Tips for a first time builder

I'm hooked on 3d printing...I bought a Flashforge AD5M first to test the waters. I also own a Snapmaker U1 now and I'm starting to look into building my first voron.

Before I dive down this rabbit hole I figured I would post here and ask for any tips. Basically, if you had to build your voron all over again what would you do differently.

I'm just now starting my research and getting all my ducks in a row. For background, I've been into micro electronics including soldering and have built quite a few open-source projects that have taken multiple weeks. I'm confident in my skill and determination. Coding and gcode would be the only skills im lacking.

For wants I would love to have multiple toolheads if thats possible. Also bigger is better in my eyes. I'm always running out of build plate.

Thanks and I'm looking forward to becoming a part of this community.

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u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 10 hours ago

Default z-offset in printer.cfg

Would anyone with a bone stock printer.cfg file please tell me what the default z-offset is set to on all extruders?

I changed mine a long time ago and cannot find in the wiki what the default settings were. I just realized you can change this in Snorca now.

Also my printer.cnf is showing...

E0 Z-offset -.05

e1 Z-offset 0

E2 Z-offset 0

E3 Z-offset 0

I know I set the all the same so I'm not sure why it changed itself but I do notice in my current multicolor prints that E0 is the color I'm having an issue with and the other extruders are printing perfectly.

Thanks for your help

u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 19 days ago

Changing brim filament

I'm usually not this slow in the head but I've gone through every snorca setting and I'm clearly missing somthing.

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How do I select what filament my brim is printed out of? All of the Google answers say there's a drop down in other>brim but I do not have a drop down. Advanced mode is enabled.

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Help please!

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u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 21 days ago

How to Sweep/ Loft to Reduce Material and Prevent Warping

I'm trying to basically chamfer from the blue rectangle to the 6MM high border around this object.

I'm playing around with the sweep and loft tool but can't quite figure out how to make it go in multiple directions. There's gotta be a way right?

u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 25 days ago

Can't use Snorca after 2.3.3 update

Home and device page are just white. Seems like a cloud/network issue but when I do the snorca ping test its fine and I can ping my U1 from this laptop.

Anyone run into this or have some simple things I can try.

I'm scared of uninstalling because I don't want to loose all my custom profiles.

EDIT: I ment to attach screenshots but it wont let me attach them in an edit.

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u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 1 month ago

Self Employed 401k options?

I've been self employed for 6-8 years now. Last year I converted from a single member LLC to an S corp. I'm late to investing in my retirement and opened a Roth IRA last year. I put the max contribution of $7,000 last year and planned on doing the same this year. I still feel like I'm behind and was looking at other option to catch up. My friend mentioned that I should be able to get a 401k set up now that I'm an S corp with payroll. I don't have employees, it's just me on the payroll.

If that's true I think I might have a great opportunity to really accelerate my retirement investment.

Question 1: I run a S corp with payroll set up. Can I set up a 401k and would that be better than my Roth IRA?

Question 2: Can my own company match contributions and whats the limit? Also does the company get to write off the matching contributions?

Question 3: How do you get over the emotions of dumping your money into the stock market? I hate the stock market because it's rigged as hell and it feels like there's a bubble that needs to pop at some point. I have shit luck and the seccond I have substantial money in the stock market will be the exact moment another 2008 happens. I feel way better about land, realistate, and other physical assets. However, I've been saying this for 6 years...

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u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 2 months ago

Finally happened to me

Thankfully, I've seen other post here with people putting tape on the prime tower to try and save their print. Pray for me U1 people.

I'll be looking into alternatives to having PETG and PLA in the same prime tower moving forward.

If anyone is interested, it actually happened after removing the enclosure lid due to toolhead 3 having a docking error that I had to manually fix. Also a first, I'll run the toolhead calibration after this print.

u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 2 months ago

Primer sealant?

I use federal HST for my EDC. I have a good collection of nickel plated brass and one day I want to make some fancy no expense spared carry ammo.

What is the blue sealant they put around the primer? Also can you put it around the rim of the jacket to really seal everything up?

I'm sure somone here has already done this. What worked best and what supplies do I need to buy?

u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 2 months ago

Can somone who has PETG dialed in on their U1 post filament settings for me please?

Basically I've calibrated my settings for PETG multiple times. I have specifically done flow rate and PA over 6 times each and I always get the same results. However, my real world prints are very over extruded. At this point I'm skipping the calibration tools and in Orca I've made a primitive disk a few MM tall with "A U" text cut into it. I'm getting better results at about .90 Flow Rate. It just seems really low.

I would love to compare my settings to somone else and see if there's anything that really stands out about my settings.

Thanks!

u/Accomplished-Bowl551 — 2 months ago