3D Printer Whoopsy

Friday 23rd May

Micky, Sarah and I came in at 9am to print our final models for presentation on Tuesday. There was only 1/3 of the plastic we needed to print on the role that was currently on the printer. We all had a class to go to so we set up Wendy to change the roll for us. Unfortunately Wendy forgot, understandable as the Fablab was quite busy that day. 

So we only got this much of out prints printed...

Sphere base. Because of the difficulty of the scaffolding within the sphere last time I thought the results might be better if I printed this model on its side.

Base insert. This is my third print for this insert in attempt to the the measurements right for fitting into the base smoothly and not loose or tight. Luckily the printer printed got to print the little knobs on the sides so I was able to test it out in my previous sphere base to see if it works, which it did. this gave me the knowledge that I could print this again without having to worry about it fitting