Hackaday: Unless you are under age 20, there are probably things you know now that you wish you knew growing up. Even on hacker projects, it isn’t unusual to do better on your second whatchamacallit than on your first one. After all, you learn something each time and apply it to subsequent builds.
[James Lewis] (sometimes known as the [Bald Engineer]) has spent a couple of years with a 3D printer. He says that as of March this year, he had used the machine for about 75 hours. Since then his usage went up to 300 hours because he’s finally learned his lessons about how to get good prints.
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This article doesn’t say a lot. In fact, it only says two things. First, level the bed. The second is to use a good slicing program. Anybody who has done any time of machining or construction will tell you that having a level surface is one of the keys getting a good result. The next concept in the article is really about preparing the 3d printing file or object before starting to print. This is something that I haven’t had a lot of experience with, but I know how important it is to understand the concepts. A lot of the concepts in the article, and the video, are taking basic 3d printer concepts and expanding on them. The video in the article focuses on using a particular software program to prepare for printing. While I appreciate the instructional video on the use of the software, it may be more useful to discuss generic practices for 3d printing.
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