Added a filament sensor a few weeks ago. But I really didn't like how it dangles outside the printer. Found this design on the printables. This really is a nice solution in my opinion.
I'll print it in white petg when I get some. Just wanted to test if I could get it working right before buying more filament.
These are super useful if you get distracted at the pump. (Not my design)
Funny enough one of 3d printing nerds latest vids was printing one of these which he also made a video about 8 years ago.
Saw this on facebook marketplace. Must be the perspective?
Recently got a Prusa mini for free from Facebook marketplace....... lucky me. All I had to do was reattach the y belt, and tighten a few screws. It prints very well for the most part. I'm going to replace the extruder print ptfe tube and the hotend ptfe today, along with adding a filament sensor. (Printed Solid for the win)
The issue I'm having is feeding filament. I'll initiate the feeding filament routine and it usually doesn't catch on the 1st or 2nd try. To increase success I cut the filament at an angle and sort of push filament in while it's trying to load. That helps but only some times. I've removed the extruder and stepper assembly from the printer to investigate. That allowed me to clean the feeder gear. But the problem of not catching filament still persists.
I think the problem is where the filament enters the extruder so I'll have to do farther disassembly. That part wasn't accessible from just taking apart the extruder motor assembly. It feels (without actually seeing) like the filament entry path doesn't go directly to the gears.
Any tips from experienced mini owners would be helpful.
The mainstream laser community is using lightburn software. Every instructional video I watch is geared for lightburn using xtool or another brand of laser. But I'm slowly learning how to use bambu suite to do these laser engravings. The defaults in bambu suite are not optimal to be kind.
In this iteration I've learned pre-editing the images in photoshop or gimp really matters. On the left notice the shadowed portion of subjects face is completely missing and his eyes are missing as well. On the right his whole face and eyes reappear. Its just too bright compared to original photo. Gonna try mapping intensity to the greyscale map in next iterations.
Also for this application bambu black aluminum cards are actually better then the ones this video recommends. Left is Amazon, right is bambu. Not only matte vs shiny but the card quality is better too. Cost is similar.
Any1 else doing laser projects or plan to buy the rotary tool?
Upgraded the H2D with a laser few weeks ago. Having fun learning how to use it. Different from 3d printing. Would say its like more like cnc if I had one to compare. (I don't)
So far cutting wood and engraving anodized aluminum are my favorite task. Watching the laser cut is amazing. Cutting wood is much easier then trying to print photo's on aluminum, but I'm learning. Printed a negative in pic#1 - opps.
Wanted to combine wood cutting, aluminum engraving and 3d printing in a project - work in rough progress pic#2