I finally coaxed a full build out of my machine! Having fixed the thermistor problem with much patient help from the forum community, I just let her go on the minimug and sat there to watch and clip the leakage so that I wouldn't have so many stringers. Here are the stats from my machine after the build.
Total Distance Traveled:
2216.6 mm
Total Distance Extruded:
1703.2 mm
Total Volume Extruded:
3406.3 mm
Elapsed Time:
3342.2 s
My machine ended up holding nearly the right temp--about 10 C above what it should have--so I am not so worried about it. Here are the pictures:
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Everything but the actual bits of plastic was the print from tonight. The breadboard is how I did my testing for the C3 and R3 values that eventually lead to me using Steve's cap value. Awesome!
I still have a long way to go, as can be seen. The cup isn't completely correct. The bottom outline didn't fully stick so the print was particularly sloppy up until layer 5 or 6. Then it started getting coherent. The bottom infill pattern came out great though. Perfect cohesion and spacing.
I'm going to get some volume measurements and see how accurate the software is. Not very, I expect.
Demented
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/2008 11:54PM by Demented Chihuahua.
