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Good news! Watching Time Team on YouTube I decided to make a trench… or rather take a small part of the building, and reprint it using standard settings, this time at a .12mm layer height. This small piece of industrial archaeology took 75 minutes to print, but it looks a whole lot better than the previous go.

Thanks everyone, I’ll give it another go on Monday and try the different suggestions.

It’s been a year and a quarter since my last confession. For the first time since I moved I am able to permanently out the printer somewhere, and now I’m getting back up to speed with the Ender 3 And all of its little gotchas 🙂 I went crazy and decided that, instead of printing something small, I’d test print my skills with a reprint of the Havenhouse station in PLA. Well, I’ve got some fine tuning to do! It’s not absolutely awful, but things could be a lot better. The window bars I’m definitely pleased with, but the stretcher brick edges are too rounded and the gaps too big. Interestingly, in the dear wing, the gap between bricks in the stretcher layers are the same as those in the header layers. It’s currently printed on a .4mm nozzle with a .2mm layer height. Now I’ve done this, I’ll see about making a smaller wall and try to produce some better samples. if anyone has any advice, then I’d be happy to receive it!

I think you’re a lot better than you think you are - they look great!

Interesting. He uses a different printer, but @MikeTrice also had issues with stringing a while back. Perhaps he might have some ideas.

All good now, just don't seem to have had much spare time over the last few months. On the up side, I'm unboxing the printers, so hopefully I'll be able to do some work with them soon - if I can remember how! 🤔

Hi Mike, looking great! Here's a thought on your threads - is it possible that your PLA might be damp? This might be of interest. There are others that cover this more in-depth.

I’m sorry, I’ve not been on for a while - yes, it definitely works - I had to use that method on a GNR G1 which came out somewhat bent

It'll be very interesting to see how you get on. Will you be putting your build on Youtube?

on the warping, is it too far gone for hot water and finessing?

@rue_d_etropal I think you missed my "Obviously other people’s mileage may vary" as I realise some people still rely on cds and dvds. That said, I don't think I've ever had much of a problem with malevolent stray magnetic fields attacking my downloads. 🙂

@njee20 I was thinking about this, I don’t believe I’ve had a cd/dvd player inside or attached to a computer for about 5 years. I wouldn’t be interested in purchasing flash drives either, as digital downloads mean I could purchase a file and have it on my computer within a few minutes. Obviously other people’s mileage may vary.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there. While it would be great to be paid enough for the files to make a living, it's never going to happen. When I've put files up here for free in the past, I'm not even paid a compliment! 🙂 Although sites like Cults doesn't do much in the way of model railways, maybe now is the time to start a trend by putting a few up there, telling people on here they're available and seeing what happens. You'd probably be better off putting up models that are more popular (there's a reason why it feels like Hornby creates a new A4 every other year). Then Cults can take care of the sales and downloads. Thingiverse, as far as I'm aware (I've not logged in for a while), is only for giving away files for free. I've said to Woko in the past, that if he ever puts his models for sale online, I'd certainly be up for buying some!

Thank you! I’ve been away from it for a long time (logistics and motivation), but I’ve moved house and have a place to start again, so hopefully I’ll be able to resurrect that thread :)

That is absolutely beautiful

Woah, I'm in! cheers Andy

Hi Andy, You'll be pleased to know I'm already sold on the benefits ;) - just making sure I set it up correctly. Will set it up tomorrow. Thanks for your help! Jason

Hi there, I've been subscribing to the mag using Pocketmags since 2012, and I've finally remembered this year not to renew so I can take advantage of WOR+. Although I've read through this topic, I've a few questions before I signup. Until now, I've read all my mags on my iPad using the Pocketmags app. I know I'll not be using that app gonig forward but after 10 years, I'm v used to its ease of use. Will I be reading them using a browser if I sign up via WOR+? If so , is the look and feel comparable (or better?) ? I live on the West coast of Canada, so the chances of me getting to a show would be practically zero. Can I transfer the free ticket to a friend? Am I right in assuming I'll need to create a WOR account. For it to tie in with RMWeb, do I just use the same email address as I do here? I don't want to muck things up while setting everything up. cheers Jason

Morning all I've been working on something on and off for quite a while with @twiggyforest2 and @chris p bacon. It's an 00 gauge GNR L1 (LNER R1) 0-8-2T that was designed for suburban trains but was found to be unsuitable. It was subsequently sent up to Yorkshire on coal train duties. I'm tweaking a couple of things, but it's all but done now.

Good point. It's only a problem if someone pirates commercial software or uses a free version of commercial software that excludes use for commercial purposes. I've not tried FreeCad, but a lot of people say it's v good. Personally I use and love Blender (also free for any purpose), but that one is a bit like marmite. Good luck with your plans!

I'll let @chris p bacon know. I've been telling him about this.

Nice lamps! I grabbed an Ender 3v2 last year, and I've been able to have a go with it over the last few weeks. I'm finding that filament printers are able to provide a lot more detail that I thought they would. I've been using eSun too, but its difficult to get a hold of here, so I've just bought some local Canadian filament instead. I've a feeling it might be a bit more of a challenge getting prints to stick too, so I'll probably have to use rafts and brims instead of skirts. That said, after using a resin printer, I'm finding that the filament printer is a lot more fun to use!

Hi Mike, I agree with @Mikkel, every time I come back to your thread, you've pushed the boundaries of what your printer can do. Those surfaces are incredibly smooth!

Nasty - the black screen happened to my laptop once as I was working outside on the deck. I'm a website designer, so you can imagine my panic. @drduncan, I did something similar with a greenhouse plant propagator heater, which I could wrap around the casing of the printer. Around this I had some solid foam insulation sheet with a removeable front. It was 'rustic' but meant I could use the shed to print if the shed's ambient temp stayed about 10C

@woko, hi feller, I agree, by definition the resin printers will be better, but I think it depends on how much detail is acceptable and what you're looking to do.. The wagon is currently broken down into body sides and ends, roof, underframe, and brakes. The brake lever would need to also be separate as that's the thing that is creating the blobs on the photo above. New filament arrived today, so my light blue phase is finally over.