Re: #3D Fractal vice. #3D
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You use the downloaded STL files, most projects coming out of Josef Prusa printables are sound and tested. As regards 3D printing, 80% is artistic and 20% trial and error with filament and machines until you find that sweet spot that suits you. I have been printing for many years now and basically the early model printers?were a case of? trail and many errors. What settings were good last print, were not necessarily good for the next projects. Design of parts is fundamental, and try to avoid overhangs. I use the Prusa slicer, a much more advanced?version of Slic3r, very user friendly and in the expert mode you can paint in extra supports if necessary, but the program does this for you anyway, it warns you of possible? errors or problems refernce overhangs etc. Cura slicer I cannot get on with, but different horses for different courses. Just taken charge of 2 X Geeetech Mizar S machines, WOW what a difference,? these budget printers take the blood sweat and tears out of anything that I needed to do. 255 mm x 255 mm bed, 255 mm Z, Automatic bed levelling, touch button control. etc etc. I had in the past used the Geeetech Prusa I3 clone machines, work well but be prepared?to have losses unless you are fully conversant?to know what is going?wrong and you have a fix. I am?not sponsored?by Geeetech, but for a low budget machine, I think they are excellent,?plus after sales, and their forum etc etc. The carousel small?parts holder is all printed off the Mizars, I can honestly say, I did not have a bad part that needed reprinting. Again I downloaded the STL files from "printables'', good design and well thought out, I and I never?needed to alter any pieces, thank?god as? STEP file conversion to edit STL files can be a PITA. I use?FreeCad to do any STL file conversion, it seems to give me what?I need. STL to STEP to my mastercam MC once edited MC to STL. The Prusa slicer imports STL files and then saves them in a 3mf format if you want to keep revisiting the file. Hope this all helps. On Wed, 28 Feb 2024 at 05:53, mike allen <animal@...> wrote:
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