whitecitadel Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Thanks @MrPeaski for sharing, it didn’t take long to measure last night and just make a disc with hole in tinkercad and cut some bits out: unlike the rest of the internet I never had an issue with bed adhesion but today it just didn’t want to stick. Thought the junk white filament was using for the kids may have absorbed some moisture so opened a new yellow roll someone gave me but same issue. Refuse to resort to voodoo like glue stick as never had to before so just washed up the glass print bed with the dishes from dinner and will try again tomorrow 😉 even the purge line was not sticking so something up, have slowed the print speed down but will also try your settings as never printed anything this small on its own but it’s not sticking which is not print speed from past experience as default always stuck before. Frustrated ESC not left China still… might cancel and pay extra for UK source - although part of me says I will still be faffing with body painting for another week and have plenty of time for ESC to arrive. Keen to see it move now. Jack Reacher you got a really good deal on yours! Edited August 22, 2021 by whitecitadel Ithingy automistake typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) @whitecitadelthey look really nice, but maybe a bit too open for the stock oil? Mine only has a single similarly sized notch. I think for these I used my original Ender 3 'buildtak' surface to print on instead of the glass i normally print on. If you haven't got one of those, maybe an increase in bed temp or resorting to gluestick will help. Also for anyone else reading this, can you actually download the file I attached? For some reason I can't. If its the same for everyone else I'll change it to a G-Drive link instead Edited August 22, 2021 by MrPeaski 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Just for reference Hobbywing 1080 in stock at Modelsport https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobbywing-quicrun-1080-80amp-wp-brushed-crawler-esc-407325 ☺️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 12 hours ago, whitecitadel said: Thanks @MrPeaski for sharing, it didn’t take long to measure last night and just make a disc with hole in tinkercad and cut some bits out: unlike the rest of the internet I never had an issue with bed adhesion but today it just didn’t want to stick. Thought the junk white filament was using for the kids may have absorbed some moisture so opened a new yellow roll someone gave me but same issue. Refuse to resort to voodoo like glue stick as never had to before so just washed up the glass print bed with the dishes from dinner and will try again tomorrow 😉 even the purge line was not sticking so something up, have slowed the print speed down but will also try your settings as never printed anything this small on its own but it’s not sticking which is not print speed from past experience as default always stuck before. Frustrated ESC not left China still… might cancel and pay extra for UK source - although part of me says I will still be faffing with body painting for another week and have plenty of time for ESC to arrive. Keen to see it move now. Jack Reacher you got a really good deal on yours! You're going to want some 45-50wt oil with those pistons. My printer is back in action! It turned out to be a bricked SD card 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 14 hours ago, MrPeaski said: Just for reference Hobbywing 1080 in stock at Modelsport https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobbywing-quicrun-1080-80amp-wp-brushed-crawler-esc-407325 ☺️ Yeah I know, I tried to save £10 by ordering from afar (plus it also meant it was not on the big bill for the kit and most of stuff from MS the misses might see!) and it was a false economy. Will order from MS today, just trying to remember if there was anything else I need while I am paying postage... 3 hours ago, everclear1984 said: You're going to want some 45-50wt oil with those pistons. My printer is back in action! It turned out to be a bricked SD card 🙂 Yeah I wondered if too open! What weight comes in the kit... is it "mystery weight A" I wonder... it was just a first attempt - I might try @MrPeaski file as well as that seems more proven, and there is always file the flats on the kits pistons as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 46 minutes ago, whitecitadel said: Yeah I know, I tried to save £10 by ordering from afar (plus it also meant it was not on the big bill for the kit and most of stuff from MS the misses might see!) and it was a false economy. Will order from MS today, just trying to remember if there was anything else I need while I am paying postage... Yeah I wondered if too open! What weight comes in the kit... is it "mystery weight A" I wonder... it was just a first attempt - I might try @MrPeaski file as well as that seems more proven, and there is always file the flats on the kits pistons as well... I tried filling my shocks with 20wt and it made zero difference, so I assume the stock oil is around that. @MrPeaski's pistons work great but just keep in mind that they will need a light sanding all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 1 hour ago, everclear1984 said: I tried filling my shocks with 20wt and it made zero difference, so I assume the stock oil is around that. @MrPeaski's pistons work great but just keep in mind that they will need a light sanding all around. That is assuming my relationship with the 3d printer ever recovers and I can print them! Had a go at lunch for 30 minutes, put in a different filament that has been reliable in the past and changed all print settings to ones suggested by MrPeaski and got further but still failed, there has to be science to it so will try a spare nozzle tonight if I can get 5 mins as its something to do with the way its extruding it seems. Ordered ESC from MS at lunch as well, so provided I get the shocks together it should be able to move by the weekend - just need to start on paint for the body as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 3 hours ago, whitecitadel said: That is assuming my relationship with the 3d printer ever recovers and I can