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YouTube · Post by **gfeliksdal** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:24 pm

@mcole254: Wow! I've just seen your edited post. Thats a big print! I'm also curious what it is for. Its one of the first times I see an almost full utilization of the build volume

@kjetilei: Also Wow! What kind of control board are you using? I would love to see a movie of it. Also a neat trick to add parts during printing.

mcole254 · Post by **mcole254** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:17 pm

@kjetilei and gfeliksdal: the parts shrouds for custom headlights I'm working on. More details can be seen here: http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/showthr ... n-Progress

Kjetilei · Post by **Kjetilei** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 10:48 pm

@mcole254: COOL! (or is HOT more appropriate in this setting?) Good look with the rest of the parts! Have you done a test to see that the LEDs will not melt the PLA? (I just looked at the last photos and did not read the thread since I was in a hurry.)

YouTube · Post by **gfeliksdal** » Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:18 pm

The led headlight is awesome

...I was thinking it would be a nice upgrade for my oldtimer bmw E30, because the original headlights are pretty crappy. First have to make sure if it is legal here in Holland. I hope you get your hot-end fixed soon, so you can print the rest of the headlight parts.

bill.gertz · Post by **bill.gertz** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:40 pm

Hey mcole254,

Any chance that you would share the STL files for your filament holder? We are are looking to do about the same idea and would like to try out your design. Impressed with your printing...

Regards,

bill.gertz

suraki · Post by **suraki** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:48 pm

Hi!

This is my first own pilot project:

I'm a very happy Felix 1.0 printer owner.

danielkschneider · Post by **danielkschneider** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:43 am

These are mid-quality prints, but compatible enough for me

I attached the SFACT profile. With respect to a Guillaume "normal" or "production" style (forgot which is was)
- 2 x 3 layers for each roof
- 0.25mm layers (makes the print time a bit shorter)
- much slower first layer (the base got to stick)
- maybe some extra shell on the first layer
- very dense fills. Else I the plastic bonds sideways instead of downwards on roof of the large platform
- less retraction. This is just to make extra sure that it keeps flowing. Of course, this leads to some very fine strings but I blow them away with flamer or a hot air pistol w/o problems

The pillars are bit ugly, overhangs do get some errors, but that is due to the design, plus relatively high speed. The models are here, i.e. files starting with "lugo-". There is also source code. Models print between 2.5 (the simple stairs) and 10 hours (the castle). Stairs for exhibition (not in the picture) takes about 2.3h
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2106

- Daniel
PS: At first I did have trouble printing this with non-translucent PLA, because I was unlucky to get bad filament roll (2.1mm knots now and then), so maybe the retraction can be put back to normal. Anyhow, it does print with black PLA which is IMHO the most difficult PLA there is ...

Kjetilei · Post by **Kjetilei** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:13 pm

Daniel: Lol. You should build a RepStrap out of Lego and NTX

Suraki: Nice to see you printing stuff

danielkschneider · Post by **danielkschneider** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:43 pm

Here is a somewhat smarter idea on how to print larger Lego structures. Make them modular and assemble with Lego.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31284

Fairly ugly designs, but done in just a few hours. Prints I did are Lego compatible and take between 3 and 7 hours.

Update: The fight goes on. Lego evils captured a Duplo princess and confined her in a roof top jacuzzi

Some 50+ people seem to like this on thingiverse, but so far I don't know if anyone except me printed this. That's a worse problem than a captured princess.

: Princess caputured. Can you print these models ?

danielkschneider · Post by **danielkschneider** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:04 am

Large prints can be done if the nozzle is 1 sheet of paper from the platform in any location. First few layers should be supervised and I suggest to turn the fan off. After that, fan on and you can leave the printer alone for 9 hour overnight print. Also, filament must be ok (some I got is not, i.e has large knots that won't pass into the nozzle) and of course you'd need a trustworthy spooler.

: Mission critical first layers

: 9 hours later

STL, source and doc:

* http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:33001
* http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Lego-com ... ject_board (doc)

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