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Santa brought me a Creality Ender 3. After hemming and hawing over what kind of printer to get for months, I finally just went with the best mix of good reviews and price. So far it seems to be working well for me. No special mods - built to spec right from the box. All I've done is level the bed with a sheet of printer paper.
For my first project, I wanted to create an AV sled for my long in the works Madcow Avalanche. I have a sled I made out of 1/8" plywood, but after moving my components around time after time, it started to look like Swiss cheese. I figured this would be the perfect application for my new printer. I modeled the part in Tinkercad, which was easy enough to learn and I think a good place to start.
This particular rocket is using head-end dual deploy with my main chute in the nose-cone - so everything had to go in the 8" av coupler: Eggfinder, MMC2, MMC3, 3x lipos and a switch. I made a model of each component so I could move things around for the best configuration.
After settling on a layout and after lots and lots of measuring of the actual components, I tried my first print. Came out ok, but measurements were still off on the mounting holes, all-thread channels were wonky. 5 iterations later, I finally got everything lined up where it needed to be, the components fit (including the switch - which had to be perfectly aligned for the pull pin to register) and best of all it fit in the coupler.
With each new iteration, I experimented with some of the print settings with mixed results. Learned about creating a brim - essential for such a tall part. (In one print, the part fell over and I woke up to a print bed of spaghetti.)
Even though I'm in Southern California, it's been COLD the last few weeks, especially in my basement where my workshop (and printer) is. I had one print that had layer adhesion issues and I think the cold may have had a part to play in that, but my goal to this point has been to get a part that is the right size, with the right mounting holes. I finally have a working rough draft (see pictures below)
Now it's time to make my final draft print, and I'd love some feedback on ideal print settings and material to do this.
I've been using PLA for the test prints, but I also have a spool of PETG on the workbench. I understand PETG to be a stronger material, but for the purposes of this part, would PLA be sufficient?
Any suggestions on optimized print settings? 100% infill and call it a day? I'm using Ultimaker Cura as my slicing software. I understand the concept behind most of the settings, but I'm still learning.
For my first project, I wanted to create an AV sled for my long in the works Madcow Avalanche. I have a sled I made out of 1/8" plywood, but after moving my components around time after time, it started to look like Swiss cheese. I figured this would be the perfect application for my new printer. I modeled the part in Tinkercad, which was easy enough to learn and I think a good place to start.
This particular rocket is using head-end dual deploy with my main chute in the nose-cone - so everything had to go in the 8" av coupler: Eggfinder, MMC2, MMC3, 3x lipos and a switch. I made a model of each component so I could move things around for the best configuration.
After settling on a layout and after lots and lots of measuring of the actual components, I tried my first print. Came out ok, but measurements were still off on the mounting holes, all-thread channels were wonky. 5 iterations later, I finally got everything lined up where it needed to be, the components fit (including the switch - which had to be perfectly aligned for the pull pin to register) and best of all it fit in the coupler.
With each new iteration, I experimented with some of the print settings with mixed results. Learned about creating a brim - essential for such a tall part. (In one print, the part fell over and I woke up to a print bed of spaghetti.)
Even though I'm in Southern California, it's been COLD the last few weeks, especially in my basement where my workshop (and printer) is. I had one print that had layer adhesion issues and I think the cold may have had a part to play in that, but my goal to this point has been to get a part that is the right size, with the right mounting holes. I finally have a working rough draft (see pictures below)
Now it's time to make my final draft print, and I'd love some feedback on ideal print settings and material to do this.
I've been using PLA for the test prints, but I also have a spool of PETG on the workbench. I understand PETG to be a stronger material, but for the purposes of this part, would PLA be sufficient?
Any suggestions on optimized print settings? 100% infill and call it a day? I'm using Ultimaker Cura as my slicing software. I understand the concept behind most of the settings, but I'm still learning.