Ouch that sucks! Hopefully they can figure out soon!
It’s plugged in with a cable, not sure what happened lol
Going to update the firmware on S1 and I see there’s a new update for Octo as well.
It’s definitely a step up from my E3. My E3 has issues with higher temps so I can’t print PETG on it. It’s on my list to upgrade the bed and hot end and do the direct drive, but for now I’m love printing PETG on the S1.
The latter two would be fun!
I have no problem with petg on the e3, but I have an all metal hot end with titanium heat break and insulation on the underside of the bed …
Also finally found a dual extruder that actually works 
I keep getting thermal runaway alerts if I’m printing above 220. I’m assuming there’s something wrong with the hot end setup. Works great for PLA though so it’ll just be my PLA printer til I get some new parts for it.
Nice! What extruder did you get?
You should consider upgrading from the glass thermistor to a screw in. It is much more accurate
Yes that’s not normal
Make sure your thermistor and heater cartridge are screwed in correctly
Your thermistor could have a short also
One of the main reason I use octoprint is it manages a relay that is a master kill switch in case of a run away
That was the issue one of the E3s, got it to start working again after I tightened it up, but then it started failing again after a while.
The one on the E3 I’m still using is tight but still fails during PETG prints. I know I need to upgrade it, just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
Make sure you do a pid tune… could be not following the curve it thinks it should
Can i get that stl? 
Yea no problem
I’ll also make the tinkercad available, in case you need or want to adjust the tolerances
At work now be home in 4-5 hours
I want to upgrade my E3 to dual leadscrews and relocate the PSU to the bottom of the machine but it is way too thick to fit. At times I wish that Creality machines were better, these things are good enough to get you started but require constant mods, upgrades, and adjustments.
I mean, if I’m going to tinker with a 3D printer, I’d rather get one that I can actually finish instead of having an eternal project. So this leaves me a few options. One would be to get a kit from Prusa, or alternatively I could get an S1 and a metal heatbreak for it, or one of the E3 variants that has the power supply built into the base and add a second leadscrew, replace the extruder, hotend and motherboard, add linear rails, etc… And at that point, building a whole machine from scratch starts to make sense.
And when it comes to implants, I crave more… Amal and his dials…
i did the LACK table enclosure and moved my PSU to the bottom of the table. its nice now with it in this enclosure i dont hear it running in my tiny office while on zoom calls.
It’s a piece meal / mut at this point 
But here are the main spec:
I never done paid tune on the printer …
Got a glass plate for the bed and a insulation layer on the underside (can’t recommend it enough too )
Still got the stock board/control electric, belt and wheels … I thought about the leveling compensation sensor but never felt the need … Set it once and it’s good for about 100+ prints 
I can post some pics if interested
Haha that is a mut of a printer!
I’d love to see pics!
sorry the day you asked was the our annual company picnic… which means second shifters have to come in 4 hours early and typically run much less sleep so it was a rough day and I flaked
laser jig v4.stl (72.3 KB)
Here is the business end of things
The breakout board on top allows me to swap heater, thermistor and fans without having to re-wore everything back to the motherboard.
That looks nice! I like the clear extruder too!
Thanks ks
I tried several dual gear extruder but this is the first to work … When lowering the temp for better print quality the extruder had to push a lot harder … I ha a lot of slippage, so I tightened the arm and that pushed the the stepper shaft and caused it to skil step …
This dual gear extruder has transfer gear between the extruder and the driving “jaws” so you can tighten it without putting any side load on the extruder shaft
Took me 4 months to figure that one out 
Dang! Nicely done!
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3227074
I’m a huge believer in tourniquets for various reasons, both experience and study based
make sure you always have a PROPER one, either a CAT or a Sof-t-wide… (I would accept the new SAM gizmo one seeing the SME’s approve it, and having tried one out, but I prefer the seasoned OG’s)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3752563
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3056125
(I’d personally remix this into a proper solid belt slot)
also, make sure you have PROPER chest seals? no more of this petroleum gauze nonsense.
vented, double vented, unvented… w\e… but to many rigs and people trained to know better don’t have proper immediate trauma shit… as a civy I’ve had better kit on just my ankle than some 
… even IF a tension pnumo is unlikely to pop inside the golden hour…
also be prepared for them to not let you use it… I’ve run into countless institutions that wont allow something 3d printed that accomplishes a goal… for 1 or 2 reasons
a: even if it makes you or something better at its job, it makes you stand out, and makes the person that is supposed to be in charge of supplies “look bad” on some unspoken internal level… so they shoot you down out of instinct
b: They know nothing about the tech, but readily believe any and all misconceptions that 3d printed stuff would cause problems or be “bad” in general, but are closed minded to learning the truth about how it WOULD be fine, because ignorance is somehow easier
