It looks like operation z-wobble removal is a success! I printed out a tall, thin print with what’s left of my white to test the fix. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28690 As you can see, it’s MUCH better than it used to be. I had some issues that I think are thermal in nature as there are a few layers …
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Step 1) buy the cheapest fan in the store
Step 2) go to another store. Find fan you like much better. Buy that one. Step 3) hang fan most of the way. Step 4) dig up set of 50 inch replacement blades a friend gave me years ago. Step 5) mod blades to fit 42 inch fan brackets Step 6) finish hanging fan Step …
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I printed some z wobble minimisers and installed them tonight
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:20147 I had to leave half way through the print, so I paused the job and powered down the heaters. The print finished ok when i powered the heaters back up, leaving a big blob where the nozzle had sat. Need to lift the nozzle off of the part or something. Last time I tried …
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Trying to pause printing so i can leave the house
Turned the heat off in pronterface and then flipped off the power supply. Anybody have any luck doing this? I am printing z wobble isolators with the last of my white PLA and don’t have enough to start over with. In album Shut the printer off at this point. Waiting to see how it works …
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I cut some PCB boards for a friend of mine tonight < http://dev.telynishiya.info/?p=63…
I cut some PCB boards for a friend of mine tonight < http://dev.telynishiya.info/?p=63 >. The little band saw made quick work of them. I viced my belt sander and cleaned up the cuts so the boards look really good. Here are some photos from my 3d camera – you can look at 'em cross eyed …