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Variable layer, two model SNMM print
Posted: 25 Oct 2017, 06:12
by pjr
2C snail + 4C penguin (
https://www.thingiverse.com/search/page ... 070f1450f3 - Many thanks to Roman for these models)
Adaptive layer: 35% to 65% nozzle width
Print time: 19h 2m
Purge: Red/Blue 30mm, Yellow/Green 50mm.
Peter
Re: Variable layer, two model SNMM print
Posted: 25 Oct 2017, 09:07
by Sigma
Wow, nice.
I always wondered if it's not possible to make something 'useful' instead of a purge tower.
Like a purge vase or something
Re: Variable layer, two model SNMM print
Posted: 25 Oct 2017, 09:13
by pjr
Sigma wrote:Wow, nice.
I always wondered if it's not possible to make something 'useful' instead of a purge tower.
Like a purge vase or something
There are a whole load of problems to overcome to do this, including the variable size of the waste tower and the bed volume something like a vase would take up.
Consider a model being printed at 0.1mm layer height with 3 tool changes all requiring an 80mm purge. That would be somewhere in the region of 290mm or almost 700mm^3 of filament to lay down in a single layer - generating a line 14 metres long! That would be a very big vase...
Peter