The very first prints on new 3d printers tend to be somewhat nearly perfect here. Which is strange because first prints on new printers should look ugly, messy, not proportional and overall malformed. What then after some time happens is even more strange. With tweaking and tuning they start to look ugly and all of…
No. 2 lives !
So finally my RepRap Wallace printer is ready to print. This printer is a mixture of the stock RepRap Wallace and sponnets Wallace++ M8 Edition. I choose a Gregs Wade Extruder Reloaded with an passive cooled Merlin hotend. This is my very first print: And this is my second print …
Because building one 3D printer at a time is just not enough…
While building the Rostock Mini (Modification) I came to the point at which all the parts I needed were printed. And leaving my 3D printer resting for maybe weeks without a meaningful task was not an option I started to print another 3d printer. As stable builds are boring and for the anxious and cautious…
DIY hobbed bolt for Gregs Wade Extruder
Several designs and modifications of Gregs Wade Extruder are floating around the internet. I went for Gregs Wade Extruder Reloaded by Jonas Kuehling. The parts printed out nicely and bla bla bla but I still needed a hobbed bolt. They sell for ~5€ on eBay. Five Euros. That are 10 DM. Which is like 20…