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Completed the build and installation of the Tatpack air filter in my #RatRig V-Core 4 today.

This is in preparation for printing a bunch of ABS for the 4.1 upgrade.

#ChaostreffBern #3dprinting

Yesterday, after months of work, my #RatRig v-core 4 IDEX printer finally completed it's first print. Bonus: it's a dual color print, too.

Clearly there's still some tuning ahead, but at least it prints now :)

Anyone got any ideas what's wrong with my benchy? Printed that on a second hand #ratrig v-core 3.1.

#3dprinting #askfedi #3dprinter #klipper #voron

Hi, is anyone here using a #Ratrig #3dPrinter? I recently got an A1 mini to try the Bambu experience in await of their next big release but I’m reconsidering this now for … reasons. So I took a glance at Ratrig as they offer an IDEX upgrade. So my questions: do they work stable, can calibrate automatically and print without further fiddling once build and set up?

#3DPrinterRecommendations #prusa #BambuLab #3DPrinting #3ddruck #voron #sovol #SovolSV08 #qidi #Creality3D

Tonight at the @chaostreffbern , we assembled two #RatRig work benches. Need to add table tops and feet, then they are going to hold our two EatRig 3D printers (V-Core 3.1 500 and V-Core 4 idex).

Mounting the base 3060 ex trusion to the frame is done via four M8 x 40mm screws.

#RatRig #VCore4 #3Dprinting

All extrusions are pre cut and or drilled and tapped which is great. Very precise metal parts and powder coated. The quick connector housings fit into the extrusions on one side only, they’ll just drop in by a bit so you know you have the right one.

#RatRig #VCore4 #3Dprinting

Finally starting a build project I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time.
#RatRig #VCore4 #3Dprinting

Received my #RatRig #V-Core 4 IDEX upgrade kit today. Too bad I'm still waiting on the RatRig V-Core 4 to put it on 😂

Okay, decided it made more sense to fit this tool board by just removing and rebuilding the entire hot end off the X gantry.

Gosh this thing is a lump to throw around!

Anyway worked out where everything is wired to so now just have to do a lot of cutting and crimping.

#RatRig #3DPrinting

The new gantry on my #RatRig is in! Just got to rebuild the hotend using the tool board now… and so much more.

As part of my RatRig rebuild, my new super light gantry has arrived. This thing is amazingly light, in fact the entire box and tube and gantry was noticeably way less than the original. #RatRig #3DPrinting

Got myself a #RatRig v-core 3.1 off of ricardo. Brought it to the @chaostreffbern today. Will try to get it up and running later this week...

This thing is massive. With the 500mm x 500mm x 500mm build volume and the 30x30 rails it looks the part, too. Comes with a 1.5 kw build plate heater o.O

That's the wiring done for now. Time to commission this thing (if it doesn't catch fire when I turn it on)

#3dPrinting #RatRig

Here it is! Hard to take a good photo of, it turns out. Mechanical assembly is all done. Remaining tasks are to install all the electronics and the bed heater. Most wires are long enough as-is but I definitely need to make a couple of extensions.

#3dPrinting #RatRig

Progress!

#3dPrinting #RatRig

It's here! The 200mm VCore 3 that I won in the #RatRig Discord just arrived 🎉

Right, I've unexpectedly won an entire printer in the #RatRig Discord 10K celebration giveaway. I don't really have a good place to put another printer so... Maybe this is the push I need to clear out the basement? We shall see!

#3dPrinting

I've been having horrible trouble with filament sticking to the nozzle on my V-Minion lately. It makes printing things with lots of small perimeters basically impossible. After tweaking a bunch of stuff my current working theory is that a new nozzle might help.

While that's in the post I've fired up the Ender 3 for the first time in about a year(?). It's very slow in comparison but it's printing perfectly right off the bat. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't impressed.

#3dPrinting #RatRig #Ender3

I dug out the single roll of PETG I own and ran some calibration tests so that I could print Soozafone's latest model, Dummy 13 on my V-Minion. I'm really glad I did, it looks amazing!

The frame of mine is printed in teal PETG while the armour is matte black PLA.

https://www.printables.com/model/593185-dummy-13-printable-jointed-figure-beta-files

#3dPrinting #ActionFigure #RatRig

#RatRig's V-Minion #3dPrinter building instructions carefully tell you where to place every single screw, and then you get to the last step, and it's just bags of unlabeled wires, a wiring diagram that's not entirely correct, and endstops that damage the board if they're plugged in the way the connector is keyed. The instructions were so good, and it's like they just gave up.

Another thing the #RatRig #3dPrinter kit has in common with #LEGO is that you spend less time building than you do searching for pieces and wondering if this is finally going to be a time a piece is actually missing, but it never is.

Building the #RatRig V-Minion extruder was rougher than the cartesian bot. Tolerances are so tight on the printed parts I had to use a c clamp to press two of the screws into place and I had to expand the hole for the ptfe tube. It’s still turning out nicely, though. The build instructions have user comments at each step, and they’re really helpful for questions like “Do I really want to drill this?” #3dPrinting

@andypiper I considered the #Prusa mini, #RatRig V-Minion. The V-Minion is more rigid, uses linear rails, and comes with a Raspberry Pi. Cost with shipping from squishworks came out to $32 more than the Prusa mini. I'm building it right now (just started on the X axis) and so far am very happy with it. I also considered the #Voron Zero, but it was a lot more expensive and looked a bit finicky.

A secret project I can talk about now: I designed and printed these Magic mana coasters as a gift for some good friends of mine that I visited this weekend. They got me back into the game last year so it felt like an appropriate theme.

As an aside, this was the first time I made a lot of use of the mid-print filament change functionality on my V-Minion. It worked a treat!

#3DPrinting #MagicTheGathering #RatRig #VMinion

I'm considering to replace my overpriced and underperforming Mosquito Magnum on my #RatRig V-Core 3. Focus is on reliability and good protection against heatcreep (which is where the magnum sucks).
What's your preference? (I'd be glad about every boost.)
#3dprinting