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Old 08-30-2017, 08:08 PM
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WOW! printing rafts, AND supports takes a LOT more time to do. What was taking around 5 hours, took OVER 8 hours last night to do! The extra time was well worth it! Although the raft FAILED the added supports made a HUGE difference! We already saw the pic I posted of the FIRST attempt. Here's attempts 2, & 3. #2 is the one I inserted rolled up tape where the supports were needed. Attempt 3 has the 3D printed supports still on it.
20170830_155328 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr
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Old 08-31-2017, 09:02 PM
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ANYONE that's thinking of, or has got a XYZ PRO, & ran through the factory supplied filament, take note................It does NOT like ABS filament. I bought a $35 roll of ABS filament when I bought mine. I recently used up the supplied filament. I re-wound from the LARGE roll I bought, onto the SMALL .5KG roll that's supplied with the printer. I couldn't get it to even build a raft. it doesn't extrude it well. I tried max recommended, & several variations from there to the minimum temp settings & it wouldn't build a raft. I changed out the ABS with PLA, & it's printing again, as it SHOULD be. The PLA is re-wound on the same spool, the SAME way as I did the ABS. Just thought I'd throw this out there for anyone that may be considering acquiring one of these machines. I know we all learn from others mistakes &/or failures around here.
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Old 08-31-2017, 09:52 PM
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I wonder if this comes with a DETACHABLE gooseneck?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-John-Dee....c100102.m2452
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Old 08-31-2017, 09:55 PM
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YEP, it do, I THINK I JUST found this, it's pictured as detached.
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Old 08-31-2017, 11:52 PM
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I'm not sure if you have an Ertl truck but if not, be warned that they are a lot smaller than the Tamiya and Bruder trucks. I did a comparison video a few years ago here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfUw0onMKcE
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Old 09-01-2017, 12:01 AM
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I'm not sure if you have an Ertl truck but if not, be warned that they are a lot smaller than the Tamiya and Bruder trucks. I did a comparison video a few years ago here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfUw0onMKcE
Thanks you for the info.

No Ertl truck here, I just borrowed that pic for illustration purposes, as it is very close to what I hope to make the finished build look like.
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Old 09-03-2017, 11:02 AM
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NOT much to update on the builds. just been busy 3D printing parts.
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Old 09-03-2017, 09:26 PM
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Friday night, after work I fired up the printer before bed. Saturday was spent visiting with family, so not much happened that day, printing wise. I did start a part before leaving. When I returned home, I tried to do another part, but the extruder nozzle was plugged. Several Youtube videos & many hours later we were back running again. I started a part before going to bed.

20170903_175200 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr

The bulky looking part is the front steering rack. it's made of 4 peices. A GREAT BIG THANK-YOU to Stein for posting the STL files. I liked what he did with the Man conversion so much,I'm going to try it with a Bruder Mack dump.
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Old 09-03-2017, 09:30 PM
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ONLY 8 parts have been printed this far this weekend. My printer is SLOW. If I weren't affraid of boogering up the finished parts, I'd try messing with the settings & speed it up a bit.

Currently there are 2 more parts in the printer, about 3/4 of the way done. one is only 5MM tall, & finished. The other, I haven't measured, but it's significantly taller on teh print bed, rough guess 1.25 inches tall.
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Old 09-03-2017, 11:29 PM
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Thanks you for the info.

No Ertl truck here, I just borrowed that pic for illustration purposes, as it is very close to what I hope to make the finished build look like.

WOW! I just watched the video. I DIDN"T realize there was such a great size difference between the 2, until I watched.
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Old 09-04-2017, 12:52 PM
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This 3D printing stuff sure is SLOW! I'm working on slowly increasing the print speeds. I just don't want to go too fast, & ruin the structural integrity of the part(S) Just a little over 10 hours of print time went in to these 2 front tires that will be for my 2ND Bruder Mack conversion project.
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Old 09-04-2017, 07:54 PM
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Somebody help me PLEASE! I just downloaded Fusion 360, I want to import a scan form XYZ BUILDER, the 3D scanning program that came with my 3D printer/Scanner/Laser all in one unit. The program DOESN'T offer an option to save as a IGES, SAT, SMT, or STEP files, or Fusion Documents, the files that Fusion 360 supports. How can I convert the 3D file to a format that Fusion 360 will like?
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It sort of depends on what files your 3d scanning program can produce. I would search for a file conversion program that can read whatever file format that program exports and can convert to something Fusion 360 can import. Hope that helps...
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Old 09-04-2017, 10:26 PM
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Makes perfect sense. Any suggestions?
XYZ scan, XZY build, & XYZ Pro ONLY offer options to save as STL, 3MF, OBJ, &/or DLY files. neither is supported by Fusion360
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Old 09-04-2017, 10:27 PM
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Any suggestions what to use to convert it?
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This should help
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/suppo...usion-360.html
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Old 09-05-2017, 05:58 PM
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Yes sir, it do, a little. I still don't get an option to upload to the cloud with the STL file though.

I think I'll have to watch some more tutorial videos before diving into this cad thing. It's tougher than I though it was going to be.
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Old 09-05-2017, 09:30 PM
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there are 3d file converters online. just google 3d file converter
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Old 09-05-2017, 10:27 PM
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Well...................I was disappointed when I awoke this morning. While I was sleeping, the 3D printer ran out of filament. It was SO CLOSE. I awoke to use the bathroom, & saw it had an hour & a few minutes left on the print. I was happy it was going smoothly. I managed to get the print times down from a little over 5 hours down to 4.5 hours. I knew I'd have another part when I awoke. Since I smacked the snooze button too many times this morning, I didn't have time to do much, but get ready for work. When I got home, I see this gut wrenching sight
20170905_191102 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr

I ran out of filament while printing this part. So close, yet so far away. Too bad I don't know of a way to pick up the printing process where it was left off.

Since I'm a bit of a tight @ss, I bought the LARGE spool of filament, & re-wind the smaller spool that came with the printer. 10 minutes after starting, my spool was full again, & I reloaded it into the machine. I just retrieved the finished part as I was typing this. Since I type SLOW (ONLY 4 fingers, 2 from @ hand) it takes me a bit to complete a typing task. She's callign DINNER TIME........have to go for now. I'll write more later
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Old 09-05-2017, 11:24 PM
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there are 3d file converters online. just google 3d file converter
Thank-You sir, I shall look into those, perhaps tomorrow. It's getting too late tonight, have to work in the morning.
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