I took my printer apart to try to figure out why the bed isn't level. The Y rods where sitting crooked. I popped them out, rolled them on the counter-top to make sure they where still straight and put them back together. It's better, but still not perfect. I think the Y rod mounts are …
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I made myself sick on accident from ABS fumes. I had set up a 120CFM computer case fan to blow the fumes out the window through a cardboard tube. I had changed my fan from 12v to 5v trying to stabilize the PSU voltage and shut that noisy fan up! This backfired. As it now …
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The cooling fan I tried first didn't work so hot. So I found another bracket style and thought I would try printing that to see if it would work better. It does! I really like this bracket, it's so simple, and so effectively matches to my MG Prusa. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13343 I was amazed at how .1mm …
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I printed out a Yoda http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12288 the other night for my friend's 5 year old. He turned out pretty well, but not perfect. I need to tweak my cooling a bit yet. Some dry erase markers on the natural PLA, and he looks pretty good. It's really hard to photograph these things though. Print DetailsMakerGear …
One of the suggestions to me to improve my print quality was to add a fan that blows on the print and help cool it faster. So last night I printed it, and tonight I installed it. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10988 It didn't work. Too much back pressure, no air came out of the nozzle at all! Just …
