My son-in-law insisted that I have a concrete slab on my workbench to keep the
printer rock steady, but I have a very robust workbench so quickly got rid of
it. Also some people do not like to drive the printer over USB in case of
glitches, but now that I have got that working I haven't had any problems - For
awhile I was having to copy the thing I wanted printing to microSD disk.
Peter
On 11/05/2025 18:51, Tim wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion Peter, I have been out all day so not had time to
play at the moment. We have not set up anything yet as a table\bench I ordered
has been delayed so we currently have so very expensive cardboard boxes!!
Tim H
On 11/05/2025 14:39, Peter Merchant wrote:
It was Lychee Slicer that I used for a bit, but gave up and went back to Cura.
https://lychee.mango3d.io
Peter
On 11/05/2025 14:28, Peter Merchant wrote:
I know that I am late to the party, but my T'bird filters don't work very well
and chick a bunch of stuff into Junk.
Before I design anything I check to see if someone else has done it in
Thingiverse. If it is close I can download it, then upload it to Tinkercad and
modify it. Suggestion for everybody's birthday cakes: Numbers For Birthday Cake
Decoration by wslab on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2334973
Because my son & son-in law pooled together to buy my printer, my usual
birthday present is now filament. I have bought it from Amazon and arranged to pick
up at the local post office for free.
Any other useful hints: My printer came with a tube of pritt stick to make the
plate sticky to hold the design down. Never leave a print for long. It can go
wrong and then you will end up with a bucket of wasted filament like I have. I
haven't found anyone locally who can recycle filament yet.
OnShape was the design tool I couldn't remember earlier.
Peter
On 11/05/2025 13:36, Peter Merchant wrote:
I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro to replace my old CTC build yourself printer. I
am currently on Cura 5.9, and I don't remember the version that I first started
with. I have recently found out how to set it up to connect to the printer via
USB. Cura is the easiest to use. I did try a french one, but it kept wanting
money to get rid of the ads.
I use tinkerCad online to design my projects, though I have the program
suggested by Tim Stanton (youtube) -- Looks like I don't anymore.
Peter
On 10/05/2025 20:32, Tim wrote:
Thanks for the comments, we have just got an Elgoo Mars 5 Ultra, I feel there
will be a lot of incoming calls for help
Tim H
On 08/05/2025 20:49, Tim wrote:
Evening all
Anybody into 3D Printing?
Son wanted one for his birthday, now he has one I intend making use of it. So I
am just wondering what Linux Software there is available etc. I know that you
setup your model in a CAD program and then use the software to slice the model
into layers that the printer can handle. Just wonder what the best \friendly
CAD software for a 3D newbie.
Tim H
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