What we have ordered is a workshop bench\shelf so it should be relative
stable. The printer has both Wifi (which my son wanted) and USB which I
am happy to use. I would of preferred a hardwired Cat5\6 network
connections but not at my price point.
Apparently the table will be here Thursday, so that should be when the
fun starts
Tim H
On 13/05/2025 13:32, Peter Merchant wrote:
My son-in-law insisted that I have a concrete slab on my workbench to
keep the printer rock steady, but I have a very robust workbench so
quickly got rid of it. Also some people do not like to drive the
printer over USB in case of glitches, but now that I have got that
working I haven't had any problems - For awhile I was having to copy
the thing I wanted printing to microSD disk.
Peter
On 11/05/2025 18:51, Tim wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion Peter, I have been out all day so not had
time to play at the moment. We have not set up anything yet as a
table\bench I ordered has been delayed so we currently have so very
expensive cardboard boxes!!
Tim H
On 11/05/2025 14:39, Peter Merchant wrote:
It was Lychee Slicer that I used for a bit, but gave up and went
back to Cura. https://lychee.mango3d.io
Peter
On 11/05/2025 14:28, Peter Merchant wrote:
I know that I am late to the party, but my T'bird filters don't
work very well and chick a bunch of stuff into Junk.
Before I design anything I check to see if someone else has done it
in Thingiverse. If it is close I can download it, then upload it to
Tinkercad and modify it. Suggestion for everybody's birthday cakes:
Numbers For Birthday Cake Decoration by wslab on Thingiverse:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2334973
Because my son & son-in law pooled together to buy my printer, my
usual birthday present is now filament. I have bought it from
Amazon and arranged to pick up at the local post office for free.
Any other useful hints: My printer came with a tube of pritt stick
to make the plate sticky to hold the design down. Never leave a
print for long. It can go wrong and then you will end up with a
bucket of wasted filament like I have. I haven't found anyone
locally who can recycle filament yet.
OnShape was the design tool I couldn't remember earlier.
Peter
On 11/05/2025 13:36, Peter Merchant wrote:
I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro to replace my old CTC build
yourself printer. I am currently on Cura 5.9, and I don't remember
the version that I first started with. I have recently found out
how to set it up to connect to the printer via USB. Cura is the
easiest to use. I did try a french one, but it kept wanting money
to get rid of the ads.
I use tinkerCad online to design my projects, though I have the
program suggested by Tim Stanton (youtube) -- Looks like I don't
anymore.
Peter
On 10/05/2025 20:32, Tim wrote:
Thanks for the comments, we have just got an Elgoo Mars 5 Ultra,
I feel there will be a lot of incoming calls for help
Tim H
On 08/05/2025 20:49, Tim wrote:
Evening all
Anybody into 3D Printing?
Son wanted one for his birthday, now he has one I intend making
use of it. So I am just wondering what Linux Software there is
available etc. I know that you setup your model in a CAD program
and then use the software to slice the model into layers that
the printer can handle. Just wonder what the best \friendly CAD
software for a 3D newbie.
Tim H
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