Buying/Building My First RepRap
Posted by MaFraL
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Re: Buying/Building My First RepRap May 27, 2012 09:21AM |
Are you printing yet? 
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Re: Buying/Building My First RepRap May 30, 2012 09:55PM |
Okay, I'll hook it up that way. Thanks. Here are my RepRap and my power supply. I'm about to power it on and hopefully get the firmware on it and start calibrating and printing. 
I ended up going without the wire wraps, so my wires are an ugly mess, but it should work anyway.
The round connector supplies 12v to the Gen6 board and the heat bed is just getting alligator clips for now.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2012 10:17PM by MaFraL.
I ended up going without the wire wraps, so my wires are an ugly mess, but it should work anyway.
The round connector supplies 12v to the Gen6 board and the heat bed is just getting alligator clips for now.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2012 10:17PM by MaFraL.
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Re: Buying/Building My First RepRap June 01, 2012 09:53AM |
I'm having some trouble with my extruder now. It tends to jam a lot when it's trying to extrude. When I was calibrating and tried to send 50mm of filament through it, it would consistently seize up before the end of the filament. Does it not melt PLA fast enough to push that much through at 300mm/min? I did manage to get something of a print out of it (intended to be a solid cube), but it randomly jammed during that and resulted in terrible quality. I'm guessing I also need to change settings in Skeinforge to improve quality; the object isn't as dense as the printed parts that arrived from MakerFarm.
I did notice that my heat bed is a little uneven, I'll have to look at that later. Also, it does seem to work well when it's connected directly to a 12V lead from my ATX.
WildBill, why couldn't you have posted that two weeks ago?
My self sourced parts came out to over $700 so I went with the kit. That was a little over $600.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2012 09:55AM by MaFraL.
I did notice that my heat bed is a little uneven, I'll have to look at that later. Also, it does seem to work well when it's connected directly to a 12V lead from my ATX.
WildBill, why couldn't you have posted that two weeks ago?
My self sourced parts came out to over $700 so I went with the kit. That was a little over $600.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2012 09:55AM by MaFraL.
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Re: Buying/Building My First RepRap June 02, 2012 01:29AM |
More prints, better prints! 
First four attempts to print the "cube." In order from earliest to latest.
A 25mm diameter by 25mm high cylindrical container with a lid. Just to print something other than a cube and to make something of my own.
I seem to have more success as I tighten down the clamping mechanism on the extruder and raise the temperature to around 240C. I'm wondering if I ended up with ABS instead of PLA. The title of the product page on Amazon said the plastic I bought was PLA and the item number further down the page had "ABS" in it. The description didn't do much to clear it up either.
First four attempts to print the "cube." In order from earliest to latest.
A 25mm diameter by 25mm high cylindrical container with a lid. Just to print something other than a cube and to make something of my own.
I seem to have more success as I tighten down the clamping mechanism on the extruder and raise the temperature to around 240C. I'm wondering if I ended up with ABS instead of PLA. The title of the product page on Amazon said the plastic I bought was PLA and the item number further down the page had "ABS" in it. The description didn't do much to clear it up either.
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Re: Buying/Building My First RepRap June 03, 2012 12:43PM |
I printed a whistle from Thingiverse at 200C. The body came out fairly well, aside from some small holes. There was some trouble bridging the large gap to make the last side (the cause of the holes). The plastic sagged somewhat. The whistle also had a 'pea' in it. This was supposed to be a sphere, it also sagged and deformed. Could I expect a lower temperature to help with the sagging, or is there an adjustment I could perform in Skeinforge to fix the issue? If I cover the holes in the side with my finger it does whistle. The pea doesn't bounce around and change the pitch like it's supposed to though.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2012 01:31PM by MaFraL.
The pea doesn't bounce around and change the pitch like it's supposed to though.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2012 01:31PM by MaFraL.
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