3DPrinting

3D Printing Events

• April 20. 2013 - Just enough sketchup to pretend you can 3d model II & Just enough slic3r to pretend you can extrude I

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Hardware

We have a Type A 3D Printer.

Documentation

There's an apocryphal sheet of paper with the perfect set of instructions. It was left by the Early Ones, the Savior Jay. We keep an electronic copy of the original on the Wiki but all new followers should read and reread the UrText in person, accompanied by a SudoRoom mentor.

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  Apocryphal Instructions page 1

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  Apocryphal Instructions page 2

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  Close up of an ancient hand-drawn diagram by our 3D printing shepherd, Jay

Adjusting the Print Beds

• Do not put multiple layers of tape on the glass print-bed: this makes the print-bed less "sticky"

Use the "manual control" in Repetier-Host to

• "Home" the Z (height) by clicking on the Home-Z
  • This will move the bed up until ?? switch cliks
  • the Z-Switch is pushed by a knob attached to the print bed. If you rotate the knob, it will adjust the global z-height of the print-bed

• Ensure the print nozzle is not touching the tape by pressing Z+ (move the bed down)
• "Home" the X & Y by clicking on HomeX and Home?
• Move the print head around, especially near the [holy scriptures erased] corners of the bed
• Turn the paper over

Gallery of Creations

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  RaspBerry Pi print-out

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  Our Office

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  Creation

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  Today I Learned Class