RPM First Prints

Little octopi!

These guys are adorable. Experimenting with bed temp to alleviate warping. Printed in ColorFab yellow ABS.

Second Print

First layer height is way too high, but I let it finish anyway. PVA glue seems to accept a massive variation of Z height. Printed in ColorFab Yellow ABS.

First Print!

First completed print! It looks a little rough, but not as bad as some of the other printers I've built for the lab. The nickel fits almost perfectly, and slots are only slightly undersized, both probably due to shrinkage. Printed in ColorFab yellow ABS.

My parents came to visit and brought down the RPM so I can finally work on it in my spare time! Although my workshop is tiny, I make good use of the space and have a pretty fully featured tool set. The first prints are here! My thermistor in my cheap J-head failed and the hot end melted spectacularly quickly, so I've resorted to using the provided x-truder. Most forum posts complain about it, so I might have to move on to using the E3D Chimera I've had tucked away more quickly than I planned. Although the prints are pretty low quality, note that the stepper drivers were limited to 8x microstepping for the moment, and the nickel ALMOST fit perfectly on the first try in the calibration object.