my first large printouts

I finally summoned some courage and printed two larger parts.  I saw a wind turbine that my friend, Ralph Lemnah, had created, and decided to try to design and print a similar structure, only in miniature (his is about 4 feet high; mine is about 6 inches).  I created a 3D model in Sketchup for 1/2 of the structure, flipped (mirrored) it, and then printed both the top and bottom parts.  Prints were at 0.1 mm, and took about 6 hours each. I now wonder whether there was any point in printing at 0.1 mm.  I imagine that slicing and printing at 0.3 mm would have been faster.  BTW, Slicer took over 10  minutes to slice this model: I had never seen anything take more than about 1 minute before.  I cannot imagine how long it would have taken Skeinforge.

Although part of my bed is 0.010" (about 0.3 mm) lower than the rest of the bed, the part stuck to the bed reasonably well.  When I finally popped the part off of the bed, the bottom of both parts showed a pattern that clearly showed which parts of the bed stuck well and which did not.

I was concerned about cracks appearing in the parts (as documented by others on this forum), but none appeared.  At one point, while printing the 2nd part, the computer paused for about 30 seconds: that did result in a visible line in the part, but it remained structurally sound.

I am feeling as if my Solidoodle is now a production machine.  I start the job, make sure that the base sticks properly, and then go away, for hours.  Imagined idea to 3D model/design to finished part in an afternoon.  This is why I purchased the Solidoodle!