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by DrewPetitclerc
Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Manual on how to create shapes
Replies: 1
Views: 1526

Re: Manual on how to create shapes

If you are trying to use the "Slicing" software that controls the printer to create a 3D model you cannot do that in most of them. You can create a 3D model in a modeling program, since you are a teacher I would recommend "Tinkercad" as a free and easy to learn modeling software. https://www.tinkerc...
by DrewPetitclerc
Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: UP mini 2
Topic: ABS prints peeling, wrong bed temperature?
Replies: 9
Views: 6787

Re: ABS prints peeling, wrong bed temperature?

I found a nice cheap solution, among all my other mods to make my UP Plus "Pro" work was the addition of an enclosure. 20170331_155850 smaller.jpg 8 PVC corners and 12 equal cut lengths of PVC pipe, then wrap the top in a double wall of Saran-wrap, then a single wrap around the outside walls. Light,...
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are there other PLA filaments made in the USA that work well with the Up Box Plus?
Replies: 1
Views: 2687

Re: Are there other PLA filaments made in the USA that work well with the Up Box Plus?

uplus2user wrote: ↑
Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:57 pm
 Hello, are there PLA filaments made in the USA that work well on the Up Box Plus? Do I need to make a holder to hole the filaments so that they could be fed into the extruder smoothly?
Yes and Yes
by DrewPetitclerc
Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:54 pm
Forum: UP Software
Topic: [Feature Request] Up for Android
Replies: 7
Views: 5540

Re: [Feature Request] Up for Android

This shouldn't even be a list, this is common sense, TT's main program has always been the largest selling PC operating system, it should also support the worlds most used phone operating system too.
Of course a YES from me!
by DrewPetitclerc
Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: UP mini 2
Topic: 3rd Party Filament?
Replies: 13
Views: 14216

Re: 3rd Party Filament?

Here is a cut down version of my list of current materials I have in stock and what works and what is troublesome in regards only to my UP Plus Pro.
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by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:14 pm
Forum: UP BOX & UP BOX+
Topic: Stepper Gear Wearing
Replies: 22
Views: 16785

Re: Stepper Gear Wearing

There's 2 things going on with this mod. The gripper, and the additional cooling. I't be nice to know if one or other has the most impact. If it's cooling then we could handle that with some printed parts... Owen S. The cooling part of the design was to battle the problem of PLA and the high temps ...
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: UP BOX & UP BOX+
Topic: Stepper Gear Wearing
Replies: 22
Views: 16785

Re: Stepper Gear Wearing

I'm wondering if it might be good to have 2 toothed wheels (one each side of the filament) rather than one toothed and one smooth. The other side of me thinks that if the gear is chewing into the filament then we're treating the symptom not the disease... Owen S. Chewing the filament from both side...
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:33 pm
Forum: UP BOX & UP BOX+
Topic: Infill
Replies: 2
Views: 4409

Re: Infill

Not enough cooling, is this PLA or ABS?
by DrewPetitclerc
Wed Oct 04, 2017 1:27 am
Forum: UP BOX & UP BOX+
Topic: Stepper Gear Wearing
Replies: 22
Views: 16785

Re: Stepper Gear Wearing

This is still the best solution as the grind-outs can occur if the filament looses diameter in any section due to tolerance issues and they happen far more than you can imagine. https://www.up3d.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=753&hilit=year#p5473 All the files are there, mod them for your machin...
by DrewPetitclerc
Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:37 am
Forum: UP BOX & UP BOX+
Topic: Up Box. The gap between the walls is not filled
Replies: 10
Views: 8478

Re: Up Box. The gap between the walls is not filled

Sometimes you can get a better fill on a "narrow" wall by rotating the model slightly on the Z axis so that it is not in a direct line with the X or Y build directions, this has been discussed before on the forum, do a search I'm sure you can find it.
by DrewPetitclerc
Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What CAD/3D software do people use?
Replies: 37
Views: 44103

Re: What CAD/3D software do people use?

I currently use SolidWorks 2016, I'm a Mechanical Designer and need the more robust CAD for design tooling for my business and clients, in the past 40 plus years I have used all the Higher priced software's, ProE, Autodesk products, IBM Main Frame CADAM and CoCreate Onespace, and many others, plus I...
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:22 am
Forum: Look! My Mod
Topic: Improvements I've made in the last year
Replies: 113
Views: 145106

Re: Improvements I've made in the last year

Anyway, thanks Drew! Even though this printer is a fairly old model at this point, all your hard work is still benefiting others! You are very welcome, and I still use my "UP Plus Pro" sometimes, it is a member of my 5 printer stable now. UP Plus Pro Zortrax M200 Pro Tiko Cetus Extended Raise3D N2+...
by DrewPetitclerc
Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:13 am
Forum: UP Software
Topic: Ribs always get open top?
Replies: 8
Views: 6919

Re: Ribs always get open top?

Try rotating the part in the Z axis from 10 to 45 degrees
by DrewPetitclerc
Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:11 pm
Forum: UP Plus
Topic: Instead of perfboard
Replies: 3
Views: 4320

Re: Instead of perfboard

I switched my build plates to glass with an equal success with purple glue stick on glass and buildtac on glass, sometimes for really large prints I even have coated the buildtac with glue stick with success.
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: UP Software
Topic: 1.8.1.0 still does crappy overlapping rafts
Replies: 5
Views: 4716

Re: 1.8.1.0 still does crappy overlapping rafts

Did you "merge" all the parts in the UP Studio before slicing?
Looks like you missed that step.
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: UP Plus
Topic: Extruder Stepper Motor not running
Replies: 6
Views: 6710

Re: Extruder Stepper Motor not running

Do you have a plastic "cleaner" installed, the plastic is charged and attracts dust and other stuff that will create a nice plug in the nozzle.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=753#p5479
by DrewPetitclerc
Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Abs not sticking??? Help!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 6380

Re: Abs not sticking??? Help!!!

Robin wrote:I had an awkward lifting corner that I accidentally fixed by switching the print to "fine".

I have no idea why this would make it stick, but stick it did.
Slows the printhead down and allows a more pressed into build plate of the plastic.
by DrewPetitclerc
Tue May 23, 2017 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Abs not sticking??? Help!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 6380

Re: Abs not sticking??? Help!!!

Try a thin coat of Elmer's glue stick, the purple water washable kind on the build plate.
by DrewPetitclerc
Wed May 17, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Calibration for different materials
Replies: 4
Views: 5195

Re: Calibration for different materials

Does that mean that dimensional accuracy is not affected by shrinkage factor etc? Also how can I print the calibration model? I cannot find the file location. Yes shrink rate will effect the model but you DO NOT calibrate for that, you scale the model and adjust the model holes to achieve the desir...
by DrewPetitclerc
Mon May 15, 2017 11:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Calibration for different materials
Replies: 4
Views: 5195

Re: Calibration for different materials

calibration is for the mechanics of the stepper motors not the material.

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