Hello from Seattle!

[dustins]

Hi folks, Dustin here from Seattle (Everett actually, right by Boeing)

Bought a Rostock Max V2 kit last week, received it on Friday, assembled it on Saturday/Sunday printed my first part Sunday night!

Hat's off to the Guy's at SeeMe CNC, overall the build went great! I was a bit apprehensive going in, but was successful and I learned a lot!

One question for the group...Can anyone tell me how it's possible that the "Build Time" is NOT double, when you run 2 parts vs just one?

Example: (In Repetier Host)
Load Model "Model#1.stl"
Slice it
and it says:
Estimated Printing time 1 Hour 55 Minutes

THEN

Copy the part so that there are 2 instances (of the same identical part)
Slice it
and it says:
Estimated Printing time 2 Hours 15 Minutes

Only 209 minutes more to print double the volume?

I would expect the print time to be nearly double if you are printing twice as much volume...
Can anyone enlighten me?

Thanks, Dustin

[Polygonhell]

Repetiers print estimates are usually at least 2x off IME, so I wouldn't believe anything it tells you.
However particularly parts with smaller surface areas, the minimum layer time becomes dominant, and the print head doesn't have to slow down as much for 2 of the part vs one.

[Glacian22]

Yeah, never trust those time estimates, not even a little bit! Also hurray for another Seattle Max owner! Even if you are in Everett, technically.

[Eaglezsoar]

Welcome to the forum and we are glad to have you as a member.
Happy Printing!