I bought a deezemaker bukito mini recently and I was curious if anyone used deezemaker products? I’ve spent so long trying to find a way to get it to print correctly with absolutely no useful assets online. They have one guide for cura and not much else to show for. There’s no active forums, no advice, no updates, not even old forums with useful information. I read some good reviews on their products but after getting one of their printers I’m in the dark. Does anyone have any experience with this brand at all or am I stuck with a bad brand?
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Got plenty of experience (own a few Bukitos for the classroom), how can I help? Deezmaker is a small company so it’s tough for them to provide total support for every possible issue with their products.
Their online forum is pretty much the only self-service support out there: http://forum.bukobot.com/ You can usually search your way to a solution provided for someone with a similar issue, or submit your own question.
I bought a Bukobot green and everything is fine…how can I help you?
Most of my issues lay in lack of consistency. The preset Bukito settings they offer create an blobby inconsistent print. It could be over extrusion but even when I modify the settings it’s always a similar result. It also over extrudes on corners causing blobs that make the extruder rub while printing. I even tried letting it print the same object multiple times and each print got consistently worse. I can’t figure out the issue. Even with the bed leveled, the first and second round of the bed leveling test on cura leave a 1/4" difference between the two lines. I’m hoping it’s not a manufacturer defect.
I built a version one duo Bukobot about 3 years ago now and have wanted a Bukito to be portable to visit sick kids but havnt been able to afford. I know Diego after many days spent in the store and makerspace but have never ran a Bukito only watched the amazing little bugger. They do recommend cura for all their printers now but slicer will get you started being that it’s built into Mac and PC versions. PC also has Cura built in. Much cleaner prints and smoother running machine with Cura. There are also forums for the printer, look for Bukobot site not the Deezmaker site I will look for quick link for you. http://forum.bukobot.com/ this is a forum for a bukobots. There are Bukito discussions in each. If you were close to me I could help you out. But if you were close to me that means you would be close to Deezmaker(: good luck
You have a setting or two wrong and when dealing in Microns .1 makes a WORLD of difference. Sounds like you need to lower your flow or increase your feed rate.
I don’t know if you are near Burbank CA at all. but if so stop by the makerspace. We have a lot of experience with the Bukito printers. Also is it possible for you to show some images of said prints, and can you confirm that you loaded the profiles from bukito3d.com. The direct link is from github : here
Hope this helps.
~Metal
Did you buy your machine pre-built or as a kit? That may answer a few questions right off the bat.
So I changed my feed rate and print speed with much better results. The only inconsistency now is the beginning of each print being a sloppy mess (mind you much better than before, thank you Ken) And at detailed edges it leaves clumps which isn’t a big issue but does present a problem if detail is for my prints without sanding or cutting the figure afterwards being necessary. I’m homing in on the settings to work for my machine and I feel like I’m so close! I talked to the owners of deezemaker in California and they basically told me to read their same forum again which is a bit disappointing but I guess they’re not going to take much effort to an older model which sucks but at least they took an effort. If you have any advice on the clumps I appreciate it but at his point I’m thankful for all your help guys, thank you.
What do you mean by clumps? Could you describe it in more detail? Is it over extrusion, under? Also, what is your filament manufacturer? A machine is only as good as the filament you put into it at the end of the day.
It’s important to keep in mind that your extruder can only make .5mm thin walls so fine corners will be rounded. I am usually fine with blue painters tape on acrylic, but printing with buildtak and a bit farther away from the printbed is also an easy way to improve layer one quality. You can also try to slow down your first layer speed.
It ends up that Ken_Olsen was right with the printer speed and extrusion percentage but part of the first layer issue lays in that my printer consistently messes up printing the main first layers of any print. I attempted a print of several object that had a good quarter inch of solid foundation for the object but for some reason completely bypasses those layers and instead begins printing the more the upper layers where the the lower ones aren’t showing. It could be part of the coding On the .stl but I’m still experimenting to see if I can figure it out. Ironically because of the the machines design it print inconsistently on the further side of the bed from the intersecting axis no matter how the leveling is changed and also progressively prints the objects at an angle instead of perfectly vertical. I talked to the head of Deezemaker and they basically informed me that the only help they can offer me (because it’s an older model then their newest) is a link to an expired forum with no moderator where people have asked question before similar to mine. I have yet to find many useful pieces of advice on it it but I guess all I can do is keep tweaking until I find a way, I guess I kindve deserve it in buying an older model (mind you I didn’t know) for cheaper instead of. 1.5k one.
So your first layer has to do with your z height at beginning of print. You should be able to take apiece of paper and slide it under the extruder tip when it is homed in Z. If it is too high the first layer will not adhere properly leading to problems. If it is to close it will begin to dig into the first layer on subsequent layers . As far as the z axis needs to be perpendicular to the x and y, if they are not it will result in the lean you are explaining. You may need to tighten up the union or ad a shim while using a steel square to square up the machine. Good luck you will be pro once you get this;)
