3D Printing Notes

Notes

Printers

• Phrozen Sonic Mighty 8K
• Anycubic Photon
• Ender 3
• Lulzbot Mini
• Prusa i3 MK3S+
• Wanhao i3Plus PowerSpec

Materials

• Materials Data

Checklist

Extrude 5mm
Clear nozzle
Retract 2mm

Print

Remove part while at removal temperature

• Otherwise it pulls up the PEI sheet over time

Shut off printer or bed

Worksheet

Measure & adjust filament diameter

Adjust temperature

• 230C extrusion for ESUN HIPS orange

Adjust GCode so printer stays at release temperature at end:

M400
M104 S0                      ; hotend off
M140 S50                     ; set bed to HIPS release temperature (50C)
M107                         ; fans off
G92 E5                       ; set extruder to 5mm for retract on print end
G1 X5 Y5 Z158 E0 F10000      ; move to cooling positioning
M190 R50                     ; wait for bed to cool
G1 X145 F1000                ; move to cooling positioning
G1 Y175 F1000                ; move to cooling positioning
M84                          ; steppers off
;G4 S21600                    ; hold bed temp for 6 hours
;M140 S0                      ; shut off heated bed
G90                          ; absolute positioning
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Design Notes

Wood Screws

\#8 Flat Head Wood Screw

• 8.5mm ⌀, 0.5mm top recess
• 2mm deep conical transition
• 4.5mm shaft ⌀

Machine Screws

M3

• Shaft hole 3.25mm ⌀
• Socket cap head hole 6mm ⌀, 3.5mm deep
• Captured nut 6mm across, 6mm flat-to-flat/6.93mm tip-to-tip half hexagon, 3mm deep

Heat Inserts

Glarks M2x3x3.5mm

• Hole 3mm ⌀, ≥ 3mm deep

Glarks M3x6x5mm

• Hole 4.5mm ⌀, ≥ 6.5mm deep

Initeq 1/4-20

• Recommended hole .363" (9.22mm) ⌀ tapering down to 0.321" (8.15mm), 0.53" (13.46mm) deep

Links

Lightweight PLA

Peopoly large format resin printers