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I have a quick question which I guess anyone can answer:
How are the parts printed(I.E. servos, six parts, etc.)? Which orientation and what order are they printed in? Are there any parts that needed supports? If someone can answer these it will help me a lot with future ideas.
The 3D print company I use print with nylon, they will print whatever fits in a 100x100x100 cube (they do print bigger too if needed). They will organise the parts to fit in that cube to maximise printed parts and minimise empty space.
I am sure you will get a bunch of different answers here.
if printing using pla filament to print, how long to run fan.
if using dual print head more things to set.
see here about printing in action:
www.ez-robot.com/Community/Forum/Thread?threadId=5473
last few posts show printing a camera mount for ez-robot v4 camera, bottom first page.
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I print ABS at 270 with a hotbed at 110. I started down the path of 2 hotends but decided that I like things more simple. There is enough that can go wrong with 3d printing to worry about dual hotends. Actually, every dual hotend printer I have seen has had one of the two hotends down. I Because the other one is printing, people tend to ignore messing with the one that is down.
The best advice I can give you is to get really good filament. Cheap stuff will have you chasing your tail. I also use a relay and a second power supply for my hotbed. I find it makes the machine run better.
I have a different printer (Lulzboth TAZ) and software (Simplify3D). I can adjust even more.
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p.s. this may help you understanding 3d printing:
www.3ders.org/3d-printing-basics.html
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