{"id":1664,"date":"2014-08-15T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2014-08-15T12:53:01","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T12:53:01","slug":"tricked-out-afinia-printer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=1664","title":{"rendered":"Tricked Out Afinia Printer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"afinia-tricked-out-detail\"<\/p>\n

Some time ago my 3D printer (Afinia H479) had an issue with a broken internal part. The part was, itself, printed by an Afinia printer. The folks at Afinia “fixed my printer by e-mail”, sending me a file to print a replacement part, and then sending me a physical one by courier as well, in case my printer was incapable of printing the replacement.<\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

I super-glued the broken part together which held well enough for me to print a replacement, which I put into the printer.<\/p>\n

Perhaps not surprisingly, there are around a dozen or so parts in the Afinia that were printed on the Afinia, many of which are internal and hold the drive belts and other stuff.<\/p>\n

But when my fan hood was causing me some issues with the new, larger clips used for the Borosilicate glass I bought, I mentioned it to the guys at Afinia and they sent me the file, and I made some adjustments, and printed the new fan hood – in blue! <\/span><\/em><\/strong>(Note<\/em>: I already had the file in .UP3 format, which means I could print it, but I could not edit it. They kindly sent me the .STL version so I could make the necessary changes.)<\/em><\/p>\n

It got me thinking. The Afinia software installer comes with all of the parts you may ever need to print, so I thought, now that I have so many colors, why not print one of each in as many colors as I can?<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the result.<\/p>\n

\"afinia-tricked-out-01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You see here a stock Afinia H479 printer, but with some add-ons I have been using for a while.<\/p>\n