Can you see what’s wrong in this picture? If you said “those spindle arms are way too long” you’re right! They are so long, in fact, that they bump into things on the back of the replicator and don’t spin Friggin all day print and I wasted so much time printing those parts too long. So did I reprint new …
New listing on my etsy store
In case it was too subtle in my last post: BAM! For sale. P.S. I’ve managed to sell 2 full chess sets already. The ball’s rollin’!
Updating my thingiverse things
Found myself with some time this morning and since I’ve been tweaking things for my etsy store I figured I’d upload my recent changes to thingiverse. The Hylian shield got an update that dual prints much cleaner. Offering it on my etsy store now. My marked stubby ring stock got an update too with marks that are easier to read …
Dang it, first layer. You had one job…
…TO STICK! Been having trouble with ring bases sticking when printing, but I assumed it was an issue with filament diameter with the new plastic. Then I test printed the pieces for a lego compatable game I made and… still no sticky. Now I think it’s bad geometry because part of all these prints sticks okay. Either that or I …
River, make her blue!
I should really reserve that title line for later since the actual quote ends with “again” but nevermind. I wanted some blue filament. Makerbot was all out so I purchased some from Protoparadigm who are closer to me geographically. When I finally manage to sell some chessbots I plan to buy some red for the opponent chess sets. But for …
Acceleration and you
The replicator 5.5 firmware included acceleration. I’ve been fiddling around with it, had every sort of problem this could have and consequently learned a lot. First of all, “acceleration” doesn’t just mean “going faster”. It also means “the change in speed over time” and both definitions are true for acceleration in 3D printing. The main feature is that instead of …
Chessbots now for sale!
If there is anyone reading this blog who doesn’t have their own 3D printer and has just been waiting for this announcement, this is the day you’ve been waiting for. You can to etsy and get your very own chessbot now. There is an opponent set coming, I just need to spend some development time on it, and the other …
Not back to production yet
It’s been a busy weekend. I’ve been making adjustments trying to get my printer back to the quality it had before without sacrificing the speed it’s gained. So most of my prints have been in the interest of small prints that test the settings. A rattleback, a scaled down the toothpaste squeezer to finish my showdown, finished and uploaded my …
Hoo, look at the detail
Holy smokes that’s small. In the middle is a king from my meta chess set. That’s the only part I’ve printed because I wasn’t sure it was even going to work. What prompted me to try was that I found the magnetic travel chess set that my kids lost the king to ages ago. So I thought I printed the …
Steps to take if you are having trouble with the Replicator firmware 5.5
I am back to printing at an… acceptable print quality. There’s still some dialing in to do but for now I’m no longer failing miserably. Here’s what I did for anyone else who may have a similar problem: Under the “Model to GCode” dialog click “defaults” and click “Load Replicator Defaults”. Under “Plastic” make sure your Filament diameter is accurate. …