In between iterations of my chess set my replicator was hardly idle. Here’s a break down of the things my Replicator and I made today: A fan grill and feed support. I love it when the replicator prints it’s own parts. The fan grill wasn’t particularly necessary but it was so cool and really looks like it belongs there so I don’t …
Action Chess Progress: Triumph!
It is done! All the pieces work. They print well, they go together well, they come apart well, and they look great! Finally I have the chess set I’ve wanted since I was a child. I’m packaging up the files for publishing on thingiverse, but I wanted my loyal readers here to be the first to know that the Action Chess set …
Off with their heads!
Well…. carp. I was testing the new coupling on the pawns and rook and forgot to turn off the “use raft/support” option from another print I was setting up (which I haven’t printed yet but whatever). No problem, I’ll just pop them off an…. Pop pop pop. The tops of every single pawn popped right off. I don’t know if …
The saga of the stuck print
The tool pictured here is called the 5-in-1 painter’s tool. I purchased it on the recommendation of a total stranger on the google groups for removing prints from the platform. See, my prints get stuck to the platform. Really, really stuck. Even letting them cool for 8 hours wouldn’t get them to pop off. I’ve tried razor blades and spatulas but when I heard …
Action Chess Progress = New Coupler
Sometimes pictures don’t do a design justice. I’ve finally figured out a coupling that will mate with itself and print successfully and stable. I’m really happy with this one. New chess design and new print coming soon. Sorry it took me so long to get this report out. Apparently my new webcam software doesn’t do compression and uploading a 3 …
This is genius!
On an unrelated note, “genius” is one of those words that I can never spell correctly the first time. Problem: Printing ABS requires strict temperature control.Problem: Plexiglas enclosures are expensive.Observation: The Replicator ships in a big cardboard box.Solution: Build a cardboard enclosure for your Replicator from the box it was shipped in. Dang. That’s smart. Now, I’m not going to cut up …
How could we get this guy a 3D Printer?
On the Makerbot Google Group future 3D printer owner has received an ultimatum. Lose 10kg (22 pounds) and gain a 3D Printer. Now despite being on the Makerbot forums Oliver de Peyer isn’t shooting for a Makerbot per-se. This is so inspiring to me. Partially because losing 22 pounds would do me no end of good as well (I’m-a trying, …
I miss my Replicator alot
There is an empty place on my table where a replicator once stood. An incomplete chess robot ponders if it’ll need a decoder ring for the manual, alot. So the problems with my electronics was so bad that I needed to send my Replicator back to makerbot for repair. Now I need to be clear, I’m not inadept when it comes to …
Fried.
Remember that post a few days ago when I was trolling to make you think something bad had happened. Well, something bad had happened but it wasn’t really that bad in the end. This isn’t like that. This time something bad really has happened. To save myself from having to tell the story twice I’ll just quote the message I sent …
Nuthin’s printing
I intended this blog to be a frank and open discussion about owning a 3D printer. Well, after 2 week the darn thing isn’t printing anything. Maybe it’s because it was generally too cold. maybe it’s because the extruders are gunked up. Tomorrow I’m going to call around and see if I can get some acetate, clean the extruders, run …