unboxing. installed ... next message first use with ABS

Plate just arrived... i'll try a print tonight and will post some pics.

its funny that you mention chisels, one of the tools i use is a very sharp chisel, i put the beveled aged flat on the bed service, and tuck the sharp edge under the edge of a print, and then push down, prying the print up, works well. .. of course with that much leverage, if its really stuck to the ...

How do you plan on preventing damage to parts of the machine under what your cutting while using the l-cheapo... i definitely looks like an interesting thing to try.. but i am curious what you use under whatever your cutting.

I was talking on IRC with someone who had tested it themselves. it doesn't last forever and i couldn't get an exact life expectancy from them as .. frankly i don't think they were counting prints.. but thought they easily got 100+ prints on it... but supposedly it stays flat. This is one of those 'i...

For what it is worth the print went fine at 300 mm/s, print was about 6" tall multi part print. I do recall having skipping problems way back before I put this printer on the shelf for a while and resolved it by lowering speeds. I can't remember if it was the xy speed but I'd assume so. since I upgr...

i have one on order, i'll post what i think once i get it.
i ordered mine direct from printinz.com not adafruit

This should be interesting, I started a long multi part print with the x/y speed set to 300mm/s, not realizing it and ha don e of those.. holy @#$! moments ...realized I had not changed them. I would have stopped the print and restarted it, at a lower x/y speed... but its pretty far along... so migh...

OK, so I got the 12864 graphic smart controller working - (connectors were reversed pin 10 is 1 so had to file off the tab to reverse them) also got it on the network, and successfully accessed it via web and via telnet. see pics: I didn't take pictures of all the menus. the settings and controls ar...

i did the same ring test print at .3 layer height with abs, just to see if i would similar results to tim, and i did using the latest firmware. like tim, to even see the ringing i had to get a good reflection. it looks bad but it really isn't. without a direct reflection, you cant see it. print-x.jp...