Most hardware stores carry silicone grease for o-rings in the plumbing section. I'd be willing to bet it would work just fine for your purpose.
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 5:02 AM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 August 2020 00:19:40 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 August 2020 20:30:45 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 18 August 2020 18:50:22 Frank Tkalcevic wrote: > > > > > the middle of a now thicker and nuch denser 6 wall build. cura > > > > > settings are for 6 line walls, 15 ipm and 30 ipm. > > > > > > > > 6 line walls/perimeters is a large number. My default setting is > > > > 2. Less perimeters also prints a lot faster. If the part is weak, > > > > you can always increase it later, but it sounds like you are still > > > > having issue with the extrusion flow rate. > > > > > > The 2 I broke already were made before I calibrated it and found it > > > set for about 18mm of pla for a 100mm move. At 6, its buckets > > > sturdier, but the bearing bottom was 35.5mm and I killed a bearing > > > putting it together. So I've scaled it down a wee bit and will make > > > another for the 3rd one if this one fits better. > > > > I picked the smallest bearing carrier I had assembled, stuck on that > > motor, and picked the smallest internal spline ring. Bolted it all up. > > Its been running at about 400 rpm input, and a turn every 4 seconds > > for output for longer than the other 2 together. But its crackling and > > stalling, too it apart, flexgear is good, but I think it doesn't have > > quite enough hop over clearance. The next on on the printer should be > > a few thou smaller. This will also get me into it far enough to > > refresh that lumpy bearing. > > > > But I need some sleep while the next one is finishing. > > It has, it fits perfectly in a new main bearing, and the smaller wave > carrier I used before is in it, along with the stator ring. Its running > quieter at about 6 rpm. Dry, but I was looking at my cooking oil, thaws > at 75F coconut and wondering. Now they are telling me the si stuff I > ordered, won't be here before Nov 7th. I think that belongs in the WTF > category... Another one started, this ones running and I'm going back to > bed. > > > > Thanks Frank. > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
