nGen ?

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Create a thread for that...I don't what that is...so links and info would be nice!
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Just got my first ngen spool and had to try (pretty busy at work atm) ! It's for a functional part that goes outside, that's why ngen. I tried with 235, 75, FAN OFF (thanks amedee), 50mm/s, 0.2 layer height. Turned out pretty well, layer adhesion is ok.

Let's hope the 85 degrees c are enough to withstand the summer sun... :)
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Did you get massive stringing? No fan.....good idea
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LePaul wrote:Did you get massive stringing? No fan.....good idea
no stringing at all, but it was a sort of solid round piece with a bracket so there was not much stringing expected anyway. Coasting was on FYI.
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I'll try that tonight...I'm printing a round hub piece with spokes that have a hole in the middle. Maybe I'll get a good result !
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martin-bienz wrote:Just got my first ngen spool and had to try (pretty busy at work atm) ! It's for a functional part that goes outside, that's why ngen. I tried with 235, 75, FAN OFF (thanks amedee), 50mm/s, 0.2 layer height. Turned out pretty well, layer adhesion is ok.

Let's hope the 85 degrees c are enough to withstand the summer sun... :)
For most of Swiss Summer 2016 PLA is enough... ;-)
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I have today off so I am experimenting with nGen and Cura 2.1.2

First thing I noticed is the fans turned on despite being checked off in Cura.

Trying one of Neotko's shroud pieces as a test, since it has mounting holes
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I'm impressed!

But how can I make those holes a bit cleaner?
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A drill XD
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I think I found it...Cura 2.1.2 didn't have the right retraction settings (25mm/sec and 3.5mm)

Using the settings from ColorFabb for retraction
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Interesting on the first layer. Maybe retraction is too high. It seems to flip the edges up on portions of the layer. A few more layers now flattened it out
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I'm not sure what coasting does but my nGen print was alright , not super. A few gaps. But this stuff bridges well, minimal 'hairs' around the circle. And compared to the PLA prints, the back is a lot nicer

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It took a lot longer than the PLA version (4.5 hours while nGen took 5.7)
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I've done a number of these parts now...and it seems only nGen can eliminate the "hairy" effects that PLA shows on the bottom of this piece.

I originally did 8 with 25% infill with PLA but I decided to make some with 50% infill since the aluminum frame attachment spots could stand to be beefed up. I need to check, I know the temperature tolerance is higher with nGen, but not sure the strength is any better?
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Good find, i like his channel!
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