8.A New toy

[paulrbarnard]

I have a Flashforge Dreamer two head printer but have not made many two coloured parts. I usually have a different colour in each side to match what I am printing. I also have a spool of dissolvable support material which worked well for a couple of prints then I had problems and haven't used it since.
I have printed hose adaptors, custom enclosures for my electronic projects, tool holders etc. Currently I am testing some different filament out on some wire spools ready to try some 16+hr prints.
These big prints are for a dust hood for my saw when the riding knife and dust shield are removed along with a automatic two port blast gate.
I made a print a cover for the joint in the conservatory to replace the crappy piece of plywood which was there. I had to make it in two halves and glue the two sides together. It needed quite a lot of filling/sanding to make it look good. I should have used a finer print setting but each half took about twelve hours and I am not totally happy leaving it to run un supervised. The new material I am using now has been a pain as it has gummed up the printer and moved one of the nozzles which took a few hours to fix. So it does not always go smoothly.

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The desolvable material is difficult to print with as it absorbs moisture very quickly. It’s worth drying it out in the oven every time you want to use it.

 

[Lorenzl]

Thank you for that @paulrbarnard that probably explains why it went well for the first couple of uses as I left it out next to the printer. I will have another go after drying it.

 

[sploo]

Yea, I keep all my spools in a sealed plastic box with some desiccant beads. The spools can be dried in the oven (~35C for an hour or so), and the beads can also be dried (albeit at a hotter temperature).

 

[thebruiser]

In fusion you can have more than 10 you just put them as read only till needed.

 

[thebruiser]

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[Insanity]

It's all a personal choice on what you feel best with. I have yet to try Design Spark, currently on Fusion and the 10 model limit is a bit annoying! Solidworks and Inventor seem overkill for 3D printing especially at those prices!

And Morris, if you want sketchup, download sketchup Make 2017. It's free forever

 

[Insanity]

In fusion you can have more than 10 you just put them as read only till needed.

Ah, nice one, I didn't realise you could do that! Thanks for that!