I’m wondering: Is there a way to keep the machine “hot” between prints? I’m rapidly iterating on a handful of small parts where the “Prepare time” is ~40% of the total time, and my CAD iterations are typically taking less than 10 minutes each between prints. The (single) filament is the same every time. Is there a way to avoid the penalty of the prepare time by just keeping the machine “hot”?
Thanks,
Ian
Avoid the prep time or allow the stepper motors time to cool down ?
between prints , its frustrating, but taking the time may be the best bet
I mean… I hear you, but… this is the time estimation:
I’ve run 12+ hour prints on this thing, and I know it’s capable of even bigger prints. That’s a lot more consecutive ‘coil time’ on the motors than a couple hours of rapid iteration on tiny parts. I’m not suggesting to leave the machine “hot” indefinitely, just maybe a ‘sleep timer’-like thing where it goes cold if there’s no new job for 20 minutes or something.
I also don’t think the stepper coils are the long pole here. It’s the hot end, the clean-out, the heated bed, etc. I would expect the coils to be ~nothing in terms of long-term thermal load. Maybe I’m wrong?
Ian
Buy a x1c ? that can keep a constant temp ?
I think, all the preparation happens in the gcode in the machine settings.
I guess you could clone the machine profile and strip most of the preparation, e.g. filament change and priming, maybe even bed height?
Then you print the first part with the regular profile and switch to the stripped profile for all consecutive prints.
I have no idea which steps to better keep and which can be omitted in a consecutive print
And I have no idea of the actual gcode 