Construction of Prusa i3 by 3kd

http://www.3kd.be/

https://github.com/3000d/Prusa-i3

http://d3000.dozuki.com/Guide/Guide+de+montage+-+Prusa+i3/3

Photos of the workshop

Howtos

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Material

Extruder: 0.4mm or 400 micron
(Warning: When buying metal extruders. If there is no teflon tube inside, it will not work with PLA. It blocks when hot)

Configuration of Slic3r

Layer height: never go over 80% of the extruder hardware value.

Shops

http://reprap.me/

Configuration

Configuring the extruder motor

In pronteface..py:

M501

to get the values from the firmware
Read

M92 E###

Then extrude 10cm (using pronterface) and measure the actual amount of filament extruded.

(M92 E###) * ( 10cm / measured) = new value for M92

Enter

M92 E###

with the new value.

M500

to save.

Configure Slic3r settings

filament diameter : measure it from the actual filament used (do multiple measures and average it)

filament extrusion multiplier: to lower (<1) or raise (>1) the amount of filament extruded

Printer settings

Use these values to play with the layers' heights for parts of the model (perimeter, fill,…)