I’m creating this post as a kind of wiki to document the 3D printer work group and provides links to the people on it. The 3D printer area wiki page (which needs some serious revision) and compendium of champions link here as a point of contact.
Thanks. I can’t recall the name, but it happened on a filament change. He was flushing out the problematic black PLA with purple and when he tried to pull out the purple it stuck in there. I think this is the third time a similar issue has happened. I may ask @lukeo to train me (and others) on how to resolve some common issues so we don’t have to halt printing. That is assuming @lukeo is comfortable with that idea of course
I was the one using the black last night and, remembering that @ashley said it was problematic if left in to cool, I thought feeding purple through until it came out “clean” purple would be a suitable solution. Apparently I was Mist-taken :eyeroll: Sorry guys.
No problem. Sounds like this is going to be as recurring thing. @Lukeo, is there room to consider this standard usage / loading-unloading filament and train people how to deal with it?
That’s probably a good suggestion but I suspect it won’t be the last roll we experience this problem with, so I still suggest adding this to the training as something that users will need to troubleshoot from time to time.
Hello, I am updating the wiki, and I need to know if this list is currently up to date. Are all members listed above active and part of the 3D printing committee?
Ashley is no longer a member as far as I know. I haven’t seen interlock for a while, so those two could be removed.
You can leave my name on the list and also KevMacD
I’ll let the others decide if they want to be on the list
I know @xquared was experimenting with making a copy of Moana’s pendant from the film and we can print some pretty small interlocking gears and fixtures that might work for jewelry considered “chunky”. I think the main issue might be the brittleness / weakness of some filaments.
The smaller you get the less the printers @ VHS become suitable. I know some here have SLA printers that would be more suitable for smaller more intricate designs.
VHS does have a Form 1 that kinda prints, but as I understand it, it needs some new resin and maybe some other tuning/repair work. You’re welcome to do that and use it, if you’re up to it. Quality should be similar to that picture.
The form1 currently have great x-y resolution. I got it to print details as fine as 20 micron.
The z axis is currently kinda funky. and needs more work.
example: https://www.instagram.com/p/BmfKfJdlvBD/
