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Fan arrived yesterday. I seem to have an extra fan connection on my makerbot "Mighty Board" revision E. I'd need to find how to turn it on and off using Makerware, or perhaps just leave it run?

I thought I was going to be stuck for a week with a negative balance. That didn't happen (yet). Have one coming.

I now have the "Low Detail" fan shroud printed. Hmm. Might have to wait to get a 40mm fan.

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I put holes instead of slots. Seems there is always a disruption where the bottom is, so I made the bottom thinner and moved the end labels up. Unfortunately, I moved the footprint logo to the...

I think I've played with this box plenty. Perhaps time to do something else.

I widened my slits to 1mm and it put a support in each one. They're really hard to get out.

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The little 2mm...

Not yet enclosed and I don't yet have the extra duct and fan.

It seems you have to get the duct in two steps: Print the old one, then use the old one to print the one.

Might not have any money...

With vertical slits, better labels and decorative holes:

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There's a tiny crack along the left corner, but no laminations separated. The lettering on the front is a little lost in the...

Interesting.

Having trouble seeing them in makerware. You put them through the wall parallel to the layers?

Round holes would look good in the box.

Googling for more information gets me an...

Well. Still don't have any PLA. Too much bills at end of paycheck.

I played with settings in Makerware and got pretty handy at printing 3cm tall tardises in red ABS. So I tried the power supply...

Hmm. The money is a little short of the bills. Ok, I'll get some PLA next time I have some money.

Anybody want to buy some ABS filament? Maybe I can ebay it.

Another friend suggested that. Have a little money. Well, I should have some later today.

Hay! It almost worked.

I put LOTS of slurry, then for a hood, I put a blanket over the whole thing.

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You see it peeled up a bit on the left edge, but it managed to make the box.

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Tried the slurry method with the same results. Perhaps I don't have enough plastic dissolved in my acetone?

Ruined! The bottom of the object broke away from the raft.

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So it tried to print the next layer in space.

I think this one isn't going to work. See how the raft has peeled up in the corner and the bottom has peeled up from the raft.

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So, with a hood to keep things warm and an extra fan shroud...

Oh. I see. You make the hood over all the moving parts. Kindof obvious, eh?

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23386

Oops. I think you call this a fail.

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Using makerware, it seems to tangle the nozzle in the last layer and rips it up. The first two tried weren't this interesting. "I believe you are trying...

"Did you even look? Stickied on the first page!"

Got it. Tried it. Printing something now.

Here's the little TARDIS. I'm rather pleased, though it's really hard to photograph. Now to paint it...

Oh. The flashforge forum at this site. Duh... I was looking and looking and looking.

"no way you should ever get that with pla."

Is that why pla is popular? Works better. These rolls are all abs. Printed the tardis smaller and it came out quite nicely. I'll snap some photos.

you mean the flashforge forum at 3dhubs.com?

My second attempt. It came out a little bigger than I figured. This is the "Parametric Tardis" by "Gossamer." I set it for 75mm, and that's how high it made the main box, but there's about 15mm more...

That's a pretty big haystack to find a needle in.

Figured it out: Generate the gcode first. It seems to scan the gcode to make the s3g file.

Makerware desktop: You mean this one?

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For my second attempt, ReplicatorG has the generate to s3g button disabled. It will make gcode, but not s3g

Just downloaded makerbot desktop and will try it.

Oh. How much did it cost?

Original purchase at junk shop: $50 for printer and 4 spools of filament.
Power Supply: $49
A bit of red and black...