Put that 3D printer in your airplane shop to good use for medical personnel

[Pilotjim77]

Sent.

And thank you very much!

[rockwoodrv9]

I am impressed with the guys on this site that are printing what they can to help out those who really need it.

I read in one post that Steve Melton posted saying he had made over 1000 straps. I sent him an email asking if he wanted some help paying for materials or postage. He told me no thanks, he was using money he makes selling the airplane parts he produces to pay for the printing. Wow.

Thanks Steve, AX.O, and all the others doing what they can to help others out.

[BobbyLucas]

A couple happy customers:

[philip_g]

Man, for some reason I have a devil of a time printing these. I can't even explain what it's doing besides messing up ��

The little hooks don't adhere to the bed for some reason and eventually get sort of stringy and catch the nozzle then it's all over. I've tried bed temps from 50 to 80 with pla and it's just not happy. Idk what I'm doing wrong

[BobbyLucas]

Originally Posted by philip_g

Man, for some reason I have a devil of a time printing these. I can't even explain what it's doing besides messing up ��

The little hooks don't adhere to the bed for some reason and eventually get sort of stringy and catch the nozzle then it's all over. I've tried bed temps from 50 to 80 with pla and it's just not happy. Idk what I'm doing wrong

What bed surface? I'm using BuildTak and it works great. Try moving the nozzle closer to the bed and slowing down on the first layer while using a higher extrusion multiplier. Squish the first layer down hot, fat and slow.

I'm using PLA at 220 degrees and bed at 52.

[philip_g]

Originally Posted by BobbyLucas

What bed surface? I'm using BuildTak and it works great. Try moving the nozzle closer to the bed and slowing down on the first layer while using a higher extrusion multiplier. Squish the first layer down hot, fat and slow.

I'm using PLA at 220 degrees and bed at 52.

It's some kind of carbon glass, with a slight dimple to it for adhesion. I'm running the extruder at 200 to 210 with a volcano nozzle and pla. I normally (for the whole 24 hours I've had it) don't use anything for adhesion, on larger stuff it adheres so well it's hard to remove the part sometimes. I'll adjust the multiplier, thanks for the tip

[BobbyLucas]

I highly recommend the BuildTak magnetic flexplate system. Might be the best 3D printing purchase I've made.

If you're still having issues post a close-up pic of just your first layer.

The bead should look rectangular, flat, not rounded.

[AX-O]

Was having the same issues. I slowed the first layer down to 60% print speed. That took care of it. Now the prints are perfect.

[philip_g]

Originally Posted by AX-O

Was having the same issues. I slowed the first layer down to 60% print speed. That took care of it. Now the prints are perfect.

that's a good idea too. I'll try that when I'm done with this 24 hour print and see how it does. I just sliced it at 12mm/s instead of 20 on the first 2 layers.

[philip_g]

Originally Posted by BobbyLucas

I highly recommend the BuildTak magnetic flexplate system. Might be the best 3D printing purchase I've made.

If you're still having issues post a close-up pic of just your first layer.

The bead should look rectangular, flat, not rounded.

that's a neat system, I'll get one in coming weeks. I've got a spiral vase thing printing (beautifully too, I just jinxed it probably) I'll try it with the other suggestions and post pics tomorrow if it fails. Basically it looks like this:

https://i.imgur.com/A9U6o83.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/672uBpH.jpg

decent print on medium settings, looks better in person

https://i.imgur.com/TSl16Wj.jpg