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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Hello World 3d style
My printer's first print is a raised letter version of a programmer's first program. Display "Hello World". Print NotesPLA 3mm naturalextrusion 185C 30mm/s parims 60mm/s infillretraction 1mm 30mm/sbed 60Cslic3r 0.7 pronterface 0.7e sprinter In album View this post on Google+ .