Vileda Cleaning Robot

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Could not resist a Vileda Cleaning Robot offer at a lokal storechain for about 70 €…

Soo far good impressions. It fits under the king sized double bed and came out like a dust devil.

Will try the stock variant some time then we’ll see what arduino / pi / 3d print  magic can do …

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Ultimaker Original Print Head BowdenConnector

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I had some 1/4″ BPST John Guest connectors left over.  Always wanted a way to use them on my Ultimaker. So I made it happen…

Made an adapter to screw the 1/4″ quick connector in and mount on the print head.

The thread is printed. Had to scale it up to 110% cause I didn’t model the pitch. But now it fits peferct both thread types. Designed a wrench to screw the part in. It slips through at a certain point to prevent too much torque.

Looking forward to mounting this on the next upgrade session…

 

Printed both in White PLA – 3D Prima and ColorFabb XT-Filament Clear (2,85mm)

Layer Height:0.2
Shell: 1.2 mm
Bottom/Top: 0.8 mm
Infill: 40 %

XT:

Print speed: 45 mm/s
Print temp: 255 °C
Bed temp: 70°C

PLA White

Print speed: 45 mm/s
Print temp: 215 °C
Bed temp: 70°C

Support: none
Adhesion: none

Print time:52 min + 33 min = 1h 25 min
Filament used: 0,86 m + 0,6 m = 1,46 m

Work in progress timelapse and upgrade vid may follow some time…

 

 

3D Print – Groot Coffee PLA

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Tried to print a hq model of the Groot bust with the low cost PLA Coffee from Amazon.

Link: Groot Bust thx @ Doodle_Monkey

Some minor blobs and stringing on the top. On the lower part some kind of layer fault. But with 17 € per 1 kg not much to complain.

Settings:

Filament: PLA Coffee
Company:  Pulox
Diameter: 3mm (2.89 mm)

Layer Height:0.08
Shell: 1.2 mm
Bottom/Top: 1.2 mm
Infill: 5 %

Print speed: 45 mm/s
Print temp: 220 °C
Bed temp: 70°C

Support: from built plate
Adhesion: Brim

Print time: 12 h 50 min
Filament used: 5.01m 40.0g

Timelapse:

3D Prints 2015 – Millenium Falcon

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Printed the Millenium Falcon model From Thingiverse in Black PLA in  100% scale.

Came out perfect. Little Problems with the diameter of the gun barrels on top / buttom but managed to print it nevertheless.

Link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:919475     thanks @ aaskedall

 

 

Low quality timelapse (need new webcam /settings):

 

Settings:

Filament: PLA Black
Company: Prima Value
Diameter: 3 mm (2.85 mm)

Layer Height: 0.14
Shell: 0.8
Bottom/Top: 0.8
Infill: 15%

Print speed: 40mm/s
Print temp: 210 °C
Bed temp: 70 °C

Support: no
Adhesion: Brim

Print time: 19 h 38 min
Filament used: 14.279m 112.0g

 

3D Prints – TF2 Sentry Gun 200% Scale

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Scaled the model up to 200%, layer height 0.2 , infill depending on part 20-40%

Came out pretty nice and is still movable due to tight joints

Link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:677228

 

 

Layer height: 0.2 mm Walls: 0.8 mm Nozzle: 0.4 mm Speed 45 mm/s

Red Innofil PLA +   Black Pulox PLA   (both around 215C° ;heated bed @ 70C° )

 

  • Barrel   3 h  42 min
  • Bolts   16 min
  • Barrel Extension + feet   58 min
  • Centre Mast 1   57 min
  • Centre Mast 2    1 h    7 min
  • Red Ammo Canister + Front   4 h 43 min
  • Legs Back   2 h 26 min
  • Legs Front   2 h  1 min
  • One Part Linkage   1 h 43 min
  • Shaft Mod   41 min
  • Side Panels   35 min

 

  • Overall:   19 h 9 min

3D Prints – Companion Cube Magic Box

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Printed the

Companion Cube Double Deck Box

for my Magic Deck.

 

Settings:

Filament:    PLA Coffee
Company:    Pulox
Diameter:    3.00 mm (2,89 mm in CURA)

Layer Height:   0.20 mm
Shell:                  0.80 mm
Bottom/Top:    0.80 mm
Infill:                  10 %

Print speed:     45 mm/s
Print temp:      220 °C
Bed temp:         70 °C

Support:       no
Adhesion:    Brim

Time to print:
Lid:            5h 14min
Box:        24h 30min

Info:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:137623

Timelapse Lid:

Timelapse Box: bugged 😦

 

Minimal stringing on the hearths and top but so far pretty awesome…

 

3D Printer Ultimaker Setup after 1 year

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So after 1 year  expercience with the Ultimaker Original +  here’s my actual setup:

 

Enclosure:

Ultimaker in an IKEA Closet

Pro:

  • better enclosure, to keep the heat in (noticable better prints / bed adhesion)
  • noise level went down ( i used some cardboard between ultimaker frame and closet to decouple them)
  • no need to cut /drill holes in the Ultimaker frame
  • no need to cut/drill/glue acrylic
  • enough space to keep the spool holder on it’s original position & Ulticontroller below
  • more than enough variable space for filament & tools storage
  • enough space for further expansions
  • pre drilled holes on both sides for holers’s etc
  • all electronics (power supply, lan = have been banned in the drawer below
  • till now no problems with the heat of the stepper motors though  noticably hot on long prints

Con:

  • filament spool changing is a little bit of fiddling but works
  • had to use a piece of cardboard to seal the front half way up. Still possible to look through the handle but less draft
  • needed to make an own webcam holder because of the confined space (worked fine with some webcam dissassembly and a dovetail guide
  • had to drill /cut out a part of the backplate to fit the power brick through at the bottom (for me more of a pro..  )

 

Further plans:

  • change filament  holder and extruder placing for more space and better prints
  • adding cooling for electronic board and perhaps the motors.
  • adding a cooling concept to faster cool down after prints to improve printing uptime