Welcome

[TobyCWood]

This Group was the result of the unilateral deletion of posts by MBI on the  (now defunct) Makerbot Operators Group.

Please feel free to read, post and exchange anything and everything related to Makerbot products. Please keep it civil and please do not post things which are illegal in any way shape or form.

THIS group WILL also allow topics which may be considered counter to Makerbot Inc goals including discussion on problems with Makerbot 3D printers, poor support, as well as discussion of competing products. This group is dedicated to the successes we all have with our machines and I hope all post awesome stuff!

This group WILL be constantly moderated and disrespectful posts or "flame-wars" will be controlled. If they occur i will publicly ask them to cease as well as ask if the forum would like specific, offending posts removed.

Welcome!

[scott spencer]

Thanks for having us 5th Gen guys join us!!! since we seem to be a part of the Misfit Toys.. lol

[Aaron Tunell]

Things are going to pick up around here, I think :D

[Aaron Tunell]

can I suggest a pinned post with top-rated printer upgrades?

[TobyCWood]

Start a thread with a list and all relevant info and I'll thumbtack it... however, there is a caveat that machined upgrades typically come and go. A good example is Kara Kustoms. Upgrade makers usually do not make the upgrades as an ongoing biz.

[DHeadrick]

Some come and go... others will be around as long as there is demand.

www.devilsinthedetails.ca

[Andrew Aurigema]

Just found this group.  Wondered why no more printer chatter since the 8th.  Oh well, i never liked the threat of censorship anyway.  

The filament drying box I am making is coming out well.  Here are some pics of the finished effort.  It was about $30 total and fits the little bridge nylon spools only.  I found a bigger container but the puppy literally ate it so I have to go to walmart again and get another one.  Will post all the printed parts and purchased parts on thingverse ( it that is still up ).  It took 3 days to dry the filament with 3 trips to the microwave ( 3 minutes each ) for a cooking of the desiccant each day.  Now the desiccant stays dark blue ( silica gel with cobalt chloride ) as long as the hatch is closed.  The feed if unaffected by the turntable or the trip thru the teflon tube.  The steam bubbling up thru the hot melt problem with the nylon is gone.   

[TobyCWood]

Andrew

Welcome!

Note the small thumbtack icon by the date and time. This is to keep the thread at the top. We're using it to keep ongoing threads available to view indefinitely over time. You may want to move this post into the best practices thread or into it's own thread.

[perform...@gmail.com]

Aaron,

We have some of the more popular machine upgrades available and offer them on a continuing basis.  We have glass build plates, aluminum arm supports, and high performance nozzles available for Replicator 2 and derivative machines.  Check us out at http://www.p3-d.com/products.html

We also hope to expand our website to include some free downloads of the more commonly used items, but I haven't yet had time to work on that. 

Thanks and if you have any questions just let me know. 

Jay
Performance 3-d
www.p3-d.com

[John Borlaug]

Howdy Gang! Just found how to navigate all the groups around here! I have yootoobs about my stories!

[Joe Paladin]

Hi Toby. Great jobing creating the forum.

I am a mechanical engineer, and serious about getting the quality products I need for flow toys that I print which get dropped and need to be very durable.

For the Makerbot 5th Gen printing with PLA plastic is just not a professional thermoplastic.  

Figuring out how to print with ESun PETG was a process and involved designing a new filament spool holder but the result is amazing.  The prints are so perfect and the properties of the plastic are better than ABS in some ways.

And it prints without a heated bed.

The PETG filament comes on a spool that does not fit into the Makerbot, you need a well designed filament roll holder not something generic on ebay sitting on roller bearings with no filament tube guide.

Also you need the right machine settings to print PETG and you probably do not want to go through all the trial and error I went through.

In PETG you can squeeze the locking tabs together 1,000s of times with no change, printed in PLA the first time I squeezed them together one side snapped off. PLA is to brittle and not strong.

Also I build a nice wood frame with stain and polyurethane.

My design is a similar design to what is on the machine sliding the Esun PETG spool over flexing plastic that locks the spool of filament in place in a rectangular wood frame and filament tube guide.

The machine settings are on a USB drive.  My email is joepa...@hotmail.com   

Possible other 3D printer models could use a stand alone filament roll holder like this.

Wondering if this would be a post worth pinning?

I would sell them for $99 plus $20 shipping.