Print of the Month April '18

Hey guys, for this months POTM I thought I'd print myself a little something to tide me over while I wait for my Tesla Model 3...

It's a little supercharger for my work phone!

I have to say, I've been having a few problems recently with the extruder jamming on me and I'm not sure why yet. This meant I had to try three times before I managed to get a finished print of the white sides of the charger...

One of the failed prints

I'm not sure if the new filament I got has gummed up the nozzle, or if it's just time for me to get a new one (it's the same nozzle that came with my printer last year and has had around 8kg of plastic through it!).

I'll keep trying to print stuff but in the meantime I will order a set of new nozzles from Cetus and see if I can get things working again.

Another issue I had with the print was that I ran out of silver on the base, totally my fault, so I had to swap material half way through...

The print itself should have been fairly painless, and if you fancy your own little Tesla supercharger for your desk, you can pick up the models here.

There is also new software out for the Cetus! It seems that they are phasing out the Cetus specific software and moving to a generic UP software. At first glance it looks fairly similar, but I'll do a deep dive at some point and let you guys know the differences in a future blog.

Keeping it brief this week as it's late and I'm a little frustrated at the jammed printer so I'll see you all next week for something hopefully a little more upbeat!

Troez.

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