3D Printer Calibration Challenge : ABS Brick compatible 32x32 Baseplate ! Stop wasting filament!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- I've discovered that the best calibration test for my printing is a 32 x 32 lego compatible baseplate! It checks extrusion multiplier, X and Y accuracy, bed levelness and distance. Plus you wind up with something useful and valuable rather than scrap!
Dude that base plate looks amazing!
Camera tip, if you're using auto focus, use your open hand and block your face. Most cameras use face detect, even if face detect isn't the problem, the hand will give more area for it to focus to.
The Lego base plate for calibration is a nice trick.
...you got me. Thanks for the tip! Must make for all those purest brick layers out there! X-Y!
I'm finding that somewhat bigger plates are better for more aspects of calibration. The most challenging thing turns out to be how consistent the extrusion is from pin to pin. This shows itself when you snap a bunch of 1x2 tiles on top the plate. If the gaps between the tiles are uneven (yes, now we're into microns!) , there's more potential for further calibration... (but the plates are still wonderfully useful for less critical building.)
Do you remember how much did it cost to print that grey baseboard you showed?
This actually got em another good idea. I want to calibrat my printer, but i doubt that my calipers are extremly accurate (because they where < 20€). I had no part available with an accurate well known dimension to test the calipers (because what good is calibrating a printer with uncalibrated calipers?), but i think i could use some lego parts (just need to find the correct, accurate dimensions).
I have the cr 30 belt printer do you know if there is a file to make the base plates as wide as the belt and about 12 foot long? I could deal with even 4 foot long but I don't know the dimensions or how to loop a file where they continue over and over again in the gcode.
What thingiverse model did you get the baseplate from?
Nice tip, and detailed video, but little too long for subject.
aiTheVulture Sorry! I do tend to ramble. I need to continually work on that!
nerdsplaining keep talking!
what 3D printer did you use and how did you avoid any stringing? was it through retraction? also what were your speeds and infill?
I have one original Makerfarm I3V and 2 DIY versions I scratch-built. With PLA I rarely get stringing, even at higher temperatures (which I prefer for better layer bonding). My speed settings are probably i8rrelevent for you since it's a different printer, btu I do tend to print on the quicker side (being an impatient person sometimes). The infil on the plates was nearly 100% due to the number of upper and lower layers I used, but I think 2 layers (the most internal where consistency would not effect fit) wound up at 50% infill.
great idea
This was intressting.
good idea!
Ur a genius 😀😀😀
Thanks!
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Some of us would disagree with your assessment that a Lego(like) baseplate is useful ;-) For us a simple unfilled rectangle or just a line is much quicker, wastes less materials, and is just as accurate. :-)
Totally respect your opinion. I'm just trying to come up with ways to keep 3d print byproducts out of the waste stream. Killing 2 birds with one stone so to speak.
Sorry- it was meant as tongue-in-cheek humor. Everything's about perspective and forgetting that causes so much misunderstanding in the world. What you see as saving waste to me would be creating more waste as the entire baseplate would end up in the waste. Cultures and governments try to force a one-solution-fits-all system whereas these things can vary from person to person and situation to situation. It is easier for them to make a rula about baseplate printing than to take the time to look at the individual situation and decide what's best in that case.
yes, if you have no use for a baseplate (although maybe you know someone who would gladly accept it!) than it too would be a waste.
Hey man! Can you share your files? Thanks!
Where can i download this?
I started with the parametric model from here and customized it to my purposes. One thin you need is "helper disks" at the corners if you are doing bricks/plates, with sharp corners. www.thingiverse.com/thing:615256
It is just LEGO not legos (yes, even the plural of LEGO is LEGO).
good point. I will be more careful about that in the future!
+StealthLava So you're saying the plural for sheep is sheeps? By your logic, that's what you're saying.
Oh stop it, you're being absurd. In fact, you're incorrect. There actually ISN'T a plural of LEGO -- confirmed multiple times by the company itself. It's a company name. In this instance, the plural of LEGO is to reference the full name of the object, LEGO bricks or LEGO toys. It's also regional preference -- some regions use LEGO as plural, Americans say LEGOs. However, colloquially, you're able to use the company or model name in plural. "I have a bunch of Porsches on the lot. We have 40 Macs in stock." Just because it's what you're region says or what you've heard, doesn't mean you're right. The guy is just trying to help us out, you don't have to be an anal (and incorrect) tool about it.