by rolo9th » Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:30 am
Thank you all for your advice...I printed my first successful figure last night, and I think I have worked out my bugs/issues. In addition, I sourced a local place for Inland Premium 1.75 PLA at a reasonable cost, so I am up and running again.
3 followup questions for me:
1) Scaling...when using CURA, how do I adjust the scaling to know that I am getting roughly 1/32 scale end products? Is it just guesstimating, or is there an on-line conversion calculator y'all are aware of that would allow me to pull something from Thingiverse, open it in CURA, and figure out how to scale to the proper height or percentage?
2) Base level adhesion...for some of my earlier prints, I had issues with the base level adhering to the pad. I think most of that was leveling related, but I was wondering if I should also be incorporating Brim to ensure a print does not come free halfway through printing and start wandering. I had this happen to a couple of figures I tried to print...got to about the mid-section area, and they came undone from the pad, and things became problematic.
3) A scaling question of sorts again...I located some interesting scenery items, like jackstands, fire extinguishers, toolboxes, etc. that I would like to make in 1/32 scale...is there a size limit to how small something could be? And with something small, like say a fire extinguisher, should I adjust base or filament temperatures or print speed to prevent warping? I would assume the plastic needs time to cool/congeal before the next layer is dumped atop of it...for small stuff, that cooling period could be very short. What have y'all found is the way to get quality out of small intricate items?
All in all, I am really excited about all the cool things that are out there. Really looking forward to getting more experienced in this.