{"id":217,"date":"2015-02-11T22:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/?p=217"},"modified":"2015-02-15T02:09:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T02:09:01","slug":"solidoodle-3d-printers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.n4n.us\/wordpress\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Solidoodle 3D Printers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had high hopes for printing in 3D, maybe too high.<\/p>\n

A few years back I purchased a MakerBot Kit, from MakerBot. Which took almost a week to build, align and get working. But it did a fair job at printing 3d objects. But we wanted better.<\/p>\n

So I order a Solidoodle 2nd Generation printing. Much sturdier I thought, will work much better. First day the extruder broke, mostly due to a different method of loading filament than the MakerBot. My fault. I purchase parts to repair the head, and even a replacement head. IT NEVER printed a 3D model as good as the MakerBot, which is sad.<\/p>\n

Then last year Solidoodle introduced the Press, a self leveling, unibody 3D printer. Ordered, and waiting 5 months. At first look the printer is impressive. large 8x8x8 print area, filament holder inside the case. I was excited.<\/p>\n

Went through the calibration \u00a0test run, hopes quickly died.<\/p>\n

Filament doesn’t adhere to the print surface at all, but it holds on to the extruder very well.. Prints one big blob of plastic.<\/p>\n

On top of that the print bed rises to meet the extruder, when printing completed or it stopped, I fully expected the bed to lower. The print bed didn’t\u00a0lower. So for big handed users like myself getting in the printer to clean the blob is difficult.<\/p>\n

So, in no way can I recommend this printer. I’ll detract this if Solidoodle support gets back to me with fixes.<\/p>\n

[UPDATE #1]<\/strong><\/p>\n

After getting the standard, set temp higher for both extruder and build plate, and spraying the build plate with hair spray. I finally got what has to be my best print ever.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_0648\"<\/a> \"IMG_0646\"<\/a> \"IMG_0647\"<\/a><\/p>\n

HOWEVER!!<\/span><\/p>\n

When I attempted to print a second box today, in greater detail, the extruder was clogged. I attempted to increase the temperature to the extruder, extruding 100mm of filament and retracting the filament. However all I got was a \u00a0thumping noise out of extruder head. Emailed tech support, AGAIN. And of course they are closed on weekends.<\/p>\n

~David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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