Hi all,

I just wanted to point out.
That my Extruder fan has started to whine!

I have gone ahead and purchased a replacement!

The replacement pack comes with both Extruder fans!

There being 2 they are marked.
By different color wires!

Guess they knew what they were doing!

I may end up replacing the fan soon!

As I don't like the way it's performing!

So, when I do the replacing.

I'll Blog it here on this Blog!

Hi All,

I'm back, 3D Printing again!

I thought the Extruder fan was going bad!
But, it wasn't the Extruder fan making noise!

It was actually the fan that cools.
Down the mother board area!

I did an internet search for a replacement fan!
Trouble is there no longer available!

I wonder why, This is a very important fan!

But, luckily I had purchased.
Replacement fans for the Extruder!

So, What I did was canalized fans!
OK, actually what I did was replace the bad fan.

With a known good fan!

But, I had to cut the pigtails coming out of the bad fan.
Which had a connector on it!

I soldered both ends together making sure to stagger where the solder joints would be on the wire!

I also use heat shrink tubing to make it look neat!
Even though no one will ever see the repair!

My advice is order Extruder fans!
As the fans on the 3D Printer go bad!

As for 3D Printing.
I'm still looking for something of interest!

Cheers, All!

On my many adventure with my 3D Printer!

You soon learn all PLA's.
Are not the same!

And they don't act the same!

OK, I had ordered some creality PLA in white!
It worked great! What a treat to see it work!

But, this is the same spool that started to crack!

So, I looked around for some more PLA!

I found some!

It even says "PREMIUM" on it!

So I ordered some about $25.00 a spool!

Anyway, This stuff just doesn't work like the Creality stuff!

I even raised the temp on the bed by 5 degrees!

It just ain't working!

But, I have a whole spool to experiment with!

And yes it comes with recommendations for temps!

But, even setting up the temps as recommended.

It just ain't working!

I'll keep on trying till I sort it out!

Cheers, Ed

OK, So I ordered some more PLA in white!

But, I have increased the bed temp this has helped!

As I was trying to print the Dough Boy Figure!

I attempted this about 3 times!

Using this Premium PLA the setting where just not right!

So, upon recommendation from Martin555!

We tinkered with the settings to the Extruder and then the build bed!

I now have the Printer set to 215 degrees Celsius!
And the print bed at 70 degrees Celsius!

IT's now working as it should!

I will try another object to print!

To see if indeed the setting are right!

Thanks, Martin555!

Cheers, Ed

I have had so much trouble with that Premium PLA!

I got it touch with one of my good friends!

Who more advanced in 3D printing!

And he has informed me that.

That Premium PLA is designed for high end 3D printers!

And my Ender 3D printer can't handle.

That Premium PLA!

So, in the bin it goes!

As I can't work with it!

I have had success with the Current PLA I'm using!

Live and learn, Live and Learn!

Does anybody have a high end 3D printer!

I'll post this Premium stuff to you!

No Charge! LOL!

Hi All,

I have an STL file of a male figure standing!

I'd like to use it for my newly acquired yacht!

Problem is I don't know how to scale it to 1:20th scale!

So, my question is how tall would a figure be at 1:20th scale!

I'm currently printing it to a height of 80mm!

Cheers, Ed

PS, I have been helped I now know how tall the figure has to be!