Dial V2 Status ??

[GasTurbineMan]

Interesting project you have created. I am having trouble determining exactly when to "pause" printing on the Dial.stl and insert bearing. I see where there was a Dial v2.stl but now removed. It would be nice to be able to complete the printout of the Dial 100% and then install the bearing. Otherwise, is it possible to insert a "pause" command in the .stl file to make the printer pause at the correct time to install the bearing?

Thanks

[TheBrainlessEngineer]

Thanks!

As far as i am aware its possible to insert a pause command. Some slicers can even do it for you if im not mistaken. To be honest I never tryed it myself, but there are some toturials for this. https://filament2print.com/gb/blog/75_pauses-3d-printing.html With Cura: Extensions -> Post Processing -> Modify Gcode -> Add a script -> Filament change; as far as i understood.

Im still working on V2 and don't want to release it until it is completely finished. However, since im currently working on a few robotic projects as well that will probably take a while.

Hope this helps!

[GasTurbineMan]

As you probably guessed, I am still noob with Cura and printing. The link you provided was very helpful and for my gcode, looked like 89 layers total with the bearing cavity starting to close at layer 71. I inserted a filament change instruction at layer 71 and it did a pause at the correct time (beginning of layer 71). Oddly enough, the next two times I did this, the filament change occurred at the beginning of the print job and did not insert one at layer 71. Not your issue, though, I will play around with Cura and get it figured out. Thanks for the prompt response earlier - it got me going.

[TheBrainlessEngineer]

Hi, i just released V2 of the Marble-Safe!

https://github.com/TheBrainlessEngineer/Marble-Safe-V2/

This version doesn't use bearings and is overall easyer to assemble. The tolerances should be better as well!