Greetings all the 3d printer people hiding in the bushes; I have found the best material to make flexgears out of, TEPG.
But I've a problem, an ender3 won't go above 260C for nozzle temp, and that is restricting the build speed to around 30" max, because it can't melt the plastic fast enough to make a solid build while moving faster. Out of the parts for this version of a harmonic drivem I'd like to make the body cap with the motor mounted to it, and the bearing carrier because that would allow full current to the motor, and the flexgear out of TEPG because of its flexing without failure ability. The rest of it can be PLA as those parts don't have the motor heat telegraphed into them. So I'm now looking for info on an affordable printer that can run the bed at 80c, and the nozzle at 275 to 280C. This ender3 pro electronically limits at 260C, and takes a long time for the bed to hit 70C. And there are advisories about not going above 240 with the OEM bowden tube. And I have a piece in the hot end that I'll replace with the blue capricorn between this print and the next, because I am running at the 260C limit, and 70C bed just to get bed adhesion. Is there such a beast more suitable for TEPG? Thanks all. 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 Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
