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Revision as of 05:52, 24 November 2015
Noisebridge's 3D printing station is one of our Fabrication Resources.
We have:
A Flashforge Creator printer
Works, a clone of a MakerBot Replicator Dual Extruder.
this is the wood frame product, similar to the Creator Pro model made of plastic.
Printing from your own laptop
- Software Installation
- You need FTDI drivers installed: FTDI Driver Download
- You need ReplicatorG
- Software Configuration
- In ReplicatorG, the machine driver to select is Replicator Dual.
- Generate GCode from your STL file.
- Click Connect to device. (If you have trouble, see Connection Troubleshooting below.)
- Connection Troubleshooting
- Connection error: The serial port named '/dev/tty.usbmodem1411' could not be found.
- It may not be turned on and plugged in.
- Connection error: The serial port named '/dev/tty.usbmodem1411' could not be found.
- Printing Troubleshooting
- It stops printing midway through.
- Are you browsing the Internet memes with Replicator in the background? It can't print very far in the background. Alt-tab/command-tab to bring ReplicatorG to foreground every time it stops and it will resume. This is one of the main reasons to start using the SD card to print: You can use your computer for other things without slowing down or stopping prints.
- It stops printing midway through.
Printing from an SD card
- Put files ending in .gcode on an SD card
- Insert SD card into the side-facing slot on the front right side of the case.
- Press DOWN ARROW till you reach Print from SD card
- Press CENTER SELECT
Printing from the Threed printstation PC
A Threed printer computer station is connected to the printer.
Filaments
Many colors of filament spools to use for printing projects.
ABS Plastic
- Feedrate: 80
- Travel feedrate: 80
- Temperature: 230 degrees C
- Print on yellow kapton tape
- Smells like cancer
PLA Plastic
- Print on blue painter's tape
- Smells like Canadian maple syrup
The wrong plastic can damage the printer and make your prints look look like drek.
Getting the Flashforge Creator printing: http://goo.gl/3mwCkk
If you are interested in organizing a new regular 3D printing meetup or reviving Replicator Wednesdays, do it!
There is an outdated 3DPrintBeginners guide page that could be a source of good material for this updated new page.
Let User:Lxpk know and he will assist with updating the wiki and organizing your event or project.
Things to print
Past 3D Printing Things
- We used to have Makerbot printers.
- We used to have Replicator Wednesdays. Want to restart it?