Printing with the Printrbot Play

Last week I purchased the Printrbot Play as an experiment to get back into 3D printing after such a long hiatus (I know!).

After printing a calibration cube, I decided I needed to print something more utilitarian...here comes the Simple Toothpaste Squeezer (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:867811).  The Printrbot Play is an awesome starter printer, much more so than my original Printrbot Simple (wooden version).  This printer is all metal, has belts instead of string and a metal bed, which surprised me the most.

If you ever wanted to dabble into 3D printing, I highly recommend the Printrbot Play.  It's a steal for the price!

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Minecraft Creeper - Part II and III with Assembly

This is a continuation of the Minecraft Creeper project, with the printing of the body and the clip, which joins the head and body together.

Overall the final two prints came out decent, however there was warping of the body near the legs.  The last and final "oops" moment, was while I was putting the Minecraft Creeper together, and I broke the clip, while inserting it into the head.

In hindsight, I should have examined the body and head closely and noticed there were a small "cross beam" inside each chamber, to which the clip notches fit perfect.  My biggest tip to you, the reader, is to carefully examine this as well, so your 3D printed Minecraft Creeper comes out perfectly.

Below are the time lapse videos of both the body and the clip, along with final assembly (where you can see my mistake).

Part II - Printing the body:

Part III - Printing the clip, with Assembly:

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Minecraft Creeper Print Series - Part I

Today I printed the Minecraft Creeper and was able to film all three parts with the GoPro Hero 4 Black.  Unfortunately due to the length of time for the Creeper's head and body, I elected to split the video up, into three parts, so the video did not become boring or monotonous.

Time lapse video of the Minecraft Creeper's head:

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3D printing the Fallout 4 Keychain

Earlier this week, I found a Fallout 4 keychain, and with the game coming out in a few months, I wanted to add this to my keychain with my car keys.  As mentioned in previous posts, using the MatterControl Touch, I quickly sliced and printed this object in about an hour.

Overall the print came out very well, however there was some stringing of PLA in between each letter, and along the letter "L"s.  Using the Octave 3D printing tool kit, I was able to quickly remove the stringing and clean up the lettering.

Some slicing/printing information:
Print time:  1h18m

Filament: 1.75mm PLA (Natural color)

Filament Needed: 1223mm

Quality: 0.1mm

Print Speed: 40mm/s

Outer Perimeter Speed: 28mm/s

Infill Speed: 40mm/s

Infill: 80%

Shell Thickness: 0.8mm

Temperatures: (Hotend) 180C, (Bed) 60C

Printed on:  SeeMeCNC Orion Delta

If you are interested in watching the time lapse of the SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printing this Thing, check out my YouTube video here:

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Printing the "Nonlethal" Door Stop Multitool

For the last week we have had very windy conditions, and with the windows open, we had a few doors slam shut and generally disturbing the peace.  With that in mind, I found this Thing on Thingiverse and proceeded to print it rapidly.

Using the MatterControl Touch and printing at 30% infill, my SeeMeCNC Orion Delta proceeded to print.  Overall, there were no curling or lifting of any of the "teeth" of the Thing or even the "bumps" along the top of the multi-tool.

After a few test drives and trials, the door stop multitool work like a charm.  I am in the process of printing a few more for the kitchen, office and even the bedrooms.  If you are looking for another Thing to print, I highly recommend printing this.

Time Lapse YouTube video of the entire print:

Some pictures of the print, post cleaning and test uses:

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Work Log | Printing the Coin Cup Holder

Hello everyone,

This week I printed a Coin Cup Holder to help organize my change after the work week.

Using the MatterControl Touch, I downloaded the STL, and using the built-in slicing software, the MatterControl Touch quickly sent the GCode to my SeeMeCNC Orion Delta and off to the races the printer went.

Unfortunately I did not realize I had set the infill to 40% at the time, however after about six hours, I checked in and saw my printer was no where near finished.  Per the MatterControl Touch, the print still had another six hours to finish, and it was not far off.  At roughly 11 hours and 31 minutes, this Thing is the second longest item I have ever printed.


Clean up wasn't too excessive with this Thing, thanks to the very few "points" where the hotend has to go from one far point in the X-axis, to another point in the X-axis.  There was very little need for sanding or filing of the edges.  When it came to actually adding the coins to to each individual chamber (there are segregated chambers for US pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar coins), I was able to add them with no issues.  Each chamber can hold up to 50 coins (confirmed with pennies and nickels), so you can easily sort and count them before you roll the coins into a coin roll.

Overall I would highly recommend printing this for organizing your coins, and reduce the amount of clutter in your change jar.

