rulers are nice, but when you want to tell the difference between 470mm and 469mm, there is no better way than with a stick that is 469mm long. The reprap build instructions suggest you cut some sticks of precise lengths in order to verify that your threaded rod lengths are exact when the frame is …
Monthly Archives: April 2011
completely unsorted reflections on building a clonedel
1) Last weekend I completed drilling out my clondel kit and started bolting things together. Here’s a list of things I realized. 2) Having precisely cut threaded rods is nice, but not necessary provided they are longer than spec. 3) Drilling out the metrix createspace clonedel kit is difficult verging on impossible to do exactly. …
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A Makerbot disaster struck!
I’m not sure what’s been going on with my makerbot, but I don’t like the way it has been progressing! All week long I have been having trouble with my extruder board. I’ve been talking with Matt at Makerbot and he has been super helpful, but we haven’t figured it out yet. It will give …
$10 DIY Makerbot filament spool
I can’t believe it took this long, but I finally had a bad filament tangle last week, and a few aborted prints because my old setup wasn’t working. I really needed to get my filament spooled so that it would nicely dispense, and not jam, tangle, or unspool. I really love the way the official …