Thanks for the tip. I sent this along to our STEM teacher, maybe some of our students will take advantage of it.

I for one am happy with Fusion 360, and I'm afraid to get waist deep in learning a new CAD environment.

I had a similar issue that you can find here: http://forum.makergear.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3770 I went through the official support on the website and after quite a few troubleshooting back and forth's, we determined that my carriage was not seated well with the X gantry rail. Makergear sent me a ...

who are these people? OP is probably real but the others?

or maybe it's all a sham?

If you're running your printer 24 hours a day for weeks, and taking that many orders, you may want to just call the glass a wear item and plan to replace it monthly. Or just get a Mic6 aluminum plate from one of the friendly forumers and be done with it.

Slic3r drops your configurations in the users roaming folder. An example address as follows: C:\Users\Matt\AppData\Roaming\Slic3r Just replace "Matt" with your login name. The problem with storing your configs in that location is that most people don't bother backing up the AppData folder as it tend...

So I want to do similar to this, but I'm not sure how to do it on the cheap. A granite surface plate looks nice and the cost is low, but the shipping is steep. any suggestions where to find a massive foundation for the printer that wont take up a lot of desk space. I was thinking of cement, but ceme...

I'm on the same boat as Ed, Im 2+ years in with the M2 and the school I originally started with didn't want to fork out for a S3D license if they didn't have to. So I learned and now I don't necessarily see the need to spend $130 for software that is just a bit better than what I use. The main downf...

In doing more research on the topic (referred to as "ringing" on several other websites) I found another suggestion to help minimize the condition. Orient the parts on the print bed so that perpendicular outside walls/faces lie at 45°angles to the travel X/Y axes. This makes sense as it would reduc...

much better, still some room for improvement, but that comes with practice, and fiddling. Good luck and I hope you keep at it!

PLA will never have the heat resistance that other plastics have. People like PLA because it prints so fast and easily at a low temp. It is great for draft work and toys. But these qualities make it more susceptible to heat issues. I believe the best progress you could make is to increase it's glass...