![]() I chose a teacup which I downloaded free from because I thought it would be a good test of various qualities of the final product: I then adjusted the print gap using a sheet of paper as instructed and was off to select my first test. Nonetheless I found one and just as quickly returned home and meticulously leveled the print tray. I resolved the problem with a quick trip to Walmart where surprisingly few “wrench sets” actually contained a 7mm wrench. I hit my first roadblock – the 7mm open-ended wrench to level the printing plate was not in the box. So, I thought that would be a good project to gear up toward but first it would require some test prints, learning, tweaking, and some smaller building block projects.Īfter un-boxing my new Cube 3D printer I quickly fingered my way through the instruction manual, installed the print cartridge (with the provided neon green PLA cord), the printing plate (which is glass and simply snaps in with a small magnet), and booted up the printer. ![]() What would I print? I recently spent an exorbitant (at least given the final product) amount of money on the “necessary” tools and materials to fabricate a cup holder that would perfectly match the aesthetic of and replace the ash-tray in the center console in my Maserati (nope, they don’t come with cup holders – not mine anyway). After shipping in just shy of one week I had my printer and was ready to begin playing. ![]() ![]() And again, if you’re like me, then you also bought one immediately after reading the announcement (no, I’m not big on waiting). If you like your toys as much as I do than you no doubt are already familiar with the recent announcement that Staples will soon be selling 3D Systems Cube 3D Printer in stores in the very near future. ![]() This post might be a bit outside of my usual scope of IT Operations but certainly inline with the developer/toying mindset that lends itself to my writing about things like the Raspberry Pi. ![]()
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