Installed the E3D v6 hotend on my Simple Metal this weekend. Incredible print quality!
#3dprinting #printrbot
Is this PLA onto a BuildTak-covered cold bed? Were you unable to achieve similar quality with the original UBIS hotend?
I use E3D V6, additional area fan and Simplify3D for slicing from summer/autumn. Printrbot Simple Metal has grown several levels up in printing quality with it. (Added also own modified firmware and official X-axis upgrade with heated bed and BuildTak etc.)
Cool! Number of vertical shells is 2?
A: That’s a beautiful print!!!
B: What extruder are you using? I have another brand printer but would like to the try the Gear Head Extruder, just wondering if the E3D is “plug and play” or did you have to make mounting adjustments to get it to work!?!?
Thanks,
Sonny
@Neil_Darlow PLA, BuildTak, Heated bed (60C). Works wonders. Zero warping. The raised edge around the bottom is a 45 degree chamfer. The original UBIS worked great, but not quite as smooth as what you see in the image. The E3D seems to control the filament flow a bit better.
@Tomas_Vit I also use S3D. Love it! This little machine definitely keeps surprising me… in a good way.
@Ivan_Hoe Yes. 2 shells.
Thank you @Andrew_Bougie , enjoy your printing journey : )
@Sonny_Lowe It’s the stock Printrbot extruder. I used this Thingiverse adapter: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:559657
It’s not 100% plug and play, but it was an easy install. Did not have to modify the extruder for mounting, just used the above adapter.
Also printed this great fan shroud: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:367602
That is kinda chunky heater. What box are you printing?
@Scottie_D369 It heats up really quickly! The model is a small parts bin I’ll share on Thingiverse and other free model sites once I know everything prints correctly.
Actually I kinda don’t like heaters heating up fast because then your still waiting for the bed to heat up…
@Scottie_D369 normally you would tell the bed to heat up first before the hotend. That is standard operating procedure.
Actually @Evan_Nguyen When I tell me printer to pre-heat PLA or ABS. There is no separate setting for that when you click preheat it does both. Unless you use software tethered USB which I don’t do anymore. (Why do people always want to argue?)
Who’s arguing?
I really want to see a shootout between the ubis 13s and the V6
Nice
Later versions of cura put codes in the program to heat the bed first then when the bed hits temp it starts warming the hot end. This keeps you from burning plastic in your hot end waiting for the bed to heat up. It’s not a prewarm. I believe that is what Evan Nguyen was trying to tell you.
@Andrew_Bougie Thanks 