My first angry shot

[old man emu]

I have a feeling we're getting separated by a common language. What exactly do you mean by "angry"?

Have you ever heard the phrase "a shot in anger"? An "angry shot" just means that one is making a serious attempt to succeed in some activity. In this case, printing something that was not a test piece was my first serious attempt to print a useful object. It was my first angry shot at conquering 3D printing.

I'm printing ABS. Colin said that they find using hairspray is a good means of getting things to stick. I noticed that this print started with a border about two layers thick surrounding the actual piece. This made have helped contain the heat at the edges of the actual piece.

Here are the first few lines of the G-code:
; generated by Slic3r 1.0.0RC1 on 2014-01-15 at 21:09:17


; layer_height = .2
; perimeters = 3
; top_solid_layers = 3
; bottom_solid_layers = 3
; fill_density = .2
; perimeter_speed = 75
; infill_speed = 100
; travel_speed = 100
; nozzle_diameter = 0.4
; filament_diameter = 3
; extrusion_multiplier = 1
; perimeters extrusion width = 0.40mm
; infill extrusion width = 0.67mm
; solid infill extrusion width = 0.67mm
; top infill extrusion width = 0.67mm
; support material extrusion width = 0.40mm
; first layer extrusion width = 0.80mm


G21 ; set units to millimeters
M107
M190 S115 ; wait for bed temperature to be reached
M104 S225 ; set temperature
G28 ; home all axes
G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle
M109 S225 ; wait for temperature to be reached
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
G92 E0
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion

Old Man Emu