{"id":251,"date":"2013-02-04T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/?p=251"},"modified":"2013-02-05T08:02:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T12:02:41","slug":"solidoodle-3-first-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/2013\/02\/04\/solidoodle-3-first-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidoodle 3 First Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After setting up the printer using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solidoodle.com\/how-to-2\/how-to-install-software\/\">Solidoodle&#8217;s settings for Repetier<\/a>\u00a0, I proceeded to level the build platform, test its flatness, and proceed to the first test print. \u00a0The platform was found to be about 0.04&#8243; (~1mm) out of level. \u00a0Once leveled, one corner is about 0.005&#8243; (~0.1mm) low, and the middle of the platform is high by 0.009&#8243; (~0.2mm) making the bed slightly convex but within an acceptable tolerances if printing the first layer with 0.3mm.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solidoodle 3 - First Print\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Etw4XUmIn9s?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This print job went as well as can be expected for not having tuned anything beyond the stock values. \u00a0In fact, we will be using it with a couple classes of 3D design students this week! \u00a0However, the plastic is not sticking very well to the supplied polyimide tape even after cleaning with acetone and isopropyl alcohol (our Solidoodle 2 has been working like a charm with the original polyimide tape since last fall). \u00a0This does not matter much as I will soon be installing a removable glass plate with it&#8217;s own polyimide tape for printing (should be flatter at least).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/2013\/02\/04\/solidoodle-3-first-printing\/dsc00099\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-252\" title=\"First Test Print\" src=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/02\/DSC00099-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"First Test Print - four connected letters for CTLT, and the print shows a bulging near the bottom of the print but is pretty good otherwise.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/02\/DSC00099-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2013\/02\/DSC00099-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After setting up the printer using Solidoodle&#8217;s settings for Repetier\u00a0, I proceeded to level the build platform, test its flatness, and proceed to the first test print. \u00a0The platform was found to be about 0.04&#8243; (~1mm) out of level. \u00a0Once leveled, one corner is about 0.005&#8243; (~0.1mm) low, and the middle of the platform is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9306,9300],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ur","category-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/ti3d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}