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<\/a><\/p>\nAt about 3 hours, the print bed slipped backward just about .5cm. The rest of the print went fine, but the damage had been done.<\/p>\n
I printed a few smaller items after this with no problems. I made sure I used the software’s maintenance window to move the bed back and forth to see if I could catch any problem. It looked fine. So I printed a few small things, and they all worked ok.<\/p>\n
Then Sunday morning I decided perhaps it was just a momentary problem and it had worked itself out. I re-printed the figure.<\/p>\n
As you can see, at around the same place it slipped again. The height is not likely the issue because the first two slippages happened far lower in the model.<\/p>\n
But what’s particularly disturbing in this<\/em> case is that it slipped twice, and after the slippage the print just went all to crap. It seems to be a progressive problem now.<\/p>\n I will try one more test print tonight, but nothing that’s going to take 4 hours.<\/p>\n Looks like she’s goin’ back to the shop again.<\/p>\n Now, some may think: “I told you. This tech isn’t ready yet”, I hear ya. However, when I opted to buy into a 3D printer at this fairly early stage in its development for the home, I knew full-well what I was getting into. I knew I was basically beta-testing the technology, but hey, I bought in figuratively and literally. I do not mind being part of the crowd that helps perfect this technology.<\/p>\n In a few years I expect to be printing in much higher resolution, with no support material, and in multi-colors. I expect the 3D printer progression to be similar to the home paper printing progression. Right now we’re at the dot-matrix stage. It won’t be long before I have a color laser printer (like I actually do for printing on paper.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the past two days I noticed some slippage in the front\/back motor mechanism of my printer. I first noticed it on a small print. Part of the whole print just shifted about .25cm. Then later I noticed it shifted … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n