For quite a while now I have wanted to produce the chassis parts for the Hull Pixel Bot and now I have a working 3D printer I can get stuck in. The first part on the plan and possibly the simplest is the ball bearing skid socket. They are fairly solid cylinders and I need two. They are also pretty small so the print time is low.
I download the stl files from Thingverse then slice them in Cura, exporting as gcode for use with Repetier and my Nfire1.
On the first attempt I got about 20% of the way through the print before one of the Nfire1's belts slipped and the printer head went off center. I did much better on the second attempt, but again slippage added some interesting effects. In this case burning and distorting the print.
After tightening all the belts on the Nfire1 which meant undoing and re-doing some cable ties I managed to produce a decent print of the skid.
After tightening all the belts on the Nfire1 which meant undoing and re-doing some cable ties I managed to produce a decent print of the skid.
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