• Nearly successful calibration print

    Huzzah!  After breaking a bunch of glass, cursing Kapton, and putting my laptop in the shop I finally have my calibration print.  Not done yet… hopefully I’m not jinxing it. My build plate temperature control seems to be stuck, it goes all the way to max no matter what I set it on.  It’s at 150c!  Much too high. This broke the glass I started with and several pieces of window glass…

  • Bukobot Assembly Part I

    My Bukobot kit arrived yesterday so this morning I got to work. So many parts! I’m in nerd heaven. Whoever thought up this system for connecting milled aluminum bars was a genius. See how the clearance of nuts above the brackets creates slots for the aluminum channel? Also, the channel gap just the right size to hold the 5mm nuts from turning when you tighten the screws. OK that’s it for today.