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Saturday, June 27, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 13: Nuts and bolts

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Small nuts and bolts seems like an interesting challenge for a 3D printer. You need accuracy in all 3 directions to make sure they are circu...
Friday, June 26, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 12: Adjustments

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I suspect 3D printer owners go through three phases once they start running prints: Printing calibration and test objects. Printing new p...
Monday, June 22, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 11: A week of prints

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I've had the printer, now dubbed moosebot, working for about a week now. The quality of the prints varies quite a bit. In general I am h...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 10: Breakthrough

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At the end of the last posting, I had just blown up the electronics. A replacement Mega and RAMPS arrived the next day, and I was soon back ...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 9: The Gumption Trap

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Robert Pirsig, in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , introduces the notion of a gumption trap, a situation where you set out to sol...
Friday, June 12, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 8: Race to the Finish

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Now, the last few steps of the construction. Step 23: end stops, 1 hour. The parts inventory goes wrong here. This step calls for 3 M3x18...
Wednesday, June 10, 2015

3D Printer Project, Part 7: Going Electric

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As mentioned at the end of the previous part, I ordered a replacement RAMPS board from Amazon ( this one ). It's well made with clean an...