<freem>
or I should say, for happy owners of 3D printers able to switch materials who regrets it's a pain to use that with solvespace ;à
<freem>
;)
<ghane>
freem: nice, I have not tried printing multi color/material yet, I am having more problems with splitting and exporting individual parts for post print assembly
<freem>
post print assembly?
<ghane>
yes, splitting a model in half to it can be printed in optimal orientation and then assembling/gluing together for example
<freem>
oh
<freem>
I never tried to glue models together yet
<freem>
dominoes are rather small things :)
<ghane>
I am currently drawing some test boxes for loudspeakera :)
<ghane>
ordered 1.8mm nozzle yesterday :-D
<freem>
heh
<freem>
I have a prusa MK2, that I upgraded into MK2.5S MMU
<ghane>
heh
<ghane>
same here
<ghane>
Or, well, the MMU is still in its box
<freem>
well
<freem>
the mmu makes things both easier and harder
<ghane>
And it is a MK2.5S Half Bear now
<freem>
it makes the single printing a lot more resilient ironically
<ghane>
Yes, I was not really convinced so I did not want to mount it
<ghane>
I am building a second one, extended height Bear frame, will probably add the MMU to that one
<freem>
but it fails to load from time to time, and when you have multi-material models, it can happen at each layer
<freem>
overall, I'm happy with the MMU
<freem>
I still have troubles, but the printer is still not in a case
<ghane>
Yes, I think the fail-over for empty spools is probably the best feature
<freem>
oh, not just empty spools
<freem>
I find it globally more efficient than the MK2
<ghane>
We started having heatbreak overheating / filament stuck issues with our MK3 when we put it in an enclosure at work...
<freem>
I did both the MK2 to MK2.5S and MK2.5S to MK2.5S MMU in a single step though
<freem>
oh
<ghane>
Ah, hehe, I was just going to ask what improved
<freem>
what kind of enclosure?
<ghane>
I did all the steps, MK2->MK2.5->MK2.5S->Half-Bear->Bear-Extruder
<freem>
I think, but I'm not sure, I originally bought the MK2
<freem>
then I bought both MK2.5 and MMU upgrades
<freem>
maybe I had MK2S
<freem>
I'm a newbie in the area
<freem>
one think I know though, is that I can mount and dismount it without the doc now
<freem>
also, I need to design something better for that stupid LCD screen
<freem>
it's less annoying when *not* attached to the case
<ghane>
haha, some prusa-clones have it moved to the top of the frame, think that might be better in some situations
<freem>
some?
<freem>
I'd say most
<ghane>
I think I got worse print quality but better stability when switching to the S or 2.5 thing...
<freem>
personnally, if I had time for that, I'd just add the controller a good old EIA385 bus and optionally drive it from a computer
<freem>
I have not printed enought stuff to say
<freem>
to me, 3D print with additive tech is really to create prototypes
<ghane>
I do not really feel that the display is for much use these days
<freem>
yep
<freem>
I'd rather have the display emit stuff on network
<ghane>
It was a huge improvement from USB-printing from a laptop which is how I started
<freem>
now
<ghane>
then the LCD-display and SD-card printing was a great improvement
<freem>
to have the 3D printer autonomous is a good thing
<ghane>
but then, moving to octoprint or such is way more convenient, and also very stable
<freem>
that's what allows people like me to use it
<freem>
I still have to do the move to octoprint
<ghane>
(I started out with an Ultimaker Original, or rather Ultimaker Beta since it was not really ready when I got it)
<freem>
keep in mind that prusa, as I imagine it, wants to make 3D print available for all
<freem>
in my circle, the MK2.5S seems like magic to many people, and I'm in france
<ghane>
There are still some annoyances with connection when the printer is "busy" when using Octoprint, for example cancel an ongoing print is sluggish, but apart from that I really recommend you to try it
<ghane>
Easy to set up and you can "just click print in PrusaSlicer"
<freem>
I intend to change the tool into a proper networked printer
<freem>
this includes a camera and enclosure
<ghane>
Yes, camera is useful
<ghane>
Just remember that you will need a fan to keep the temp down if you put it in an enclosure and print PLA at least
<freem>
of course
<freem>
2 fans, and several temp sensors
<freem>
1 fan to put air in, one to put air out, sensors to know when to put air in or out
<ghane>
Yes, unless you have passive vents for one of them... it is a bit tricky since you don't want airflow around the heat bed
<ghane>
I was working with a fan device a while back (air cleaner), had it in the room where I keep the printer...
<ghane>
...all prints failed when it was turned on, caused the prints to come off the print bed mid print all the time
<freem>
hmm... maybe, place a heat/cool thingy under the heatbed
<freem>
whats the name already
<freem>
one face hot, other cold, when a current is put
<ghane>
peltier element?
<freem>
yes
<freem>
ty
<freem>
sometimes words go away
<ghane>
they are power hungry
<freem>
really?
<freem>
better to use good old refrigeration systems then?
<ghane>
It was many years since I played with them, I had two which I planned to use for computer cooling ~20 years ago :D
<ghane>
I think they were like 50% efficient, so you had twice the heat on the hot side compared to what you "removed" from the cold side
<ghane>
anyway, time to say good night here, need to go up early tomorrow, expecting FedEx :)
<freem>
gnight
<freem>
I'll move main focus on unvanquished-dev then :p