MDF Rose Engine Lathe 2.0

MDF Rose Engine 2.0

3D Printing Notes

Step

Comments

Warm the environment

Need to ensure it is not too cold, especially if the outside temperature is under 80 °F. I shoot for having the enclosure at 105-115 °F.

Clean the bed

Scrape any residue from the bed
Clean with isopropyl alcohol, then dry well

Pre-heat for PLA, and verify filament flow.

Turn the blue indication knob until a continuous stream flows thru the extruder. I preheat the extruder to 200 °C and the bed to 50 °C.

Level the bed (Auto-level via the BLTouch)

3D Print the part

Filament Material	Nozzle		Bed Temp	Enclosure Temp	Comments
	Size	Temp
PLA	0.4 mm	200 °C	50 °C	90 °F - 110 °F	Inland brand filament from MicroCenter. More details on PLA are available at Raise3D.com.

My 3D Printing Setup

I use a Creality Ender 3 v2.

I have added a BLTouch auto-leveling sensor. This matters as the G-code had to be modified in the setup to accommodate this.

G-code files are optimized for 3D printing on that machine using PLA filament.

Slicing was performed on an Apple iMac using Ultimaker's Cura.

I monitor the printing process using OctoPrint on a Raspberry Pi 3B+.

This is what I found works for me: You will need to confirm if the same works for you. And as your 3D printing setup may be different, STL files have been provided to enable you to create your own G-code files.