
3dlabprint rostock how to#
So, any tips on how to get the extruder to start on dime?Īnyone with a V2 or V3 able to print an aircraft? What settings did you use?Īlso, is there any way to control the G-Code produced in the slicing? I would be good to have it work the perimeter then alternate through ribs, keeping all the retract hops short, and alternate back to the start again. The PLA doesn't appear for the first 10 to 15mm of extrusion on the leading edge. I've spent all day tinkering with retract distance, extra distance, speeds and temps but I cant' get the void to close without having loads of strings and globbing.Ī layer finishes at the trailing edge of the wing, retracts the filament and flies back to the leading edge. Then I tried to print a 3dlabprint aircraft and I have voids in the print after a filament retract. I was thinking I had it dialed in fairly well. I just finished building a Rostock Max V3. Fix that and the Rostock Max can do the 3dlabprint planes (using S3D - MatterControl may also work but I'll need to go back and test it). If you PM me I can email you the MatterControl profile I'm currently running.Tl dr - The bowden tube wasn't all the way down. It is an 8hr part at 30 mm/s but slower speeds usually end up with a better print. I'm going to experiment with slower speeds. SS nozzle 0.4mm, extruder 225C, Glass bed 85C, fans 100% after first layer, speed 30mm/s or SLOWER, 200% first layer width, retract 6mm, extra length on restart -0.5mm, retract speed 30 mm/s, Z retract 0mm (use wiping instead). Printing these parts which are essentially outlines without any infill requires some unorthodox settings (ok, that's my disclaimer ) Here are the settings I found to work well. So now I have an extrusion multiplier set to 1.46 and am running another copy. It weighted 33.6 grams, well below the 48 gram target set by the 3dlabprint guys. It took about 4 attempts to get started without horrible fails, but I managed to get a decent first rough part. By this afternoon I had my first attempt at a Spitfire nose using MatterHackers clear blue PLA on my Rostock V3. You could almost avoid retracting if you did that.ĭewey, when I read your post this morning I wanted to reply but didn't know anything about 3dlabprint. Tl dr - The bowden tube wasn't all the way down.