Additional media:

Time Lapse video of the 3D print:




Photos:

Work Log | 3D printing a GoPro Hero Seat Post Mount

Worklog

Last weekend I received a request from a friend to print him a seat post mount for his mountain bike, and found this Thingiverse item to print (GoPro Seat Post Mount by tonecoder).

After slicing the part, and putting it through the SeeMeCNC Orion Delta, the part came very well, with some rough spots of stringing along the hinge of the mount.

Pictures from the print (after 20 minutes of sanding and removing brims):

Slicing/Print information:

Print time:  3h:12m:37s

Filament: 1.75mm PLA (Natural color)

Filament Needed: 11453mm

Quality: 0.1mm

Print Speed: 15mm/s

Outer Perimeter Speed: 28mm/s

Infill Speed: 20mm/s

Infill: 80%

Shell Thickness: 0.8mm

Temperatures: (Hotend) 180C, (Bed) 65C

Printed on:  SeeMeCNC Orion Delta

YouTube video of the print in action:

Time Lapse | Printing the GoPro Seat Post Mount from Thingiverse

Work Log | 3D printing a GoPro Hero Chest Plate

Worklog

Earlier this week I printed out a couple of the GoPro Chest Plate, courtesy of Maxxi from Thingiverse.  Overall the SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printer printed this part very well, at 80% solid, with no defects.  The only remaining items left for this part, is to install straps for the chest harness, and to add a camera mount for the GoPro Hero 4 Black.

Pictures of the print post processing:

With some sanding and filing I can clean the edges even more.
Slicing/Print information:

Slicing/Print information:
Print time:  3h:12m:37s
Filament: 1.75mm PLA (Natural color)
Filament Needed: 11453mm
Quality: 0.1mm
Print Speed: 15mm/s
Outer Perimeter Speed: 28mm/s
Infill Speed: 20mm/s
Infill: 80%
Shell Thickness: 0.8mm
Temperatures: (Hotend) 180C, (Bed) 65C
Printed on:  SeeMeCNC Orion Delta


YouTube video of the print in action:
Time Lapse | 3D Printing the GoPro Hero Chest Plate

Thingiverse item:
Gopro ChestMount

Work log | 3D printing an under desk cable tidy clip

Worklog

Earlier this week I printed out a couple of the under-desk cable clips, courtesy of natko from Thingiverse.  Overall the SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printer printed this part very well, at 100% solid, with very little defects.  I still need to mount these on my desk and route the cables properly.  Even with the warmer temperatures out this spring, this part never curled off of the print bed;  That is the magic of blue painter's tape.

Pictures of the print post processing:

With some sanding and filing I can clean the edges even more.

Slicing/Print information:

Print time:  2h:47m:9s
Filament: 1.75mm PLA (Natural color)
Filament Needed: 9978mm
Quality: 0.1mm
Print Speed: 20mm/s
Outer Perimeter Speed: 28mm/s
Infill Speed: 20mm/s
Infill: 100%
Shell Thickness: 0.8mm
Temperatures: (Hotend) 180C, (Bed) 60C


YouTube video of the print in action:
Time Lapse | 3D printing a cable tidy clip

Thingiverse item:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:796100

3D printing a rhino for the week

After several days of delay, I finally completed the 3D printed rhino thing from Thingiverse. Unfortunately, while I couldn't print the legs in time, I was able to print and sand both parts. Sanding the rhino's head took the longest, after removing the burrs from the ears, horn and around the neck.

Below are the time-lapse video and the Thingiverse thing I made (linked from the original source courtesy of Amaochan

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Time Lapse of the Rhino

Rhino 3D Print

[worklog] 3D printing a batarang

This week - printing a batarang!

This week I printed a 3D version of the batarang, from an STL file created by japhillips87 (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:471818).  When I first imported the STL file into Slic3r, I noticed there were a few errors along the sharp points of the wings.  Using the NetFabb, I was able to repair the errors in the STL file, then I exported the repaired STL file, and finally imported the repaired STL into Slic3r.

Using my default settings in Slic3r, I was able to generate fairly good gcode and exported that to an SD card.  My SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printer took approximately two hours and six minutes.  Unfortunately during printing, the skirt pulled off of the build plate and the wings curled upwards.  I was able to clean up some of the stray plastic "strings" along the ears, but I still need to work on the wings.

Overall I'm satisfied with the print, the STL file was very well designed and the SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printer took very little time to print.

Print/Slicing settings:
Filament: 1.75mm PLA (Natural color)
Filament Needed: 2834mm
Quality: 0.1mm
Print Speed: 20mm/s
Outer Perimeter Speed: 28mm/s
Infill Speed: 20mm/s
Infill: 100%
Shell Thickness: 0.8mm
Printed on: SeeMeCNC Orion Delta printer

Time lapse video of the entire print:

3D printing the batarang!

Thingiverse
Batarang

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