1 Topic by jabba400

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Topic: Greetings from Kapiti Coast, New Zealand

Greetings all,

Have acquired (after many months of research and battling, and a fortuitous find on local e-auction site) a Solidoodle 2 expert.  Finally fired up in anger last night, printed (eventually) something resembling a snowflake.  Wide, low print, excellent for testing adhesion issues.

Found that flipping the enclosure (for now) eases the filament flow.  Have a bunch of MFP's pulled apart for building reprap (which didn't ever happen), but have ended up with lots of cases and glass (for free).  Top of a brother scanner will be trimmed down and pressed into service as a see through raised lid on the SD2 so that the filament gets easy passage and can see what is going on inside.

Next up is printing thumbscrews and putting scanner glass onto bed. 

Main objective for printer is printing replica / replacement classic car parts (knobs / inserts / etc).  And handy tools and stands.

Am slightly handy (having rebuilt a couple of classic cars and their engines) and moderately technical (being neighbourhood "techie" guy), so 3D has been a bit of a journey and an interest.

2 Reply by bill50here

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Re: Greetings from Kapiti Coast, New Zealand

Well welcome to the group.A good idea using the printer glass and the top is nicely recycled too.If you need help here just ask. I am running a sd2 pro as I can cover with plexi for the cheap and have. Be sure an follow the startup setup recommendations of calibration so the machine is set to better pring.I just made a swiss army knife toothpick so I know they print small. Good luck and may the filament always flow smoothly....