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I know…I said I’d update more, but life has been busy.
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I’m not dead!
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Things have been stagnant on this blog – a bit more than usual, I suppose. But this time, I have a good reason, I swear!
My E3D Titan’s Here!
As I mentioned in my last post, I ordered the Titan last week as part of the Prusa i3 Upgrade Kit and it arrived today along with some sheets of 3M 468MP adhesive I had also ordered recently from Digi-Key (despite also mentioning in that same post that I was worried about messing something up). Just in time for my birthday tomorrow, too. A shout out to Dan, Lawson and the E3D team for their awesome service and getting this to me so quickly, and thanks for the sweets! Boy, I can’t wait for the weekend. I want to install it right now but I don’t want to do a rush job, either.
New Extruder: Update #2
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So, widening the groove on the new direct drive extruder didn’t turn out well. Even with a larger cut-off disc, it was difficult to widen the hot end groove. I ended up cutting too deep and exposing some infill – not good, that would allow more heat to creep into the body of the extruder, probably eventually resulting in a meltdown.
New Extruder Update
So, as per usual it’s been busy for me, and unfortunately 3DP0 has been sitting idle for the past few weeks or so . Luckily, I snagged some vacuum bags and a couple of large moisture grabbers from the dollar store and had some extra desiccant packets lying around. This allowed me to finally store my unused filament without worrying about dust or humidity. Everything’s in a dark closet for now (I plan on buying some bins with lids to store them soon – maybe also a drying bucket / lamp setup too). Now, about that extruder…
Upgrades and Updates
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So, I don’t have much this time, except for some news and things up-and-coming.
3DP0 Goes to Work!
Hello everyone! It’s been quite some time since my last post. Things have been busy for myself (and my wife – who’s now @ a new job) and I just haven’t been able to force myself to get in front of a computer after hours.
Mounting Board and Power
While I could leave the printer as-is and just drop it on my workbench desk, it would be an awful mess and to be honest, the Prusa i3 Rework single sheet frame isn’t all that stable on it’s own. Dropping it onto a project board (basically a semi-finished piece of pine on the cheap as it’s not a perfect cut / surface) will help, but ultimately later I’ll need to brace the frame – which will be secured to the same board as well. That’s the topic for this update – and RAW POWER too, of course.
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Overdue Update
Man, I forgot just how consuming a DIY project can be. I’ll confess that I’ve been working on and off on the printer for about 3 weeks now – prior to that I was just waiting for everything to arrive in the mail.
Well, where to begin? I suppose getting the “gotchas” I ran into out of the way would be a good start.