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2 minutes ago, sbrownn said:

I agree.  I used to do all of my printing in ABS because I was concerned about strength but after changing over to PLA I have to say I don't see a difference in strength but PLA is way less problematic to print.

I'll probably  be switching over to PETG filament as its somewhere between ABS and PLA.

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3 hours ago, sbrownn said:

I agree.  I used to do all of my printing in ABS because I was concerned about strength but after changing over to PLA I have to say I don't see a difference in strength but PLA is way less problematic to print.

 

3 hours ago, sbrownn said:

I'll probably  be switching over to PETG filament as its somewhere between ABS and PLA.

 

I been printing with PETG, it really isnt that hard. People made it seem like it was goiung to be so much harder then PLA. I basically upped the temp and its pretty damn good. Any idea what size pulley the OP posted is ? Cura is making it huge when I load the STL.

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1 hour ago, chris032188 said:

Cura is making it huge when I load the STL.

Are you sure it isn't the units you are using?  Maybe it was designed in millimeters and Cura is reading it in inches?

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I opened it with Cura and it showed 190.5mm, so about 8". I tried Slic3r, same result.

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3 hours ago, dikman said:

I opened it with Cura and it showed 190.5mm, so about 8". I tried Slic3r, same result.

Same here:16:

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Now I’m guessing that the body of the machine is a type of cast metal. GET A SPEED REDUCER!  It will be a god send! What is the thickest you can sew? I understand you are on a budget, we all are (unless you can embezzle billions from the government) but the speed reducer will also allow better power to the needle. I have an older 1541 that came without a reducer,  it was holy crap fast! I needed more control so I placed a reducer (always use a heavy cast metal one) on it, now I can go one stitch every 3 seconds if I want and still have Piercing power

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