You did a great job, awesome. I'm also very interested in 3D printers. I've recently been researching how to DIY a 3D printer. I only bought accessories such as stepper motors and haven't started yet.

@tinken said in Nylon on PLA or PETG?:

Not to my knowledge. Why not make the entire part out of Nylon?

Sorry for the slow reply; I was out.
The part I'm printing is about 90mm x 130mm, and although with glue and a skirt it sticks to the build plate, once removed (after 12 hours of cooling) it warps slightly. I was thinking maybe a PETG or PLA base might prevent that. The part is a 5mm thick plate with a few holes and protrusions; I've thinned the nylon down to 4 layers top and bottom with a 0.6mm nozzle.

Hello
This is a bug from the software.
You must deactivate the "SHARE TEMPERATURE'"
You can have 1, or 2 or 3 extruders.
After, at the top of the soft, you can see 2 or 3 extruders , where you must set the T° to ZERO °C , for extruder 2 and extruder 3

For me, i have the Geeetech A20M... and it was so long to find this "stupid idea"
Now it works ...
I could add my Geeetech A20M , using the "prusa i3 preset", and add 2 extruders.
I use my Geeetech with ESP3D to print by Wifi for small pieces. and by Sdcard for long time prints.

Well, I tried it and it worked! When the nozzle reached the top of Phil's boots, I paused and added lead shot (fishing section of you favorite store). Then resumed printing. I worried about bed adhesion due to acceleration inertia and the added mass, so I dialed down the speeds and accelerations. Also, as Phil got taller, I used the speed adjustment to take all speeds to 70%. No problems, but it does increase the time. The lead shot rattles, so next time I'll try sand.

@blargenth I sand mine often with 40 grit sand paper. Never clean with alcohol, use dawn dish soap and hot water.

@jinzing If it were me, I would use micro switches.

Looking at the layers in the slicer these are largely happening at retraction points of course.

@mitch56fl I have never printed with it, but I would suggest decreasing your extruded flow. Colorfab claims you can decrease as much as 65%.

ColorFav LWPLA

@willardbenefiel You can make these adjustments inside MatterControl