New MPCNC for 2020! - Primo -

You can always use the search magnifying glass in the top right and check “Search this topic”. I don’t believe there is a set date yet as there are several stages Ryan is working through to dial the 25.4mm in. Those machines are just coming online and will take a while to get feedback.

You know, I tried to save time by printing on two printers, same pla, same temp… But one came out glossy and the other matte. I like the matte much better. I guess I’d rather have a beautiful machine than being efficient.

That means your thermistors are off by a few degrees, or you are printing at different speeds. Glossy usually means hotter or slower.

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Oooohhhh suuure…Now you tell us after a 33 hour core print… :crazy_face: :sweat_smile:

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I did it 2.75 times​:grinning::grinning:

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I only printed it twice… :stuck_out_tongue:

I slept though most of it so no problem

Slept through one, worked through the other.

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I saw all the failure pics and got nervous. So I printed it at 85% of 40mm/s and laid awake in bed sweating…But the wife kept checking on it so that was probably what did it.

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Ok, if anyone cares to play around with it, the unofficial Primo Color Picker App is done to the point its going to be (now with added filament swap options).
It’s a zipped windows executable (465MB - not for the faint of heart) you can download from my google drive. Download, unzip, open the folder, launch PrimoColorPicker.exe

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TOb_xfjjQ9rQ3lEAj2VUsmHlmIrZhPO3/view?usp=sharing

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That is too cool!

Well I printed 15 or 20 of those dang things and have been printing production on it since release…sometimes I can’t believe you guys think I know what I am doing.

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That’s a lot of filament!!!

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I agree. I had them sitting around thinking I could do something with them. Every time I looked at them I kept thinking about all the wasted time and filament so I tossed them out yesterday.

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Best tube cut experience I’ve had was by using a hacksaw and a steerer tube cutting guide on a mountain bike fork.

This time I ordered cut ss tube from metals depot. I’m hoping the cutter person sets a guide/fence once for all same-length pieces!

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You need one of those plastic recycler/extruder thingys.

Can’t wait for that and a pellet extruder. They seem to be getting pretty close with them.

The ones I have seen don’t produce consistent filament thickness yet; but its going to be amazing once we get that down!

How the frig do they make filament to begin with? The technology exists… They just don’t want to share

What is the max weight for a spindle on the primo? Looking at water cooled spindles or air cooled

There is a Youtube video of a MPCNC (Not Primo) running a 2,2 KW watercooled spindle.