[dms-discuss] 3D Printers

[Emily Schleiner]

Yes, that is awesome! Thanks Ryan

On Mar 14, 2018 7:35 AM, "Alexander Pedersen" <
alexander.dean.pedersen at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's awesome
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018, 5:11 AM Ryan McKay <yakcm.nayr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I put some time in to the 3D printers at the space over the past couple
>> days.
>>
>> Tried to improve upon the state of the Prusa i3.  I haven't had too much
>> luck in actually getting it to print much better than before, but I did fix
>> it up with an adjustable bed-leveling system.  That took a lot of time so I
>> actually have more time invested in mechanical fixes than software tweaks
>> on that particular machine as of yet.  Not ready to give up hope on further
>> slicer calibrations (print settings) yielding some improvements as of yet,
>> but I am starting to suspect that there are further mechanical issues to be
>> dealt with (getting some oscillations in the X and Y dimensions from layer
>> to layer... loose belts?) beyond the, now solved, issue of the print bed
>> being super uneven.
>>
>> Then I fixed up one of the little wooden guys... got it printing great
>> now, in relative terms.  It's still not as nice as what I'd like it to be,
>> but it's definitely printing better than the Prusa right now.  I'd say we
>> could probably start telling visitors that we actually DO have a functional
>> 3D printer now, instead of the typical "we have some but they're all
>> broken" response... the only potential problem is that this one only has a
>> 12x12x10 cm print volume.  I did all the setup, calibration, and driving of
>> this little guy with my laptop, so maybe tomorrow I'll try to get it
>> running of one of the computers in the space and then transfer over my
>> calibrations.  Once that's done I'll be able to show anyone who's
>> interested how to use it, and I'll probably write up a little quick start
>> guide that could hopefully get a (decently tech-savvy) person from 3D model
>> to 3D print.
>>
>>
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