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JLCPCB: created my ZIP on April 10th, received today on April 16th via DHL courrier.

I'm not going to break any records with this shipment.
:wink:

It is cool that we can now track container ships in real time.

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Note: JLCPCB wraps PCBs so they can withstand an airdrop with no parachute when they have components mounted.

Latest JLCPCB order to Canada:
- 14 PCBs, no components mounted
- ZIP files were...

At first I went "Aaaaah crap".

Then I went "YAY! I can use the other side for my tests".

And then I found out the support pins are staggered and not reversible, "Aaaaah crap".

:D

Just got my first order of 14 circuits, these look good:

https://i.imgur.com/yTc9TYq.jpg


Until you see the other end:

https://i.imgur.com/CIEVGI7.jpg

Creality support eventually replied. They linked me to a video on how to debug the printer, but I'm supposed to video myself doing that. I'm not set up with an area to open a printer and film, I...

Yup. I googled "jlcpcb steals design" to see if there's a history of incidents, and fell on this thread right away:
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Exactly. It's really fast to print an empty shell, but don't sneeze on it. :D

The hard part is finding that right balance. I don't have stress testing equipment, so I have to use my better...

Yup. You can chose from many infill patterns at varying degrees of fill.

I start at the lightest just to test fitment, then move up until it's as strong as I want.

Now this is a lot more reasonable than the Ender.

https://i.imgur.com/36fL7hU.png


5 hours 35 minutes for what was gonna take nearly 2 days. This is the normal profile in Cura (from Anycubic...

The Ender is relegated to small jobs, if I fix it.

Just got an Anycubic Kobra 2 Max, 420x420x500 and goes at ludicrous speed of 500.

This was out the box with no tweaking, must have been around...

Just a slight adjustment for the power jack and I'm done. It fits (super tight), but it's not as smooth as the 3 other connectors.

https://i.imgur.com/wAMm30Y.jpg

Did I mention that I bricked BOTH the mainboard and display cause their firmware upgrade instructions were garbage? I just left the new ones I bought at whatever version they were at.

I was...

Now why hasn't creality ever suggested that to me. Not a question really. :mad:

Thanks for that, I have a tube coming in on Monday. :cool: I already have another hot-end / thermistor assembly...

Ender 3 S1 Plus bought new March 2023, terrible service since. Started having trouble with abnormal temps within 6 months. I got fed up of useless customer support and bought a new hot-end,...

Trial and error:

https://i.imgur.com/wijxKoL.jpg


Still have some fine-tuning to do.

Yup. I didn't even bother checking for quantities.

My enclosures consist of 3 parts; it's not like they will assemble it, the wrap and ship (they probably offer the service, but I'm not...

Any idea where I can find a drawing for a HDMI connector?

I'd like to reproduce the curves as closely as possible in a panel. The general outline I can manage, it's that curvy part I'd like to...

I didn't even know JLCPCB offered 3D services. I have only one fear when dealing with China; it's having my idea stolen. I grew up in a time when China regularly cloned western products. I'm sure...

The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards 3D printing to make the enclosures. There's a LOT of details in using liquid plastic, the one that scares the crap out of me is the vacuum...

Sometimes when you make support panels, they might not have a lot of detail and it's not always apparent which way is which.

So I add little alignment markers to help me when I assemble it for a...

45deg was too shallow, 50deg was too tall, 47.5deg was just right under the upper limit, and fit within caution area on bed.

https://i.imgur.com/BW4ycI0.png


Print time is not realistic. This...

You just like me for my pictures...

Turn out I can print the main parts in one piece. I'm pushing the limits of my Ender 3 S1 Plus, but in theory "it should work". The parts should have enough rigidity to withstand the stresses of...

I've been playing with FreeCad; testing different ways to align the holes for the connections to the controller board. I finally got the splice tool working properly (I didn't want to watch videos ...