Tag: filament

  • 3d Printing Tuning

    I am thinking it may be time to re-tune the basic extrusion details within my printer.  Although the printing is running well, and very reliably, I have been having challenges with filament tracking and estimates.  Using the FilamentManager Plugin for Octoprint, I can enter a spool of 1000 grams, but according to the numbers, I…

  • Filament Choices

    As I have been getting further and further into 3d printing, I have been experimenting with a number of different colors and brands of filament.  In general, I have not found much significant different in quality for PLA between options, but for consistency, I have been tending towards the same ones each time.  If curious,…

  • Printing and more printing

    Finished up a second batch of tiles on the printer while I was out of town this week, then upgraded the little Raspberry Pi computer that manages the printer itself.  Now I should have sufficient space to at least do a timelapse of future prints, and potentially even stream live to YouTube.  Still a bit…