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Nick
Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
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More testing:
The printer build is still taking a back seat to championships preparation but I had to test out a heated bed idea on the i3 printer today. Printing with HIPS filament requires a 110 deg, C bed temperature and after a very long warm-up time, the i3 could only manage 96 degrees, well short of the target.
One of the features on the new printer is insulation on the bottom of the bed heater to decrease warm-up time, so I tried it on the i3:
This is two layers of felt, wrapped in a layer of kapton. The kapton just holds the felt together and makes it easy to slide under the bed. When inserted the insulator completely fills the gap between the the plates, which is important - one layer didn't have much effect. With the insulator in place, the bed gets up to 108 degrees, close enough to the recommended setting . _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
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Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:39 pm |
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