3D Printing

Safety First

Precautions with high temperatures.

Precautions with Iso alcohol and other cleaners.

3D Printing Class/Training

Class Material:

Intro_to_3D_Printing_2021.pdf

(9 pages. Includes many useful links on the last page.)

Anycubic Photon Best Resin Settings:

Anycubic resin settings.pdf

Equipment List

The 3D Printing Area consists mostly of Level 2 equipment.

(Additional training is required to use our Level 2 equipment.)

Item Owner Manufacturer Model Number Estimated Value Manual Serial Number Status Problem Description Prusa Mk2s MMU2 PPM Prusa N/A $1,000 N/A N/A Up Prusa MK2S (Haywire) PPM Prusa Prusa MK2S $350 Included N/A Up Needs new bed and backup thermistors. Taz 5 (Mr. T) PPM Lulzbot Taz 5 $1,200 Included N/A Up Taz 5 (Tizzy) PPM Lulzbot Taz 5 $1,200 Included N/A Down Board may need to be replaced. PEI sheet broken in half. Needs new sheet. Anycubic Photon PPM Anycubic N/A $200 N/A N/A Up Computer (Slicing machine) PPM Custom N/A $500 N/A M-DESIGN-5-G Up Computer (Resin machine) PPM Custom N/A $300 N/A M-DESIGN-3-G Up Stratasys PPM Stratasys NA $1,000 N/A N/A Down Monoprice Mini PPM Monoprice Mini E3D Edition $75 N/A 21711 Down Not plugged in. Should work, needs to be tested. Form 2 PPM Form Form 2 $2,500 Included ChemicalBear Down Unable to get successful prints. May need new resin. RapMan 3 PPM Unknown RapMan 3 $100 N/A N/A Down Needs board wired and powersupply hooked up.

Hand Tools

Hand tools that belong in the 3D Printing Area should be marked in Orange.

Return all tools to their proper location after use.

Policies

Paying for Materials:

Leave required payments for filament in the black payment box,

or use the QR code.

Paying for PPE:

Leave required payments for personal protective equipment (PPE) in the black payment box,

or use the QR code.

Scrap/Trash:

Separate scrap PLA and PETG plastics from Trash, so the plastics can be recycled.

Software

Server sw:

Repetier-Server, https://www.repetier-server.com/

Included for historical purposes:

OctoPrint, https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org/index.php/OctoPrint

https://octoprint.org/

Wish List

Filament Wanted:

TODO: Pursue filament donation from Make4Covid

Resin Wanted:

Castable resin received

Flexible received

Ceramic

Wax / lost resin

Upgrades:

Filament Recycler

Showcase

Photo Gallery:

Goal: special model of each filament -- volunteers needed

YouTube:

3D Printed Apple Tv Remote Grip by PPM member Ben Severson

Other Interesting Stuff

Lithophanes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithophane