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==3D Printer Diary==
==3D Printer Diary==


Our 3D Printer is growing up. It is keeping its own "Dear Diary wiki page"
Our 3D Printer is growing up...  it is a young male brony coming of age. It is keeping its own "Dear Diary wiki page", please help the 3D printer jot down its thoughts.
 
This is a learning exercise, a performance piece, and a form of documentation of collective knowledge.  
This is a learning exercise, a performance piece, and a form of documentation of collective knowledge.  


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* Talk about which parts went boo boo  
* Talk about which parts went boo boo  
* Ask your sudoroom family to bring you more blue tape for the printer bed or other things
* Ask your sudoroom family to bring you more blue tape for the printer bed or other things


==Hardware==
==Hardware==

Revision as of 20:52, 2 June 2013

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3D Printer Diary

Our 3D Printer is growing up... it is a young male brony coming of age. It is keeping its own "Dear Diary wiki page", please help the 3D printer jot down its thoughts.

This is a learning exercise, a performance piece, and a form of documentation of collective knowledge.

3D Printer Dear Diary

  • Log your mistakes in printing so that others can learn from them
  • Talk about which parts went boo boo
  • Ask your sudoroom family to bring you more blue tape for the printer bed or other things

Hardware

We currently have the following 3D printers:


Files

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The current documentation / comic on the printer bed calibration is also out of date, since we have a new printer bed.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

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.

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