A1 Miscellaneous
An assortment of topics that are incidental to assembling/running/maintaining a 3D printer.> | Something
I
had not thought to do, but was suggested on the TL forum, was to make
sure the work surface was level. |
The spool itself is 9 in. OD, held together with 2 in. 1/4-20 bolts, on a 5 1/2 in. circle, held apart by 1 1/4 in. spacers. The plastic tubing spacers and bolts are also things that I happened to have on-hand.
I use a small binder clip to hold both the inside and outside ends of
the filament in place. The design for the spool was driven by the size
of the 1 Lb rolls of filament that TL sells and a desire for the spool
& filament to fit into my filament storage bucket (see below)
without being disassembled. You can dowload the layout for the spool sidewall in .slt format as well as Alibre design's ad_prt format: click here. I was going to print mine (the .slt is set up for 1/8 in thickness) but decided to cut them from 1/4 in expanded PVC sheeting that I had on-hand and was not going to use. |
That's a screw on Gamma Seal Lid, widely available from a number of sources. |
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It will easily accommodate about 10 lbs of Filament. (6 are shown) as well as the Eva Dry E-500 desiccant. |
If you didn't guess, the bucket came from Home Depot. You can get Homer's bucket without the Lid! |
20mm Cube (calibration) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:34553 There are lots of calibration objects. This is the one featured in Eric's video. |
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SquareCal http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12820 check if your Y axis is perpendicular to the X axis |
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Aluminatus TrinityOne LCD screen holder http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:57490 Ezra gave us LCD screens for the RAMPS when he had to substitute for the Smoothie Boards. There are lots of LCD mounts. I liked this one for the way it attaches to the front of the A1. |
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Aluminatus TrinityOne Intake Duct (LEFT) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:68674 Aluminatus TrinityOne Exit Duct (Below LEFT) http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:68666 This is a duct designed to keep the airflow that cools the top of the J-Head Extruder from blowing on the material being printed. The unwanted airflow can cause problems printing ABS. Below: Pair of ducts in place around the extruder. |
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Aluminatus 80mm fan duct http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:73902 The A1 deck fan blows air from the under deck area up into the build space. You can reverse the fan and put this duct on it to keep the draft away from the build space. |
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Aluminatus Trinity One Heated bed wire
support http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:68292 The wires for the Kapton Bed Heater & Thermistor are unsupported. Their weight will cause the heater to eventually separate from the heat spreader. |
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Cable Chain http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11978 This is a derivation of the "Enclosed Cable Carrier" by Landru |
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