The New 3D Printing Thread

Some of you may have noticed on one of the other threads that I mentioned I had a problem with my Ender 3 printer.  Basically the 'x' axis was binding on the right hand upright, causing it firstly to make some nasty noises, but also preventing it from printing any higher than about half an inch - which is a bit limiting.

Anyway today I finally got time to look into the issue and after disassembling the frame, removing the x-carriage (that is the cross bar that the extruder assembly/hot end travels along and moves up and down), I thoroughly cleaned everything to remove any build up of dust or greasy substances.  Then set about adjusting the frame.  It turns out that someone (not me I hasten to add) had leant on it once too often and had caused the uprights of the frame to twist slightly out of alignment.  So I adjusted them back to true, adjusted the offset of the two ends of the x-carriage and generally tidied everything up.  Once all tightened and re-assembled, bed re-levelled etc... I set about producing a test print, I went for a small vase in 'vase' mode (basically it lays down a constant stream of plastic as it circles round the design) as this is the quickest way to test for accurate vertical movement and even extrusion. 

This is the result a perfect little vase (about 6 inches tall);



Now back to my prototype Rebecca Thomas Mini