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| PeterE:
OK, the test fit turned out good and now all things are square in all desired directions. The box frame is therefore glued up properly and after some filling and sanding the first of a suitable no of coats of paint is on. (Sorry for the crappy cut-out but I didn't want to scare you with the mess taking the view away from the printer frame.) The red shop colour strikes again - and looks nice with the dark grey (gray?) baseplate. More pictures coming as new parts are added. /Peter |
| picclock:
Hi PeterE Good to see your project log. I think you started as I went on holiday. Will start mine soon once the workshop is sorted (a week or two). The graphic display is very good although I could not use software to adjust the contrast (adjusts fine with the pot on the bottom left). I think we will end up with very different machines so the comparison/similarities will be interesting. There are a number of mechanical points about this design which I do not understand, and quite frankly make no sense to me, so my version will be quite different in some ways (not necessarily better - though hopefully so). On a slightly different topic I am building mine with a view to using the octopi wireless interface ( http://octoprint.org/ ), so that print jobs can be started, paused, and visually monitored from any web enabled device. Might be worth a look if you have not already seen it. Good luck with your assembly, watching with interest. Best Regards picclock |
| jcs0001:
PeterE I've not had anything to do with 3 d printing but am interested. Will be following this thread to see how it goes - thanks for posting. John. |
| PeterE:
picclock, Good to hear that you will also start a build thread, that will give a good overview over different ways forward using different techniques and other choices. As this is my first 3D build I will follow the standard description quite closely to learn. John/jcs0001, Hopefully everything will go as I plan - but what ever does - so I hope this thread shows both good things and things that tend to go wrong. This is also my first try in the 3D printing area, and as I said in the first entry; this will take time as I build as I go and quite a lot of stuff is still on its way in. Currently I am (eagerly) waiting for the printed parts. :drool: BR /Peter |
| nrml:
If you are ever stuck needing a spare or replacement part printed, let me know. I'll print one off and send it by post. |
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