3D Printing

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So, I added a second 3D printer to my fleet.  A Voxelab Aquila.  Basically an Ender 3 V2 clone.  My Ender 3 has been highly modified now and both of them are running close to 24/7 printing a 120 item order I managed to stumble into.

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Around half of my first order ready to deliver.

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Those things look hella smooth. You do any finishing on those, or is that just how they come off the build plate?

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Those things look hella smooth. You do any finishing on those, or is that just how they come off the build plate?

Just how they came off the build plates.

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Damn. I can't get quality like that off my FFCP unless I slather it with XTC-3D.

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FFCP?

Highly modded Ender 3 with a BIQU Spring Steel PEI sheet and BLTouch and an almost stock Voxelab Aquila with its stock glass bed and a BLTouch

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Flashforge Creator Pro. Mine's modified ... a bit:

• Micro-Swiss all metal hotend
  
• Micro-Swiss CNC machined aluminum extruder plate & levers
  
• Extended (wider) magnetic build plate + PEI-coated steel surface
  
• All fans replaced with Noctua 40x10 or 40x20mm fans 
  
• Toshiba FlashAir W-04 (printer doesn't have Wi-Fi, but its SD card does)
  
• 2020 aluminum V-slot frame 
  
• Filament spools relocated to holders with really smooth bearings directly above extruders
  
• PTFE tubing in the bottom of the extruder plate (makes it easier to load TPU)
  

Looks like this:

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My Ender 3 has the following mods

• BTT SKR E3 V3 mainboard
  
• Custom build of Marlin
  
• Linear rails for Y axis
  
• Insulation for bed
  
• BTT SSS PEI build surface
  
• Pi 3 running OctoPi
  
• Pancake stepper for Extruder
  
• BMG Clone extruder
  
• Direct drive conversion
  
• HeroMe Gen 6 fan duct w/ 5015 fan
  
• BLTouch
  
• Mellow NF Smart Hot End
  
• RGB Lights
  
• Side mount filament spool
  
• BTT Smart Filament Sensor
  
• Capricorn tubing between filament sensor and extruder
  
• Probably something else I'm forgetting
  

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So I made spaghetti last night

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Ugh. Hate it when that happens. I was having all manner of adhesion issues yesterday -- one successful print out of 20 attempts -- and I couldn't find any glue sticks because my children stole 'em all. Luckily I found one and three of four prints were perfect. The fourth had some top layer issues, which I traced to drag on the filament where it enters the hood of the printer. Solution: took the goddamn hood off for the fifth print, which is currently in progress.

I'm making these out of TPU: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4249113

...and storing them on these (modified to print as one piece) made out of PETG: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4288163

I have four stands full of purple ones, and have started filling a fifth stand with red ones.