Hi Dust, count me in! I just hope it doesn't end up being on 12 August - I will be away that weekend Keen to see what other people have created.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Hi there, does anyone know of companies in Christchurch which offer 3d scanning? We've got some bits to scan for work. Cheers, Mikaelby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Hi there, Has anyone had any experience with either the K or the Minimalistic Mk7 extruders? In one hand, the idea of getting rid of the gears sounds good, however I think the filament feed is going too fast, resulting in lost of print quality. K extruder Minimalistic Mk7 Thoughts? Mikaby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Yeah count me in as well.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Yeah, it was a very productive night! Looking forward to seeing the pictures. Mikaelby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I'm bringing my Mendel. See you thereby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I'm terrible with names so I suggest name tags, as silly as they may look. Handy to help associate the username to the face I can take care of tags if needed.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Nice one Dust. This date suits me well.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I run an older Ramps 1.2 on Arduino Mega with Sprinter firmware and Printrun/Slic3r. All works well. Currently finishing ghetto heated bed.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
that's my hand raised there! I've been to the Makerspace in Dunedin and they are quite an organizaed bunch. They have a room with workbenches and tools and stuff, it looks nice. We obviously wont start like that, but it might be something to aim to. I assume we should bring our printers to the meetings, for that we need a lot of bench space ( or floor space at least) and that might be tricky.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
nophead Wrote: > BTW, how is that overhang supposed to print? It > seems completely unsupported. It was printed with the support. I stopped the print half way as there was too much warping going on. I borrowed a small piece of glas from a nearby picture frame and will try with the PVA priming solution tonight.by ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Ok, I finished calibrated my printer, then I felt brave and decided to print a set of Herringbone's gears as a trial. The result was astonishing, so then I decided to print a set of Greg's Extruder, and then I got cocky and stuff went wrong. Namely warping, hence me writing here in despair. Is there any way to get the PLA to stick to the print bed without heating it up? Will it stick to cold glaby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
I have calibrated the printer the best I could and I'm working out the Slic3r settings now. Printed parts look good, on a 0.5mm nozzle I get 0.3mm layer height and the finish is pretty good, no warps or bubbles. What sort of accuracy do you guys get on your prints? I printed a cylinder 80mm in diameter and I get from +0.2 to -0.5 variantions in the diameter. Am pretty happy with that at the momby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Thanks again Dust, you've been super helpfull! I successfully loaded and printed a 10mm cube today, for the first time ever!!! So stoked! Still a long way to go, the cube is 9.91mm one way, 10.17mm the other way... but 10.05mm tall, which is good! The cube looks a bit bulgy on the sides but i guess that's just because the part is too small and it doesn't cool down in time. I still can't rotateby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Thanks for the reply, Dust. I have uploaded Sprinter and downloaded the ready-to-run version of Pronterface with Slic3r from the Printrun wiki. Do I load the STL file using Pronterface, Slic3r or Plater? I can't find instructions anywhere. I can control the printer using Pronterface but I can't load a file. I tried using both the "Load File" button on Pronterface and the "Slice" button on Slicby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group
Hi all! This is my first post. I am also located in Christchurch and would love to see something like a Reprap builders group in town! I started building a Prusa last year, I got a set of parts from Paul (Hackerspace Dunedin), and found the mechanical side of the build to be lots of fun. I've done a few changes to the printer while building it, Am using DU bushings (teflon coated me thinks, mayby ekman - New Zealand RepRap User Group