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+ | =====Monoprice MP Select Mini 3D Printer===== | ||
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+ | ^Name| MP Select Mini| | ||
+ | ^Owner | Sam Harmon | | ||
+ | ^Location | Electronics | | ||
+ | ^Training needed| yes| | ||
+ | ^Hackable| no| | ||
+ | ^Model| Model Number| | ||
+ | ^Serial| Serial Number| | ||
+ | ^Arrival Date| October 2016| | ||
+ | ^Working| no| | ||
+ | ^Contact| Sam Harmon| | ||
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+ | Current Status: Taken home for repairs | ||
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NOTE: This 3D printer is Sam's personal property, **not** the space' | NOTE: This 3D printer is Sam's personal property, **not** the space' | ||
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Status: Fully functional | Status: Fully functional | ||
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+ | A brief guide on usage: | ||
+ | * Maximum build area is 120mm x 120mm x 120mm | ||
+ | * This printer theoretically can print ABS, but we have not yet done so. PLA works great, though. | ||
+ | * If printing ABS, there' | ||
+ | * Get your design into .STL format (Thingiverse downloads come this way normally, or export the file via whatever CAD program you choose to use) | ||
+ | * The easiest & quickest slicer program I've found is [[https:// | ||
+ | * Configure the printer with a build envelope of 120x120x120, | ||
+ | * If you're using the gray PLA filament currently on the printer, it really wants an extruder temperature of 220 degrees C, and build platform temperature of 50-60 degrees C. If using some other filament, it may take some trial and error to get the temperatures right. The Lego keychain is a good test example, as it takes about 10 minutes to print. | ||
+ | * Save your sliced Gcode file onto a microSD card, and put the card into the printer' | ||
+ | * Turn the printer on, select " | ||
+ | * While the build platform is heating up, I usually set the extruder temperature to whatever it needs to be (to speed things along) and set the build speed to 2.0. | ||
+ | * If printing something for personal use, please [[Donate]] a couple of dollars ($1/hour for PLA? $2/hour for TPE) to cover filament usage and other expendable parts (hot end, etc.), especially if it's a big print. | ||
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+ | Additional Considerations: | ||
+ | * TPE - in May 2017, we got a spool of Inland TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer) - It does work with the MP Select Mini, but you do need to be very careful or your print will be very easily ruined. Suggestions: | ||
+ | * Run the Extruder fairly hot (235?) | ||
+ | * Put some heat on the bed, but not too much (40 seems good, 60 was too much, and the part lifted off the tape) | ||
+ | * SLOW. SUPER SLOW. I'm currently running a job at somewhere around 8 mm/s (original gcode set at 20 mm/s, and running with the MP speed set at 0.4). Any faster and the filament will kink up in the cold end of the extruder. A Lego keychain took about 71 minutes to print, versus the usual 9-10 minutes with PLA. Expect to be patient. | ||
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+ | Potential Hacks/ | ||
+ | *Octoprint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPi is in the space (in a case printed on the printer...) It's right now running the [[RepRap]], but we could hook it up to this one. | ||
+ | *Extruder (cold end) upgrade: A set of Metal extruder parts has been procured. Don't replace until necessary. | ||
+ | *Extuder (hot end) upgrade: an E3D V6 clone hotend has been procured. A mount for it will need to be printed in ABS (or stronger). Need to print the mount soon (as a just-in-case measure), but no need to perform the replacement until necessary. | ||
+ | *Other modifications: | ||
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monoprice_mp_select_mini.txt · Last modified: 2022/10/26 10:54 by sdh7