[sudo-prints] [sudo-discuss] sudoroom 3D printer back online!

[Steve Berl]

Can you please update the wiki page for the 3D printer with its current
status.

Thanks,

-steve


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> last night I replaced the hotend on the sudoroom type-a-machine 3d printer.
>
> after that i spent a bit of time attempting to print and kept running into
> problems, which i'll list.
>
> it seems that some of the PLA we have that came from type A machines is
> clearly labeled to be printed at 190-220 degrees!  I have always used 185,
> but i guess this is a new formula.  When i set it to 205 it still seemed
> too cold, so i ended up using 220.
>
> You should set the temperature in the slic3r before you export your gcode.
> There are other ways to do it, but if you know them you don't need me to
> tell you.
>
> the other issue is that our spools of filament are dusty!  it's gross. And
> all that dust goes into the extruder and jams it up.  The nozzle is only
> 0.35mm diameter!  so clean the filament spool first (DO NOT GET PLA WET)
> and keep a dust-catcher on the filament before it goes into the machine.  I
> put one on there last night.
>
> something like this would be fine, if we had the right foam, but for now i
> just cut some acrylic fabric and wrapped it around the filament with some
> copper wire to hold it on there.  It should work but check it once in a
> while, or when changing spools.
>
> someone had put tape over the old tape on the platform in a very chaotic
> and haphazard way.  Also there were a few melted spots on the platform
> where a hot extruder had been rammed into the platform and created a little
> vulcano.
>
> I carved the raised spots off the platform with a flat-edged blade,
> leveling them off, and then i re-arranged the tape properly so there is NO
> OVERLAPPING OF TAPE and only one layer of tape.  It is necessary to
> maintain the platform any time you're trying to print if it is not already
> good to go.
>
> I didn't re-level the platform so if someone else wants to do that go
> ahead.  It seemed a bit higher on the left than on the right.  I like to
> get a perfectly cylindrical object and adjust the z-height so it just
> barely rolls under the extruder tip, and then try in four corners of the
> platform to compare the height.
>
> now join the sudo-prints mailing list!
>
> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-prints
>
> -jake
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-steve
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