SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — First prints - plug & play (no calibration)

Re: First prints - plug & play (no calibration)

2012-11-01T20:01:27Z

cmetzel wrote:

Yeah I'm a fan of the functional prints as well. That way when you tell people you spend North of $500 on this machine they don't say "that's an expensive cookie cutter"
Check out the video below, lots of 3d printed parts I want to reverse engineer just for fun. Especially at the 1:30 mark.

I'm always a fan of Gears for showing off the functional aspect.

Re: First prints - plug & play (no calibration)

2012-10-29T19:49:51Z

Yeah I'm a fan of the functional prints as well. That way when you tell people you spend North of $500 on this machine they don't say "that's an expensive cookie cutter"

Check out the video below, lots of 3d printed parts I want to reverse engineer just for fun. Especially at the 1:30 mark.

Re: First prints - plug & play (no calibration)

2012-10-29T19:19:00Z

Good stuff! Have you tested it with a full tub of water to test the functionality? That has some promise for several other applications.. It would be really cool to try and create the entire spout.

First prints - plug & play (no calibration)

2012-10-29T14:57:55Z

I figured more "straight from the box" print examples couldn't hurt for potential customers. I think for straight out of the box the printer is very impressive. My bed does need to be leveled which became apparent when I attempted a much larger print, I am working on that now using Ian's Dial gauge mount.

This was my first print, the companion cube.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:13588

Christmas Tree cookie cutter,
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14462

This is my first functional print, a replacement water cooler lever, very happy with the results.
I found a full assembly on GrabCAD and was able to remove the parts I didn't need in Solid Works and print this.