Fan Duct for Ultimaker
Description
This is a derivative of Geo Hagen's well designed Fan Duct (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:16624) and Owen's great Fan Duct (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13625)
Printed in PLA, no support or raft needed.
20120219 Added a lower resolution STL file with less polygons.
Instructions
Best to rework the holes with 3.2mm drill (just by hand) to make sure the screws fit nicely.
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Pardon my ignorance, but how would an upgraded fan duct improve my printing? Could I then use a higher nozzle temp, and get smoother faces? Please teach.
I recommend to change internals to make air vortex... Something like Victor Schauberger's devices :)
The design is great. But how do i clean the nozzle? Even during printing? I often get little lumps of plastic I quickly remove while the print starts.
Printed it in Ultra Quality using Netfabb GCode in 5 hours 24 minutes. First try at high speed failed, so i choosed to print at 100%.
Have some imperfections on the upper side of the hole that surrounds the extruder. This is caused by the extreme overhand when printing upside down.
I really like the design compared to the original fan ;)
Going to test it this evening!
Thanks for this awesome thing 8-)
SkeinForge-48 choked on the STL until I ran it through Netfabb and repaired it until it could be repaired no more. Now it slices properly and is printing as I type this.
Sorry - I didn't test with SkeinForge, I used NetFabb. Just uploaded a lower resolution STl file. Hope that does that trick.. ;)
These errors are usually caused by high-poly models. Reduce the model in Meshlab for happier slicing.
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Your design fascinated me for a long time. I love the elegent shape. So I just had to adapt it for my Printer. Check out my Remix for Rostock style printers!