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No, I'm not talking about the build volume of 1 kg of filament. (Although with low-infill, you should be able to print a full-sized loaf. ) Instead, I'm talking about the growing excitement over at-home production of filament, either from virgin plastic pellets or from recycled plastic scraps. The basic motivation...
Read MoreIt turns out that you can use generic filament (like ours) instead of having to use official 3DSystems cartridges. This can save you quite a bit of money, and gives you the opportunity to experiment with colors that you can't get from 3DSystems. Here's how to do it: Start the...
Read MoreDan Newman has been making lots of changes in "ReplicatorG-Sailfish", an enhanced fork of ReplicatorG that support Makerbots running the "jetty" or "Sailfish" firmware that Jetty and Dan have created to improve the performance of the printers. One of the nicest improvements is the incorporation of PyPy support to speed...
Read MoreIf your Replicator 2 is developing sporadic jumping in the X-axis, it's very likely a short in the X-axis stepper motor cable. This has been reported by a good handful of people on the Makebot Operator Group on GoogleGroups. Basically, what's happening is that Makerbot used IDC flat ribbon cables...
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