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Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 2:58 pm
by Styx 2022
What I thought was a good idea at the time proved to be a bit of a nightmare. I decided to upgrade the firmware on my Duet controller board. That went reasonably well but then I had to reconfigure a lot of the settings. Finally did that and then the Duet Touch screen didn't work because the firmware needed to upgraded as well. Got that done and then the heater element on the printer failed. Those of you with a 3D printer will know what this entails.
Finally got everything working ok so it is back onto the Comet.
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 2:54 pm
by Conor
this applies to printers more than anything - if it works, never touch it.
I've disabled mine more than once with mistimed upgrades.
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 4:57 pm
by tankme
Quality looks pretty good, but I also agree that "upgrades" are not always upgrades when it comes to 3D printing...
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:18 pm
by Exhibitedbrute
I’m intrigued by your idea of the inner tube spring, I would be interested to see how that works out
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 11:20 am
by Styx 2022
The inner tube suspension is not my idea. Check out the build manual for more info.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... CeOq56WA8y
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2022 3:54 pm
by Styx 2022
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Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:59 am
by Styx 2022
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Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:04 am
by Styx 2022
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I have an old Makerbot so I decided to dust it off and use it to print the tracks. It will take about 2 weeks to print out the parts for 224 tracks, a bit longer to assemble them!
I doff my hat to all you serial tank builders as building tracks is tedious.
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2022 12:04 pm
by Styx 2022
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Thought I would share with you all the printer I am using to print the Comet. It was designed and built by myself. It features linear slide rails on all axis and a BL Touch probe. It has a Duet WiFi controller which mean I can upload the files from my PC.
I use the Prusa slicer which is amazing considering it is free.
Re: 3D Printed Comet from 3dprintedtanks
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2022 4:05 pm
by Styx 2022
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