buy local no hassle of tax , and same time you supporting the local reprap industry to grow more

I'm already part of that groups since last year

now now don't get emotional , it normal for local news paper to search for trending stuff , you get your chance

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jan 22 2015, 11:36 AM

Yes, totally agreed! Support local just like support your neighbors or your friends surrounded you.
For those who wish to bought 3d printer stuffs, remember to bought it before 1st April. Save the 6% GST.

Hi, all

I wish to share at least one article about 3D printing per day here.
Hope to boost the "MAKER movement" in Malaysia,
especially in young generation or even MILLENNIAL!
Welcome others to join the contributions or sharing too.

Day 1: How to get the better print?

Here is nice article online:

http://support.3dverkstan.se/article/30-getting-better-prints

Excerpt from "Getting better prints" by 3DVerkstan

This post has been edited by cha.968: Jan 23 2015, 06:15 PM

Received my E3d Hotend today, dunno why they shipped with a pack of candy


The E3D V6




Need to design the mounting for my printer before can really test it.

candy is rasuah for the mailman/custom

This post has been edited by feiming: Jan 23 2015, 03:00 PM

Nice , very informative. I will look forward to more of your posting but don't need to be daily but instead weekly or fortnight will do.

It a bonus item for your E3D order, they do that for every hotend order.

The candy can be used as disguise for your purchases. When interrogated by customs, just say got candy inside.

This post has been edited by altan: Jan 23 2015, 03:21 PM

have to make sure it's real candy and not drugs.

so you actually paying for the candy, the hotend is a free gift , btw anyone here printing PLA on bare aluminium heated bed beside me? I really miss the glossy finish I get from printing on glass bed with PVA glue + water mixture, I just can't get same glossy finish with PLA when printing directly on aluminum bed

and wanted to try flex filament but I don't think it will work with bowden setup

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jan 23 2015, 03:58 PM

If you are using ABS,i wanted to tell u to use acetone to polish it.

not printing ABS just yet I cant stand the smell need a proper ventilation for my room, I know can do the acertone bath for ABS but now mainly for PLA, when printed on glass you can get a nice smooth and gloosy finish for bottom layer but with bare aluminum does not seem the case

This post has been edited by DarkTenno: Jan 23 2015, 04:35 PM

I put a layer of masking tape on the aluminium bed and use diluted PVA to improve the adhesion. Though, mine isn't a heated bed.

Flex filament may be stiff enough for Bowden but not for ninjaflex. The only clue is to run the extrusion speed really really slow to prevent buckling.

masking tape does not play well with heated bed they will peel off, where did you source flexi filament ?

Qwikfab but they produce their own blend so it may be a little different from the actual Flexi PLA.

Not the painters grade tape, that stuff sticks like mad/

Mine solution is adhering Kapton tape on Aluminium plate.

well did test with blue painter tape, it will loose it stickiness when heated

I've been printing ABS for almost a month, finishing my first roll, so far the smell isnt that notifiable and i literally sit like arms length from my printer.

maybe it me, I get headache from the smell of melted abs plastic , PLA is fine thou

The 3M stuff? Try the ACE brand painters tape (white color), i've had very good success with it.

You probably got used to the smell, same goes for PLA. I missed the sweet caramel like smell of PLA. You will notice it again if you stop printing for a few weeks.