How do you guys pronounce NAS?
A friend and me were talking about this the other day. He pronounced it NAZ. We debated about it and I told him that NASA is pronounced NAS (with an S and not a Z)
How do you guys pronounce that word?
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Thursday 20th September 2012 16:42 GMT
One more thing OP
Oh and one more thing. For me and my bot, attempting to print as low as you have placed your nozzle messes my prints up. When I have my nozzle that close to the build platform, my first layers are smooshed against the platform and sometimes even the nozzle itself drags against the kapton tape and puts divots in it.
I print somewhere in the neighborhood of .5mm above the platform which would be probably 10-15 pieces of paper. To be honest, I just kind of eye-ball it.
But for me, printing as low as you have your nozzle doesn't work. Granted, I'm on those crappy threaded rods, but still...
Thursday 20th September 2012 16:41 GMT
Oh, and don't take the whole 'applying the kapton tape without adding bubbles' too seriously. I end up replacing my kapton after about 20 prints or so due to the fact that I accidentally cut it all up when attempting to remove some of the prints from the board. After a while, trying to apply that kapton without bubbles becomes a pain in the butt.
Now, I just cut two strips and lay them down as best I can. The bubbles in the tape seem to effect the prints little.
Thursday 20th September 2012 16:39 GMT
I have a Makerbot - I don't think you are configured correctly just yet.
So I have a first generation Makerbot Cupcake (batch 15) which took me about a year and a half to get printing decently enough to be proud of.
I run my nozzle at 220 and my heated build platform at 120.
I'm not sure why you are printing that very block-like object with a raft. You shouldn't need a raft with that print. The only time I print with a raft is if I'm printing balls, or objects (such as cars) where the points of contact are few and far between.
I don't have the replicator, but I believe that unit comes with 'endstops'. Do you have your endstops setup? If so, you shouldn't need to 'home' your bot before printing and thus should not need to stick a piece of paper under the nozzle to check the height.
I don't think you are quite built correctly yet. You need to head over to the Makerbot forum and ask JetGuy about your warping issues. You shouldn't be warping and if you are you are probably printing too hot.
I encased my bot with acrylic plastic from Lowes which REALLY helped out with my printing.
Here is one of my latest prints. It's the Mars Curiosity rover. Check it out and let me know what you think.
http://imgur.com/7RqMd
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