HI there. We're using Shapr3D for this project. We like it because it runs on iPad as well as desktop and it's super easy to learn. We will also from time to time use Fusion360 depending on needs. But I honestly cannot say enough good things about Shapr3D if you're just getting started. It helped me get over years of frustration with getting into CAD coming from traditional tools like zBrush, Maya, etc. Hope that's helpful!
Well you kinda forgot to mention that if you have other than brass nozzle the magnets can stick to it :D Especially if not designed to snap fit as yours are (A+ design, but most of the real world cases won't be like that). To prevent this a super glue can be used. Drop of glue, magnet, wait a little bit, resume :) Hope this helps
We use a hardened steel nozzle, but luckily never had problems with it picking up the magnets; probably because we also use a magnetized bed. Good tip on using glue on the magnets, though. Because of the glue’s curing time, I’d just caution anyone who might be working with a print that was senstitve to temperature consistency fluctuations. In those cases, it might be better to design the print so that the magnets were a fairly snug/tight press-fit into the print’s cavity so pause time could be minimized.
When setting the pause command in your slicer you need to know if the pause will happen before the indicated layer or after the indicated layer. I know for a fact that in PrusaSlicer that the pause (or color change, or custom G-Code) will happen right before the indicated layer. Since BambuStudio is based on PrusaSlicer, I would suspect the same is true. If my suspicion is true, the example in the video shows the wrong layer for the pause (one layer too low), and may cause a collision with the nozzle and the magnet if you are unlucky.
such great videos! criminally underrated channel - perhaps posting your videos on reddit, on subreddits such as functionalprinting, 3Dprinting, additivemanufacturing would help?
Where do you get your magnets from? (I've had bad luck with a size that I specified from Amazon no longer being available.) Also, what strength magnets do you use where the 1mm magnet-to-magnet spacing is good? (I've found that sites that specialize in magnets sell different strength magnets.)
😅so far, we've just been using more affordable bulk-purchase magnets that didn't have strength specced. Somewhere like kjmagnetics.com is going to have higher quality, tighter spec magnets. We actually went with them for a project we're working on currently.
We've never had that happen, but the Bambu X1C machines we use also have a magnetic bed and use ferrous (steel) plates (vs glass), and so far, even though the nozzle we use is the hardened steel type, it hasn't attracted the magnets off of or out of the prints we've been doing. But also whenever we can, we design the print models so that the cavities for the magnets are a pretty snug press fit. Good luck!
Good video! Which cad program are you using in this video?
HI there. We're using Shapr3D for this project. We like it because it runs on iPad as well as desktop and it's super easy to learn. We will also from time to time use Fusion360 depending on needs.
But I honestly cannot say enough good things about Shapr3D if you're just getting started. It helped me get over years of frustration with getting into CAD coming from traditional tools like zBrush, Maya, etc.
Hope that's helpful!
Well you kinda forgot to mention that if you have other than brass nozzle the magnets can stick to it :D Especially if not designed to snap fit as yours are (A+ design, but most of the real world cases won't be like that).
To prevent this a super glue can be used. Drop of glue, magnet, wait a little bit, resume :)
Hope this helps
We use a hardened steel nozzle, but luckily never had problems with it picking up the magnets; probably because we also use a magnetized bed. Good tip on using glue on the magnets, though. Because of the glue’s curing time, I’d just caution anyone who might be working with a print that was senstitve to temperature consistency fluctuations. In those cases, it might be better to design the print so that the magnets were a fairly snug/tight press-fit into the print’s cavity so pause time could be minimized.
This is a great video. I appreciate all the information you include as well. Thank you
When setting the pause command in your slicer you need to know if the pause will happen before the indicated layer or after the indicated layer. I know for a fact that in PrusaSlicer that the pause (or color change, or custom G-Code) will happen right before the indicated layer. Since BambuStudio is based on PrusaSlicer, I would suspect the same is true. If my suspicion is true, the example in the video shows the wrong layer for the pause (one layer too low), and may cause a collision with the nozzle and the magnet if you are unlucky.
Thank you for the heads up 👍
such great videos! criminally underrated channel - perhaps posting your videos on reddit, on subreddits such as functionalprinting, 3Dprinting, additivemanufacturing would help?
The hot end doesn’t Hoover up all the magnets in its next pass?
We haven't had that issue; though we use metal build plates, so that might help counteract any magnetic attraction that a nozzle may have.
Where do you get your magnets from? (I've had bad luck with a size that I specified from Amazon no longer being available.) Also, what strength magnets do you use where the 1mm magnet-to-magnet spacing is good? (I've found that sites that specialize in magnets sell different strength magnets.)
😅so far, we've just been using more affordable bulk-purchase magnets that didn't have strength specced. Somewhere like kjmagnetics.com is going to have higher quality, tighter spec magnets. We actually went with them for a project we're working on currently.
will magnet stick to the hotend nozzle?
We've never had that happen, but the Bambu X1C machines we use also have a magnetic bed and use ferrous (steel) plates (vs glass), and so far, even though the nozzle we use is the hardened steel type, it hasn't attracted the magnets off of or out of the prints we've been doing. But also whenever we can, we design the print models so that the cavities for the magnets are a pretty snug press fit. Good luck!
@@batchresearchlab thank you