Anyone into 3D printing?

[glockman]

Printed a couple of these. Retention is pretty good. I'll test them out at an IDPA shoot tonight.

 

[frieed]

I tried some PETG filament lately. Prints very cleanly but man does it like to become one with the build plate.

 

[glockman]

I tried some PETG filament lately. Prints very cleanly but man does it like to become one with the build plate.

Glue stick has totally cured my prints permanently attaching to the build plate.

 

[Jesser04]

My 11 year old son has been asking for a 3D printer for a while so I got him the ender 3 neo for Christmas. I’ve been watching YouTube videos for the last couple days getting excited for us to have something to mess with.

 

[Spork]

Glue stick has totally cured my prints permanently attaching to the build plate.

I'm in the hair spray gang. Build plate at 65 helps things stick also.

 

[Jesser04]

How strong is this stuff? Will it work for printing a Toyota oil filter socket?

 

[Spork]

Yes, I think pla should be strong enough for a filter socket as long as the stl is designed well enough.

 

[glockman]

I printed this "socket" for a Harley fuel tank sender and it worked fine. That's a 1/2" drive hole in the middle. I printed it at 100% infill and 0.15 layer thickness. Printed in Overture PLA plus.

 

[Jesser04]

Thanks for the responses I’ll have to give it a try after Santa comes.

 

[Jesser04]

Quick question we got my son’s printer put together and printing but the bottom layer is thin on the prints. The printer is the ender3 neo I’ve run the bed level program and it seems level. The interwebs is telling me the bed plate is to close to the nozzle isn’t that something it should adjust when it does self leveling? Or do I need to adjust it down manually?

 

[Spork]

First layer is normally thin, unless it's too close and you can hear the drive skipping when pushing filament...

 

[Jesser04]

First layer is normally thin, unless it's too close and you can hear the drive skipping when pushing filament...

Yes… with more googling and YouTubing it appears my plate is to close? When I get home I’ll redo it and see if we have better results.

 

[Cody]

You can adjust the z offset down a touch too

 

[Jesser04]

We we did a print yesterday and it turned out great. After the print we cleaned the bed with alcohol loaded another print hit start and it won’t stick to the bed… I leveled the bed manually and cleaned the bed again and nothing even tried applying some glue stick to the bed. Any ideas?

 

[Spork]

I spray my bed with hairspray and usually have bed temp at 65.

 

[Jesser04]

I spray my bed with hairspray and usually have bed temp at 65.

Do you have a brand you like? Do you put it on before you start the printer? Also should I auto level before every print? Thanks

 

[Spork]

Do you have a brand you like? Do you put it on before you start the printer? Also should I auto level before every print? Thanks

I use a bottle of Aussie when I can steal it away from the girls. I don't clean my bed very often, just apply a good layer of hairspray and let it dry when I have issues with it sticking and I don't have auto level so I only adjust level if I notice the first layer isn't flat.

 

[Jesser04]

Thanks

 

[glockman]

I run a skirt or a brim on my prints depending on what it is. That is a good way to see if your bed is level at the start of the print.

 

[ebryson]

I've had to change a few of my settings and relocate my printer to make sure it's not warping. I'd make sure there isn't some sort of breeze by the printer. Like glockman said run a skirt to make sure it's level. I had to change the way my bottom and top layer were printed so it wouldn't warp. I also think I changed to first and last layer print speed.