RepRapSource ABS Troubleshooting
Cathal Garvey
Next barrier to mousetrap printing: having solved my software issues, I'm trying to get my new roll of plastic working.
It's natural ABS from Reprap Source, and it's visibly less shiney but still the same colour as Makerbot ABS.
It spools in ok, and melts and extrudes for a few seconds, but then the pinch wheel strips and I have to start over.
I've tried this at +5, +10, +20 degrees over my normal temperature for Makerbot ABS, with at best marginal improvement. At a measured temperature of 250 or so (lower in reality- my Makerbot routinely stripped MB ABS at anything less than 228) it was still stripping after maybe a metre of noodles.
I think Aragorn on this group at least has experimented with this plastic, has anyone got advice to offer in getting it going?
Thanks! Wish I could buy MB ABS and avoid the hassle, but geography prohibits this.
-Cathal
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Cathal Garvey
Have you confirmed it's not just that the toothed pulley needs flossing from the previous strippings?
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Dave M.
your pwm setting. Maybe the higher heat is still not enough and this
ABS just needs to have time at temp as well.
heXman
Hi Cathal,
this won't help your current problems, but we have someone who imports makerbot supplies in Belgium.
He has all colors ABS in stock.
Maybe shipping costs from Belgium to you is affordable?
His website is http://kd85.com/
Hope you find a fix for your problem.
Cheers
Kurt
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Jordan Miller
diameter? I bet it is a gripping issue. can you post macro pics of the
teeth bite marks left in the filament by your pulley?
jordan
On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:48 AM, Cathal Garvey <cathal...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Next barrier to mousetrap printing: having solved my software
Cathal Garvey
Thanks for that lead Hexman! Will look there for my next batch perhaps, though right now I have 5 kilos to burn first.
@Jet Diameter is slightly wider at 3.1, so this could be an issue. I'll post pics later, but the teeth are digging in all right, plenty deep. Perhaps too deep, but the fact that it extrudes for a while puzzles me.
On Mar 9, 2010 12:55 PM, "heXman" <hexm...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Cathal,
this won't help your current problems, but we have someone who imports makerbot supplies in Belgium.
He has all colors ABS in stock.
Maybe shipping costs from Belgium to you is affordable?
His website is http://kd85.com/
Hope you find a fix for your problem.
Cheers
Kurt
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MakerBlock
is likely your problem.
MakerBlock
On Mar 9, 9:34 am, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for that lead Hexman! Will look there for my next batch perhaps,
> though right now I have 5 kilos to burn first.
>
> @Jet Diameter is slightly wider at 3.1, so this could be an issue. I'll post
> pics later, but the teeth are digging in all right, plenty deep. Perhaps too
> deep, but the fact that it extrudes for a while puzzles me.
>
> On Mar 9, 2010 12:55 PM, "heXman" <hexma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Cathal,
>
> this won't help your current problems, but we have someone who imports
> makerbot supplies in Belgium.
> He has all colors ABS in stock.
> Maybe shipping costs from Belgium to you is affordable?
> His website ishttp://kd85.com/
>
> Hope you find a fix for your problem.
>
> Cheers
>
> Kurt
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com>
Jordan Miller
Aragorn86
problem is that it is 3,1mm diameter and Makerbot ABS is 2,9mm.
Drilling the heater barrel to 3,1mm could help. Also i found out that
for some reason it's harder to extrude than Makerbot filament. I dont
know but maybe it needs higher temperature or something.
My opinion is that if you are using Makerbot, you should use Makerbot
filament, it is tested and optimized for it.
On Mar 10, 7:37 am, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> do manual test extrusion for 7 whole minutes. time it and watch, and
> what is result (at how many min does it stop extruding)? try again at
> 210 PWM setting for 10 min. what is result (please time it again)?
>
> jordan
>
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks for that lead Hexman! Will look there for my next batch
> > perhaps, though right now I have 5 kilos to burn first.
>
> > @Jet Diameter is slightly wider at 3.1, so this could be an issue.
> > I'll post pics later, but the teeth are digging in all right, plenty
> > deep. Perhaps too deep, but the fact that it extrudes for a while
> > puzzles me.
>
> >> On Mar 9, 2010 12:55 PM, "heXman" <hexma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Hi Cathal,
>
> >> this won't help your current problems, but we have someone who
> >> imports makerbot supplies in Belgium.
> >> He has all colors ABS in stock.
> >> Maybe shipping costs from Belgium to you is affordable?
> >> His website ishttp://kd85.com/
>
> >> Hope you find a fix for your problem.
>
> >> Cheers
>
> >> Kurt
>
> >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com
Cathal Garvey
Wish I could, but shipping to Ireland alone costs more than the plastic I think!
On Mar 10, 2010 4:28 PM, "Aragorn86" <jussi.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have also tried Reprapsource's ABS filament, with bad results. Main
problem is that it is 3,1mm diameter and Makerbot ABS is 2,9mm.
Drilling the heater barrel to 3,1mm could help. Also i found out that
for some reason it's harder to extrude than Makerbot filament. I dont
know but maybe it needs higher temperature or something.
My opinion is that if you are using Makerbot, you should use Makerbot
filament, it is tested and optimized for it.
On Mar 10, 7:37 am, Jordan Miller <jrdn...@gmail.com> wrote: > do manual test extrusion for 7 whole...
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com>
> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for that lead Hexman! Will look there for my next batch > > perhaps, tho...
> >> On Mar 9, 2010 12:55 PM, "heXman" <hexma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi Cathal, > > >> this won...
> >> His website ishttp://kd85.com/
> > >> Hope you find a fix for your problem. > > >> Cheers > > >> Kurt >
> >> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Cathal Garvey <cathalgar...@gmail.com
> >> > wrote: > > >> > > Next barrier to mousetrap printing: having solved my software > >> issues...
> > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/makerbot?hl=en
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Andrew Plumb
Aside: Stumbled on a handy drill bit size chart - http://bobmay.astronomy.net/misc/drillchart.htm
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