Tag Archives: 3D printing

First rule of holes

Posted on February 20, 2015 by paulwallich

I wanted to get something printed before this afternoon’s maker meeting, So when Repetier crashed (it does that on and off) I figured it would be no problem to just restart, reconnect and get the print going. Nerp. Apparently it … Continue reading →

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Less is more

Posted on February 14, 2015 by paulwallich

Yesterday I took off my cobbled-together insulation and installed the simple fix that Printrbot sent out — thank you! Since part of the installation process involved running the bed up to 100c to get the thermal expansion right for tightening … Continue reading →

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Printrbot Metal Plus thermal fixes

Posted on February 6, 2015 by paulwallich

(UPDATE: See the next post for the fix that’s been sent out by Printrbot, which works a treat.) A lot of people have been complaining about the heated bed on the Metal Plus. The original design didn’t heat the bed … Continue reading →

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An organized workplace is a sane workplace

Posted on February 5, 2015 by paulwallich

One of my New Year’s resolutions was to build a bunch of the kits that have accumulated in the basement over the years. Among them a cheap 4-wheel-drive robot chassis (well, actually the previous version, which will become significant in … Continue reading →

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Too clever is dumb

Posted on January 30, 2015 by paulwallich

My nice new printrbot Metal Plus (of which more some other time) has a bunch of holes in the kapton film on the build plate, and it’s my fault. I was trying to be smart, but I ended up stupid. … Continue reading →

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Cupcake Half Aria

Posted on January 10, 2015 by paulwallich

Everyone seems to be printing Aria these days, and it has a high rating for printability, so I figured on putting it to the acid test: my old cupcake.  Darned if it didn’t work OK. I had to scale it … Continue reading →

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Future-proofing the workbench

Posted on December 29, 2014 by paulwallich

I think the workbench was one of the first things I built in the basement after we moved in 14 years ago, out of leftover flooring from the previous place. It’s long since become just one more flat surface punctuated … Continue reading →

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This year with less risk of exploding batteries

Posted on December 16, 2014 by paulwallich

So there was this spot in our living room that was just perfect for an Ikea lamp. The only problem was that we didn’t want to pay an electrician to put in a new electrical line, or a sheetrock/painter type … Continue reading →

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A dumb but nice thing I did

Posted on November 22, 2014 by paulwallich

Here’s what I like about having a 3D printer in the basement. Tonight the 9-year-old had a friend over, and we all got some pizza, and on the pizza were a couple of those little legged-spacer things that keep the … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Green ABS

Posted on November 11, 2014 by paulwallich

There it goes, the last scrap of the first kilo of filament I ever got. Halfway though a print, of course, so I just pushed some lousy glow-in-the-dark stuff — the only other 3mm ABS I had handy — through … Continue reading →

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