SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

Re: My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T22:32:07Z

Another thing I found helpful.

After you have your Z set about right, mark the front of the screw with a paint line or something. That way if you play around with your Z height you always have a reference mark to go back to (unless your a full turn off which is way off anyways).

Re: My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T19:12:08Z

Set Z height, and level the bed and you should be good to start. Get a feel for it.

...you don't look so good, maybe you should go home sick.

Re: My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T18:07:09Z

If yours comes like mine did- the extruder will be tight against the bed. Manually turn the Z screw to lower the bed it if this is the case.

Re: My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T17:59:19Z

My advice, for what it is worth, is to first check to make sure that your Z height is correct so you won't experience running your nozzle into the table or tearing your kapton (this should be spot on from the factory but I still checked).

After that start printing away. Many I think start tweaking things right away and get themselves in a mess. That is ok once you have experience since mod it is half the fun but just enjoy it the way it is for awhile and print some stuff!!

Re: My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T17:54:27Z

You can most likely print right out of the box (After the software is setup and all).

My solidoodle is waiting on me!!!

2012-11-16T17:45:47Z

Its finally here!!! Its at my house and Ill be checking it out when I get home from work. I cant wait!! This day is going to go by so slow now. LOL Any advise for a first time user? Should I level the bed first, or update the firmware, or can you print right out of the box?