Working on fine tuning the printer

One of the things that it needs to do is go from pillar to pillar without forming strings of plastic and also to bridge between the pillars forming a solid piece. I've been trying different settings and taking notes on what they are and comparing them to the photos for reference. In album RepRap PVA …

I tried making a unique little box I saw on ThingiVerse

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:413 I am not really all that happy with it. the inside was pretty stringy and infact on the lid, when I tried to remove the stringyness I think the entire inside bit got pulled out. Am I still running too hot? I think the base is a bit gloopier than the upper layers and …

My 2nd print was a stand for my mom's Kindle Fire

I wanted to show them the printer and how it could actually be useful. http://www.thingiverse.com/derivative:23478 Granted, 5 minutes in the wood shop would have made something just as functional as opposed to over an hour to print this out. It took me 4 tries before I got the first layer right. My print bed is …

Working on my 3d printer provided some interesting challenges

I got it assembled within 48 hours of receiving it. Than the fun started … I had plugged all the motors backwords. This means that when I told the printer to move one way it went backwards. A simple fix. More annoyingly only 3 of the 4 sets ran well. Some trouble shooting narrowed it …

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