Thanks for making this thread, I had neglected my preventative maintenance and just now inspected the extruder motor mount. its severely fatigued and needs a replacement.

We only deal with PLA in our classroom for its simplicity, would PLA be enough at 100% infill for this part?

I want to make a single or double layer print which has an image or a pattern in the infil, or basically the extruder's path. Is there any programs that will generate gcode that will print an image or text in the infill instead of rectilinear or honeycomb infill? this idea came about when a friend o...

is this your first print? Edit: nvm you stated that you did this before (i assume) how about filament issues, how is the quality of the filament and what is the diameter, using a micrometer to find out its true size. I might suggest that it was caused by a filament feed issue, which could be solved ...

What have you done for calibrations? was this the sample print delivered with the printer?

The sample prints should produce "ideal" factory finishes so the gcode should be good.

Make sure you Z axis is good and bed is leveled.

I recently noticed that the corners of my plate looked a bit chipped, in the way that brittle glass for lenses can chip away at the edges. Haven't had any issues as major as that though :/ As far as stickiness goes, I put the first layer down at 65C and then let it cool to 60 for the rest of the pri...

No worries JSC, just had me scratching my head wondering what I was missing.

I would be glad to see your settings, Insta. Are you using the V3b extruder?

hello I'm back! Had some successful prints, No pics yet but we are going to finally start printing the students creations today, I will make sure to post some of their works of art :p @JSC, Thanks for the info, but I'm a bit confused. here are my settings for now... Screen Shot 2015-01-07 at 8.47.05...

Thanks for all of the help everyone. I think at this point the printer and the workflow is suitable for the classroom and we can get the kids on Tinkercad. I will continue to fiddle with things and try to get the printer 100% so please send along your recommendations/spitballs. Right now I'm doing o...

You're right, insta! Thanks!

Well thats where I'm confused, I don't have brim enabled. it's set to 0mm

heres the finished print...