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07-31-2016, 09:34 PM #3
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Hi
I've built several kits and they all have been drop dead easy to do. Getting everything aligned and working right takes a bit, but none of the work is hard or crazy techno babble intensive. Figure you are spending a month of your time to really understand how your printer works. Unless you go to some pretty expensive gear, the results from a properly assembled kit are very hard to beat.
More or less:
Pick out a kit from a good outfit with good support. (Or plan on a lot more work).
Get the kit and set aside an area to do the assembly
Read through all the instructions, and look at all the parts. Don't put any together, just understand what's what.
Start the build and get a chunk done at a time. Don't stop in the middle of an assembly.
Once the mechanicals are together, make sure everything moves without binding.
Get the electronics wired up and run through the basic checks. Plan on finding wires that are backwards ...
Once the basics are done and checked, do a print. See how it looks.
(from here on, most of this is true for any printer you get)
Start learning how the various pieces of software work and how they relate to each other
Calibrate the software to your printer
Check your prints and adjust your settings
Print up some optional bits and pieces to customize the printer for your use
Check the printer occasionally to make sure something has not come loose
Go back in about two weeks and re-do the final build adjustment steps after the machine has run in
Loop back through the calibration and adjustment process each time you go to a different type of filament.
None of it is rocket science. It's not like building a lathe from scratch. You do need to pay attention to what you are doing. The result will only be as good as the care you take during the build.
Bob
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