Shawn's Printed DRK-1

[kresty]

Finally got the front of the body sphere printing on the Z-18. Working great, though I'm not going to be able to pick up the print before Monday.

First attempt had file system on USB stick wrong, then had file format wrong (Simplify implied it was done, but it still needed to convert file formats and I was apparently impatient).

Next day I'd addressed that, but neglected to notice that the bottom of the model was kind of an unprintable shape with a thin line on the first layer and then the "real" bottom layer trying to print in the air.

Today I got the squared-off bottom on the printer and it's behaving well. I also changed the 1st layer settings to extrude more, slow down, and offset the z-index a bit. (Probably overkill, but sticking is way better than jamming one of the $200 "smart" extruders).

Hopefully it'll get done and I can print the rear on Monday. Front says it's a 9 1/2 hour print. Rear is over 11 - and that's not including the 10-15 minute heating time.