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Prusa mk4

Send me the file, I'll give it a whirl.
With the Bambu slicer it shows a print time of 2:26 at regular speed. I've got the printer doing some gridfinity bins right now but I'll feed it through later. It has to be printing before I can change the print speed to Sport or Ludicrous.
 
I was gunna put a laughing emojii on that but then realized you could be serious or joking?
The print speed options are Silent, Standard, Sport and Ludicrous.
They can be changed only once the print has begun. Sport is 25% faster and Ludicrous is 66% faster.
The other way to change print speed is to tweak the travel speed in the slicer in terms of mm/s travel.
I didn't name the options, I just press the buttons:)
 
The print speed options are Silent, Standard, Sport and Ludicrous.
They can be changed only once the print has begun. Sport is 25% faster and Ludicrous is 66% faster.
The other way to change print speed is to tweak the travel speed in the slicer in terms of mm/s travel.
I didn't name the options, I just press the buttons:)

Somebody at Bambu has a sense of humour then....... LOL!

I'll change my emojiis to WOW!
 
Ludicrous mode shows 1:29 for print time. I'll run one off to see what the quality is like. Depending on the model, Ludicrous mode can be messy.
 
Slowed it down to Sport mode.
Here we go again. More magic voodoo to get it to work and yet another reason I might never get a 3D printer......
Also turned out to be a birds' nest. I've changed some of the presets for PETG and am giving it another try.
Dude, it's just reverse machining. Speeds and feeds, heating and cooling. Additive machining instead of subtractive machining. I have more than a little confidence that you would find it pretty simple. Always a few rabbit holes to fall into of course but you seem familiar with rabbit holes:D
 
Dude, it's just reverse machining. Speeds and feeds, heating and cooling. Additive machining instead of subtractive machining. I have more than a little confidence that you would find it pretty simple. Always a few rabbit holes to fall into of course but you seem familiar with rabbit holes:D

Oh oh.... , I see I've done another spectacularly lousy job of explaining my wants and needs.

I have almost zero doubt about my ability to figure it out. That isn't the point at all. I'd be perfectly comfy figuring out CNC machining too! BUT....... I JUST DON'T WANT TO!!!

This isn't about being afraid of it. It's about other priorities and interests. I want 3D Printing to be like pressing the print button in Word and then walking over to my printer to get my print out. I want a 3D Printer that works the same way. Plug it in, load some consumables, select the file I want to print, press print, and go get my 3D print an hour or 2 later.

I'd much rather spend my free time chasing other rabbits than 3D printing. I can't do everything anymore so I'm just choosing my battles. I firmly believe that true plug and play 3D Printing is coming. I had just hoped it was already here. I was prolly mistaken.
 
No candy involved!
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I'm finding printing 3D parts for test fit before even starting up the mill is actually saving me considerable time and raising confidence that what I finally make on the mill is going to be just right. Printing time can be long for big parts, but if you start it before bedtime it's waiting for you in the morning.

Here is an example of a mounting plate for new ballscrew that uses the original mounting holes. I grabbed the step file for the BK block integrated it into my end plate because the actual BK block won't arrive until Thursday.

Tonight I'm printing the other side BF with the floating bearing, seems like there is a step file available for everything nowadays, was not the case even 10-15 years ago. Makes throwing together a model really quick and easy.

My buddy gave me the extra long ballscrew, I need to shorten it.
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