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3D Printer and can also do 3D design - printing in PLA, PETG and happy to take on projects! Based in the North West of the UK, Lancashire. RIP 3D Hubs
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hmmmm, you may have a loose extruder gear? You will need to check that the extruder motor is gripping onto the filament well - push and pull the filament, it should move the stepper motor? If that is OK, maybe a blocked nozzle, try heating to 230°C and then extruding about 50-80mm of filament thoug…
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Could be a number of issues to cause that. But ultimately that is under extrusion of the plastic. So you have issues with the plastic leaving the nozzle. Could be too cold for the filament, so up the temp (what filament is it?) or it’s not got a grip of the filament in the extruder motor? When it pr…
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Thanks for the reply - it was more for the special colours that they do (i.e. with the glitter!) which are at a much higher price. I submitted two (one ages ago) but just for the generic brand and material to be included. Thanks, Steve
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3d Hubs is only for printing 3D plastics, not electronics or printing/etching PCB layouts. Your best bet would be to find a local “makerspace” or “hackspace”. They would usually have both a 3D Printer, and/or a laser engraver or CNC machine which may be able to create the PCB… you would need to find…
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Usually plastic toys are printed in two parts (shells) which can screw a PCB onto inside using standoffs and screw hardware. You wouldn’t want to print a toy and have a PCB “entombed” inside it without having access to it to fix/replace etc. Do you have the STL files for the plastic body? If you sen…
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The nozzle is too close to the bed.
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thank you!
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That’s not the bed? Just heat the nozzle up to 210 and pull it out from the top with some pliars. It should give and come out a little melted. Steve
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That option is in the “Cooling” tab in the process options “Adjust printing speed for layers below:” Cheers, Steve
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It’s OK. I treat them differently to normal order and just print them as they are. Less communication, less chat - just print and send. If I know a design will fail due to incorrect settings, I will tend to slightly improve the print - such as use 250 micron instead of 300, or use a little support e…
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Ahh right, ok. I thought from the wording that there was some kind of option or task that we could do our side to link users to our hub. No worries! Steve
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Just had my first “Instant order” come through - kinda scary to be honest not knowing what the user has submitted! First order, and yes there is little support needed so the quote is about right, but the material and layer height chosen is far from ideal… (it’s for a GoPro, and they have chosen PLA …
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I’m going to give it a go for now - see how well it is received by both sides. Agree on most points, and hopefully their algorithm will filter all but the most basic orders through - and if they ask for extras after, I will have to be blunt and keep pointing out the T&C that they agreed to with the …
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Try this link - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nr6\_gJZ0zi8yYSm5fHbtZ61g7\_WWVoxRm28xb24SaRg/viewform?edit\_requested=true Steve
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But being a Kickstarted project - they may not add it now, as the spec may not be able to be verified or accepted by 3D Hubs due to possible change etc. You may not be able to add this printer yet even if you submit it, as printers should be available to use from the time of submission and data inde…
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If you type the name and it can’t find it in the list, there is an option “Click here to let us know” to click. Click that and it will take you to a form where you need to enter the spec of the printer. I am guessing they will then manually enter this and you can choose it eventually? Steve
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I don’t think this would be possible without splitting up the material per colour. The colours are the first thing you set per material, so I would guess each colour would need to be a separate material. Steve
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EU countries can be a bank transfer or PayPal. Other parts of the world are a PayPal payment. When you complete orders, they will be paid to you after several days (usually within a week). Steve
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The fan shouldn’t be causing the wisps - they are usually due to retraction settings… usually! One thing to take away with 3D printing - is there’s no one true answer, and almost every user setup if different, even with pre-built machines. Maybe try with the fan on full - best testing with smaller s…
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Yeah, you’d be a great “Hubber”. Agree that the prints look like they are over-extruding a little. Maybe check the steps per mm for the extruder is correct, or test another print with slightly less “Flow” in the settings, from 100% to 98/97% and see if that makes less “blobs and zits”? Cleanup is e…
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And your test print (your first “order”) is Marvin, from a staff member of 3D Hubs. If you want top marks, practice printing Marvin before your first test order (get him from Thingiverse) and get him printed perfect at 100 micron layer height. Best of luck! Steve P.S. You need to upload some pict…
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Ditto - that setting is for paying OUT of your PayPal account, not to accept money in. 3D Hubs payments will just arrive into your PayPal account if you have your email setup correctly in 3D Hubs. Steve
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Yeah - the original issue was that after a Hub has click “Accept” the customer can still change options, prices, models etc and then pay, without any mechanism to stop them. After payment no-one can change anything on the order. The requested solution was to lock the order down after the Hub has cli…
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Hmm yeah - a location would solve this!
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Probably a while, as it’s not really a “fix”, more of an update. Now that response timing is taking more presedance, 3D Hubs are changing how that it timed, but they are not “fixing it”, but changing how it works. Soon hopefully!!! Currently if I get a text or email for an order during the day, I …
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Oh yes, good point - if the support material is required and it is a “pain-in-the…” to remove I charge a “Support Removal” service from the additional options on the right, and charge about 10% of the print cost (not total project cost, but part printed costs). I gauge this based on the model size, …
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When an object needs supports I will slice it as I would print it - supports included etc, and get the final filament length required. From this length you can work out (or your slicer may do this?) the sliced volume of the whole print. I will then inform the customer via an update what the previous…
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True true - i’ve had two “printer parts” orders. When you can’t print it or can’t get the part right, you need to reach out just like any other customer! Printing for fellow Hubbers makes you go the extra mile as you are basically printing for your competition - so you have to show off!
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Hi Nikolay. Don’t forget my response from your other forum post - building a Hub on 3D Hubs will take months of time, not days. Glad to see you have taken my advice on the UK postage rules, that’s nice and clear for customers to see. Repeat custom is key too - you need to entice users to use you via…
