The Making of a Maker

I am sure that I am no where near done having my printer learn me lessons but thought that I would take a minute to capture some of those le...

My printer is in it's terrible twos.   It went through a period of printing stability and still has its moments.....until an axis decide...

equals iteration, iteration iteration. The most extreme of the overhangs was the most challenging, and in fact, is still not perfect.  Int...

Until the stepper gremlins showed up.   My printer is eating Pololu Stepper Drivers.  At 8 quid each. I got a new stepper yesterday and ...

Here is a photo of my printer as it stands today.  I have integrated a number of customizations that I will talk about a little below...

Decided that a spare hot end should be on hand so ordered one from China.   Takes a while to get by which time my current hot end has become...

This is part of a series of posts describing my adventures with 3D printing, and specifically, with a Prusa I3 RepRap Kit.   The first of ...