Fun Projects

3D Printer Dear Diary

This was a humorous attempt at creating a personal teen diary for the 3D printer in hopes that more people would get engaged and participate. It didn't work. I hope I didn't offend anyone by suggesting our type a machine is a brony.

Files

smb://space/sudoroom public data/Projects/3DPrinting - Preferred place to store files
Github: https://github.com/sudoroom/ComicsArtSudoRoom - same as Gittorious
Gittorious - same as github https://gitorious.org/sudoroom-art-projects

Documentation

We currently don't have great documentation right now that covers turning on a printer, connecting it to the computer, calibration, and setting it up. We are working on that.

The current documentation / comic on the printer bed calibration is also out of date, since we have a new printer bed.

Overview

Quick and dirty overview

Turn on the 3D Printer (switch is on the back right side)
Make sure the 3D Printer is connected by USB to the desktop
Start the program Repetier-Host http://www.repetier.com/documentation/repetier-host/
Calibrate the printer
Load your STL file (model of the 3D Printout)
Slice the STL file into G-Code
Print
Post-Print - remove from the 3D printer bed with a razor

Gallery of Creations

RaspBerry Pi print-out
Our Office
Creation
Today I Learned Class
3D printed 2-part rocket. 65mm max diameter, 29mm motor bay, tangent ogive curve with internal 2-way structural ribs and support for airspeed sensor pitot tube at nose.

Older Documentation

Printer Calibration

Background: Original handwritten piece by Jae. This was the primary documentation for most of the early SudoRoom days and was writen down on a piece of paper. It's quite excellent.

Apocryphal Instructions page 1
Apocryphal Instructions page 2
Close up of an ancient hand-drawn diagram by our 3D printing shepherd, Jae

3DPrinting