Congratulations - you may just have printed your last calibration cube! This is the ProfileMaker powered by the formula in Dave Durant's Profileinator. Hover your mouse over the name of an option for more information. Photo courtesy of John Abella
Update 1/21/2012: I broke some things while trying to fix other things. I believe I’ve now fixed all the those things. :)
Update 1/20/2012: Okay! I got mixed responses to those changes! I’ve changed things again!
Update 1/13/2012: I’ve simplified the interface. I hope you like it!
Update 8/1/2011: I’m still e-mailing my web host trying to get to the bottom of this website’s high resource usage. I’ve gotten the resources down somewhat and will start to re-enable features one-by-one, starting with ProfileMaker.
Update 7/19/2011: ProfileMaker has been disabled for a few days and I’m still tweaking my server. In the meantime, definitely try out Dave Durant’s Profilinator. ProfileMaker uses the exact same math as in Dave’s program.
Update 7/8/2011: Okay, I’m going to try fully disabling ProfileMaker.
Update 7/5/2011: I’m going to try just disabling the complete profile generation and e-mail feature and see if that reduces the server load. If enough people comment saying that they miss that feature, I’ll find a way to bring it back.
Welcome to ProfileMaker v2.0! v3.0! [Updated 4/8/11] This is a Skeinforge setting generator based on Dave’s Profileinator. Right now it will only work for a MakerBot MK6 or other stepper extruder, but I’m working on a DC motor version1 . The outputs are intended for Skeinforge 35 bundled with ReplicatorG 24. Poke around, kick the tires, and try out a new profile! It has the ability to e-mail you a completed profile, if you wish. Be sure and check your spam folder for the e-mail if you use this option.
- Such as the MakerBot MK4-MK5 [↩]
What is the difference / pros & cons of this vs Print-o-matic? I’ve been finding POM has been getting me pretty good results.. but you know we can’t resist tinkering if there is another way :-)
@awkward: That’s a great question. Print-o-Matic will give you a great print quality, right off the bat, and it will basically not allow you to choose insane settings, but it doesn’t actually create any profiles for you to tinker with later. ProfileMaker will also give you a great print quality, will let you choose crazy settings if you want, and will generate the key settings in a profile for you. The benefit is that you can take a known good profile with settings from ProfileMaker and then tinker with it to get a better result. Both are great, but it probably comes down to a matter of preference.
What nozzle size does this assume? If I am using a .35 nozzle, can I get good results from this?
@Owen: It doesn’t assume any nozzle size, so as long as you choose sane-ish numbers you should be okay.
Hmm, it is a little stringy on solid layers. Do you think this might be because of the .35 nozzle or is my MakerGear stepper extruder different enough that I should change things? I did 0.25 layer height, 0.47 thread width, and everything else was the same. Maybe slow the feedrate a bit? would that make it sane-er?
THank you for this easy and great tool.
Hey I played with the “Gear Swell” and have made my best calibration cube ever. I can check that off the bucket list. Thanks for the great tool.
@Owen: If you are not using the MakerBot MK5 extruder gear, you’ll need to measure your gear as closely as possible. Or, you could adjust the gear swell using trial and error.
@Owen: You’re welcome!!! I’m glad you like it!
I made my own extruder with a double gear 1.75mm filiment drive and it seems to be woking quite well. I am trying to dial it in. Question: When I measure the gear diamitor do I measure the smalest dimention excluding the knuling or does it it matter?
FYI i have always had the best results using your profile maker, thanks for the good aid!
Scott
@Scott: That’s an amazingly good question. I honestly don’t know the answer. When you say double gear, do you mean you have two gears actually making contact with the filament or do you mean the filament gear is driven by a second gear?
Yeah!
How do I make this applicable to my cupcake w/ MK4 extruder?
@spex: Unfortunately, it isn’t. There are several calibration options on Thingiverse, however.
[...] for good prints. While I was poking around the web I found a site makerblock.com that has a Profile Maker that helps you adjust your settings in Skeinforge. So, I am giving it a try but since I am at work [...]
[...] ProfileMaker [...]
First, thank you for taking the time to put this web app together. As a PHP programmer I know how much work putting something like this together can be.
Unfortunately, after plugging in your apps parameters my results got worse, a lot worse.
I’m using a new (2012) makerbot ToM with the MK7 extruder. All of the settings the program spit out were larger than the original stock settings for the Mk7 in ReplicatorG. What am I missing?
Is this only intended for older makerbots?
I’m having trouble with circles not being round, prints being undersized, and too much plastic being extruded (which leads to a non-smooth surface finish). Any suggestions?
@Tyler: I know people are successfully using ProfileMaker with their MK6, MK6+, and MK7′s. What parameters are you using? What nozzle size do you have? When did you run a calculation? I did make some changes to the program a few days ago – but I suppose it is possible I screwed something up. :)
.4mm nozzle, ran the calculations today. Unfortunately I didn’t save the parameters that it spit out. Hmm. If nobody else is having any issues it’s probably just my machine. I’m going to try a few other ways to tune the machine and see what happens.
@Tyler: I’ve been working on the program, so please give it a few hours before trying its output. I’ll do a post when it’s back up.
[...] some calculations last week and got some terrible results, that’s why. Extra apologies to Tyler, since this was his first experience with [...]
Hi MakerBlock
These are the values I got.
◦”0.36″ in Carve -> “Layer Thickness (mm)”
◦”1.67″ in Carve -> “Perimeter Width over Thickness (ratio)”
◦”1.67″ in Fill -> “Infill Width over Thickness (ratio)”
◦”30″ in Speed -> “Feed Rate (mm/s)”
◦”1.568″ in Speed -> “Flow Rate Setting (float)”
What does the 1.568 mean in terms of speed? I do not yet have a stepper extruder, so how do I translate that speed to rpms?
Mike
@Myearwood: I’m sorry to say that these figures don’t translate to non-stepper extruders. :( If you scroll through the comments or scan through Thingiverse, you’ll find several formulas and methods for arriving at useable values for non-stepper extruders.