Category Archives: Makerbot
SprinterBot — Success!
January 22, 2012It’s alive! I plowed through the rest of the extruder daughterboard and just finished it up. Here’s what I added. The header on the right is for the thermistor. It has a pull-up resistor and a filtering capacitor. The header … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot | Leave a commentSprinterBot?
January 20, 2012I’ve been steadily printing on my trusty cupcake for a long time. And I’ve gotten my prints tweaked well enough, but I’m definitely falling behind in the print quality game. No one really writes Gen3 firmware anymore, and so I … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot | Leave a commentX-Y Lowrider pt. 3: In which I am not going for speed….
April 27, 2011I am still printing parts for the lowrider. Granted, I haven’t been printing every day, but the prints do take a long time. Part 08 took almost four hours. However, the parts are coming out beautifully, so its worth it. … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot, x-y lowrider | Leave a commentX-Y Lowrider pt. 2: Problems
April 17, 2011After several hours of printing, I notices that the edge of one of my parts had curled up by about 3mm. This is a problem for two reasons: 1) Tolerance of the finished part and 2) PLA is dimensionally stable … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot, x-y lowrider | Leave a commentX-Y Lowrider pt. 1 : Beginnings
April 16, 2011I’ve decided to print an x-y lowrider. So I re-calibrated skeinforge, and began printing. Unfortunately, the black PLA is very difficult to photograph. That is part 18, printed at 0.20mm layer height with nearly completely solid infill. It took about … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot, x-y lowrider | Leave a commentClose-Up
April 10, 2011With the arrival of two pounds of PLA from Ultimachine, I’ve been printing everything I can get my hands on. Yesterday, this was Kepler’s Caterpillar Robot. I the interest of awesomeness, I decided to see how close I could get … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot | Leave a commentNew PLAstic
April 3, 2011I ran out of ABS yesterday. I cut it a bit close, too. And after printing two sets of cube gears, the fumes from all the plastic had gotten quite bad. My ventilation fan just couldn’t keep up. I’d heard … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot | Leave a commentThe MakerGear Stepper Plastruder : A Speed Build
March 15, 2011My MK4 plastruder has been struggling with life for a while. First, I had the great motor mystery. Then hot-end troubles. And all along, DC motor issues such as stringing, oozing, and a general lack of precision. Meh. Recently, I … Continue reading
Posted in Makerbot | Leave a commentMore Makerbot Action
February 26, 2011It’s been a while since anything happened with the Makerbot. It being February, Thingiverse has been exploding with new things. So without further ado, I give you the calibration companion cube. It’s been a while since anything happened with the … Continue reading
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