Monthly Archives: March 2011

I want to try and get my calibration better for the support and I thought I’d give the Insight calibration a try. You get to it from the main menu – modeler – properties, then click on the micrometer (hey … Continue reading →

While I had tools out, I thought I’d take a crack on the FDM 2000 head. It had a big puddle of melted model material over the inlet buffer that need to get cleanned up. I started like I did … Continue reading →

I ran a tray of parts I’d run before to check out the head repair I did. When I was starting the job & I tried to ‘LOAD’ the model material, I kept on getting torque errors. That made me … Continue reading →

Things aren’t getting done without the printhead, so I tore into it today. It seemed a bit too packed in there to just cut filament: Moving the stepper wires, uncovers the capscrews holding the drive to the mounting plate: Only the … Continue reading →

Arrggghhhhh — guess I’m down for awhile! —John

I’ve been falling behind in my posts and this is an attempt to catch up. Back on 3/2/11, I did some special parts to test the backlash that I think I have in the FDM 1650 X-Y Stage. There were … Continue reading →

I’ve added two CAMs to monitor the FDM operation when I’m not around. They are: The FDM Cam The Desktop Cam Take a look and see what’s running…. —-John

The last tray of parts run at 90% Flow, 255 Degree model tip temperature, Insight sparse build were done when I got in today. The pictures: Still have the unattached outside edge, tried to get a photo below: And the … Continue reading →

This run finished yesterday morning (90% Flow, 255 Degree model temp, Insight sparse build) looked better than the lower modeling temperature. The pictures: The tips seemed a bit gummier but not as bad as the solid builds at 100% Flow: … Continue reading →