There's a great teardown on Big Clive's YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKSSY1gzCEs
Really interesting just how accurate they are, and they don't require professional calibration over time (from what I understand).
Just waiting for a stable diffusion version where I can type in “classic fantasy dwarves in the style of games workshop” and run that straight to my resin printer.
There was an issue a while back which caused their cloud service to be inoperable for several days, which broke many features but the printer still printed. I could be wrong but I think this is the first serious hardware problem, at least which necessitated a recall. Someone please correct me though if I got that wrong.
IIRC they had an issue a while ago where their printers were just randomly turning on and printing because of some cloud bug, that was the first one I was referring to.
This is really cool, however, is it wise to incorporate a flashlight bright enough to blind people into a cosplay prop? Does scattering the light like that weaken it enough to be safe?
Edit: oh didn’t realise this post is 5 months old, I suppose any risks would have shown themselves by now.
I did build it a little extra tall so stray rays are not at eye level. The direct beam is broken up a bit at the top but you wouldn’t want to point it directly at people. So far nobody has been blinded, only lightly dazzled.
After this I used a 0.8 nozzle. And could print with it. So threads are still there.
I suppose I mistakenly didn't fully screwed the 1.0 nozzle. With the large layer width Pla stuck on the nozzle, as the print was a rectangular shape on each turn that pla applied some tork and nozzle unscrewed.
That is pretty crazy, definitely a new one on me but I think you’re right how it happened. I’ve seen a video where someone used a torque wrench to set the nozzle just right but I can’t bother with all that…
OP could compare a thread gauge to the female/internal threads on the block to find out. Or, more simply, do two things.
Throw a brand new nozzle in the block, grab it with pliers and apply strong, but not hulk, downward pressure (perpendicular to block) on the nozzle and see if it pops out. Don’t get too strong here because you’d just fuck things up if they aren’t already… you’re just trying to mimic filament pressure
Melt the filament off the ejected nozzle, clean it up (brass wire brush, perhaps) and do the same test as number 1
If #1 pulls out a new nozzle… Yeah… replace or rethread (good luck) the block.
If #1 sticks strong but #2 pulls out, replace the nozzle and hope it was just a shitty, undersized, nozzle. I don’t expect this to be the case, but eliminate all simple problems before trying to remedy a (maybe non-existent) larger problem. Troubleshooting 101
I remember reading your post on reddit! It was super useful, I was right in the middle of convincing my makerspace to switch to PHA at the time. Haven’t looked back since, ty!
Coming from a programming background, I love OpenSCAD. It’s just simple enough that I think I can easily do what I want, and powerful enough that I can do anything with it.
Unfortunately it’s usually more difficult than I expected, and when you start using nested loops to define polyhedron vertices, you should probably be using other software.
The main thing I love about it is the ability to define global constants that can be changed later. If done correctly, you can design a part first and take measurements later.
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