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by sprior
Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wattages!
Replies: 6
Views: 17478

Re: Wattages!

How useful did the printer stats plugin turn out to be? What settings did you end up with for your M2?
by sprior
Fri Feb 18, 2022 5:54 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Flexible Magnetic Build Surface for the M2/M3
Replies: 33
Views: 140462

Re: Flexible Magnetic Build Surface for the M2/M3

I might as well chime in too. I agree that a flex bed is the way to go and now have Wham Bam beds on 3 FDM printers and 1 resin printer. I have found that I prefer the PEI surface for PLA and ABS printing, but when printing PETG (which I did a lot of in 2020) it sticks too much to PEI and will damag...
by sprior
Tue Aug 03, 2021 8:38 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Bondtech QR - Extruder
Replies: 9
Views: 24643

Re: Bondtech QR - Extruder

Vento,

I'm considering upgrading my M2 with a V4 extruder and BLTouch with the Bondtech QR extruder. When you did it did you also attach a BLTouch? Would you still recommend this upgrade?
by sprior
Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:59 am
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Flexible Magnetic Build Surface for the M2/M3
Replies: 33
Views: 140462

Re: Flexible Magnetic Build Surface for the M2/M3

Having been accepted into the beta I installed the Wham Bam Systems flexible build plate this weekend and tried a few tests. My 5 year old 24V V3b extruder M2 has been heavily modified from stock - I was a tester of the dual extruder upgrade, but eventually went back to a single V4 extruder so I cou...
by sprior
Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Firmware Origin Dual
Replies: 1
Views: 5692

Re: Firmware Origin Dual

Way back when I did the experimental dual extruder upgrade for my M2 I believe I ran into the issue you're talking about and solved it by designing a replacement belt clamp that would set the X=0 location so that the left nozzle would be on the bed. I posted the design for it here: https://www.thing...
by sprior
Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Timelapse mod for the M2/3 with Octoprint?
Replies: 8
Views: 17962

Re: Timelapse mod for the M2/3 with Octoprint?

That would also work, but would slow down the print because of the vanity travels, and also wouldn't be good at all in vase mode. I guess I was thinking of something more opportunistic - the picture wouldn't necessarily be taken at the very beginning of each layer (but do you really care), it would ...
by sprior
Mon Apr 09, 2018 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Timelapse mod for the M2/3 with Octoprint?
Replies: 8
Views: 17962

Timelapse mod for the M2/3 with Octoprint?

I was thinking that one thing the movable bed on the Y axis does not do well is allow for a timelapse of the print and had a thought. I believe that OctoPrint captures one image per layer to create the timelapse. What if there was a sensor under the bed which triggered when the Y axis was maybe in t...
by sprior
Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:30 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Error:Heating failed, system stopped!
Replies: 7
Views: 14492

Re: Error:Heating failed, system stopped!

Since the wiring was brought into question I opened the machine and did some digging. Unless it's really well hidden I didn't see any molten connectors or residue. The machine is in my basement with no real drafts or air movement, but is about 60F. I also measured the resistance of my old/new beds. ...
by sprior
Mon Mar 05, 2018 6:54 pm
Forum: Tech Support
Topic: Error:Heating failed, system stopped!
Replies: 7
Views: 14492

Re: Error:Heating failed, system stopped!

I had one of the original 24V heated beds which didn't have a great strain relief and just a few weeks ago replaced it with the newer version. I hadn't printed anything but PLA for at least a year and with some recent upgrades thought I'd give EPC a try, so this was the first time I was heating the ...