgassing…
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Heated Bed vs Heated enclosure for large scale printer

I'm /relatively/ new to 3d printing (I'm getting pretty good prints from my Wanhao di3 plus, but haven't done any DIY kits or anything) and materials engineering is probably the furthest thing from my area of expertise so I thought I would pose this…
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Broken Print Bed

I have a Robo 3D. However A while ago, the print bed was fractured, and now it has a long crack cutting it in half. The bed still works because it is held together, by the screws holding the bed to the tracks. So I want to continue using it, because…
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Monoprice MP Mini Delta - How to get started?

I just got a Monoprice MP Mini Delta from an Indiegogo Campaign, but it came with no printed docs. How do I get started?
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How to print a two color part with only one extruder

I'm planning my first project. I want to print an iPhone case with a flush letter on the back, but I want the letter in a different color (single extruder printer). The thing is the two colors will be on the same level. Do I create two separate…
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Monoprice Select IIIP Plus - Best speed settings and speeding up prints

How do I speed up prints for the Monoprice Select IIIP Plus printer? The manual shows [Cura] examples of: Print speed: 50mm/s Travel Speed: 80mm/s Bottom Layer Speed: 20mm/s Infill Speed: 50mm/s Outer shell speed: 15mm/s Inner shell speed:…
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How to carve a hollow cylinder along the curved surface in Fusion 360

Let me start with a disclaimer: I'm new to 3D design, to design in general and specifically brand new to Fusion 360. This is my first project. I started by creating a hollow cylinder, with the one end open and the other end closed. For example a…
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Servo vs Stepper

I'm a new one for this community. This also not directly related with 3D printing. I searched about this and I couldn't find good answer. One of my friends told me CNC machining centers (Milling) mostly use servo motors and CNC laser cutter and…
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Is there any reason *not* to use a steel nozzle for printing all materials?

I know that for printing some materials like the carbon-fiber filled PLA it's recommenced to use a steel nozzle since it'll wear-out a standard brass nozzle quickly. Is there any reason to prefer using a brass nozzle for 'simple' plastic-only…
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How to edit Cura profile in Octoprint?

In Cura, I can edit my .ini profile settings as needed, for example, when I change filament or models. It's annoying to have to edit the profile on another computer and update it on my Pi just to change the infill, etc. I've searched…
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3D printing problem: waved walls

The problem When I print with my mElephant 3D printer from Makeblock, the prints come out with waved walls like in the picture below. I am using PLA filament from https://makeblock.lt What I tried I tried changing temperatures 190-220, tried to…
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Cooling for big layers

There is an option in Slic3r to disable cooling for layers that take more than n seconds. What would be the disadvantages of having cooling on big layers ?
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Bad PEI plate adhesion to heated bed

I'm (surprisingly) having a problem getting my PEI substrate to stick to the heated bed surface. The ABS item being printed stuck great to the PEI surface. I've not seen anyone else post on this problem, but perhaps someone has seen it. Note, this…
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Skipping Y-steps, only when using Ultimaker Cura

In order to find out why my printer sometimes skips Y-steps (always in the same direction) only in Ultimaker Cura, I am digging into the G-code to understand the problem better. However, thousands of lines of G-code are hard to analyze. I am using…
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