A lot of people look at the small volume of the desktop 3d printers and dream of designing a huge machine. What limits the size of a 3d printer: mechanical components , complexity and costs are the three main limitations for the size of a 3d printer. In theory there are no limits to the size…
Make your Ramps 1 4 connections safe for upgrading your Anet A8 3d printer. Ramps 1 4 connections upgrade The ramps 1.4 board combined with the mega2560 is a common upgrade when the main board blows up on your Anet a8 3d printer. It is not that you cannot get the original boards , but…
My Anet A8 bed mosfet has blown up – what now? I have been asked about this question about the anet a8 bed mosfet a few times now. So my advice was to add an external mosfet and use the output of the controller to switch it on and off. Thanks to GearBest my order…
What a digital multimeter can tell you. You know that time when your printer went wrong and you sat there looking at it? You were frustrated because you knew it was not mechanical, there was something wrong with the electrics or electronics. Someone on a forum said – ‘ Have you checked the voltage…
How to make your own heat block cover – don’t let the cooling fan spoil your prints What Anet A8 mods have you done? All FFF 3d printers use a similar technology, the heatblock. This is the way they get the filament from the standard 1.75mm or 3mm down to the 0.4mm to create your…
3d print journal 01-12-17 : bed screws binding A tale of woe about the dilema to drill out the base bed screw threads or not, and what a lucky chap I am, how I overcame the problem and what you should do if you haven’t got to this stage yet. And how I initially level…
Testing the cooling nozzles on an anet a8 Are you happy with your prints from your 3d printer? Could your cooling nozzles on your 3d printer be part of the problem? Check out what it is for and how it does what it does. Philrestoreb3dp.stan-tech.com
Why would you need a UPS for a 3d printer? Why do you need a UPS for a 3d printer? Let me describe the scenario… You have spent a lot of time on your 3d printer, adding this and that mod, improving the quality and repeatability of your prints. So now you can slice a…
All about a 3d print nozzle What is your 3d print nozzle? How do you specify your 3d print nozzle? What is it made of and why? Why are there different nozzle shapes? What nozzle size should i use? How to change your nozzle My nozzle is leaking why How to tell if your nozzle…
A little while ago a friend had a problem of the build platform heating up when printer first switched on. He asked why? Make sure you are not seeing residual heat from the last print. Leave the printer on for a couple of minutes and watch for a temperature rise on the heated bed before…
BL Touch sensor review Fed up with the time and hassle it is to level your 3d printer build platform? I know I am. Yeah I know you’ve got the auto levelling device, does it work in all situations? I have a semi automatic one on my delta, the one where you put the microswitch…
You know the trouble you have when starting to print. You see the printer is up to temperature. You know the nozzle is clean, but still the first layer will just not stick. You check the z-axis, nope that is level, so what now? This is where you need a little help. That help comes…