print them! Had a go at lunch for 30 minutes, put in a different filament that has been reliable in the past and changed all print settings to ones suggested by MrPeaski and got further but still failed, there has to be science to it so will try a spare nozzle tonight if I can get 5 mins as its something to do with the way its extruding it seems. Ordered ESC from MS at lunch as well, so provided I get the shocks together it should be able to move by the weekend - just need to start on paint for the body as well. If all else fails I'd be happy to print them for you and pop them in the post 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post whitecitadel Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2021 59 minutes ago, everclear1984 said: If all else fails I'd be happy to print them for you and pop them in the post Very kind offer, but this has now descended into a battle to the death between me and the printer.... there can be only one... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Sorry but my money is on the printer mate 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 26 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: Sorry but my money is on the printer mate I dont have this trouble, me and printers just dont get along, i once launch a new Epsom printer down the garden path, i now let my wife do any printing but just on paper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Thanks for vote of confidence stormbringer but to quote Stewy Griffin “VICTORY IS MINE” Took nozzle and feed tube out to clean gunk, YouTube says you blowtorch nozzle to melt out crud… which sounds fine but there were two spare nozzles next to me when I had found the box of tools/spares for the printer so cheated and put new clean nozzle in. Normal service is resumed. (brim was probably not needed but part of earlier desperation) One day might eventually have this crawler put together 🤣 Thanks to MrPeaski for the file. Just need to find some 1000 grit to fine tune the fit in the garage and shocks away 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 nice 1 mate at least you got it sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPeaski Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 In case it was missed (or I forgot to mention!), align the cut-out in the piston with the same in the circlip for maximum flow. ideally the printed piston should be a firm fit between the two circlips so as well as sanding the diameter (given the printing brim) the thickness may well need adjusting too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Ordered an LED light kit for the DC1, still waiting for front shocks, they may arrive tomorrow, and still trying to decide what to have on a set of scale number plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 13 hours ago, MrPeaski said: In case it was missed (or I forgot to mention!), align the cut-out in the piston with the same in the circlip for maximum flow. ideally the printed piston should be a firm fit between the two circlips so as well as sanding the diameter (given the printing brim) the thickness may well need adjusting too. Thanks, got that. I was not happy with the print above, too much "squish" in the first layer so I did more messing with the printer and re-printed again (won't clog thread wither further 3d printing nonsnse, but fitted BL Touch that had been in a box next to the printer for 6 months and went "all in" on making the thing work again). Asembled the shocks last night... and discovered the centre hole was too tight to fit the shock shaft 🤦♂️ Just filled the flat away one side on the kit piston and lined that up with the circlip instead and moved on with life for now. 3 hours ago, Jack Reacher said: Ordered an LED light kit for the DC1, still waiting for front shocks, they may arrive tomorrow, and still trying to decide what to have on a set of scale number plates This is one of life's existential questions - what to put on scale number plates 😁 What lights did you get? (I got some simple LED ones from ModelSport that stormbringer used) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 I have gone with a budget set from eBay, 3mm red and 5mm front, comes with servo plug already fitted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 the light buckets for the rear are for 5mm leds so you may need to sleeve the leds with something to stop em rattling about 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Jack this is what Yrkoon and i used for rears https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/368698 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Stormbringer said: the light buckets for the rear are for 5mm leds so you may need to sleeve the leds with something to stop em rattling about Thats another plan scuppered lights can go in bin when they arrive, not putting them on now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 The latest in the world longest and slowest DC1 build is… the ESC motor leads don’t reach the motor. I should have thought about this and ordered some more cable, I think I have some suitable cable somewhere will have to go digging tomorrow else it’s yet another thing to order 🙄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 good luck sorting cables, if you have to solder make sure you get it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitecitadel Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 13 hours ago, Jack Reacher said: good luck sorting cables, if you have to solder make sure you get it right Soldering no issues, need to join the esc cables to new cables then solder those to the motor. I have some XT60 connectors and maybe some deans in the old rc box so will probably fit a connector between ESC and wires on the motor rather than join cables. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 that sounds like a plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I seem to have 4 working shocks on the DC1, reworked the stock ones up front, and the rear are old SCX10 shocks, i am waiting on a pair of aftermarket shocks for front but i think i will stick with stock ones on front now 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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