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Here's another shot of the old brass gear. Note how the peaks of the teeth have been rounded over, causing a loss of traction. After months of fiddling with the printer to figure out why it was misbehaving I saw a video by #Makers_Muse that suggested this might be the issue. Photo by my good friend and our gang's resident scientist Wayne Britton.
initial tests printing qr codes. too thin, the white didn't mask the backing black.
printed on a MakerBot Thing-o-Matic at 3 mm layer height on a .4 mm nozzle.
Printed in ABS, which is too flexible to be useful. Still, a neat print. And if I print in something more rigid, a good comparison.
This was printed before I had the belts tightened properly and yet the end results are still not too bad.
Post processing-- sometimes sanding and then we also spray with a shiny sealant.
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Your model makes a difference in the final print. The Blue Jay on the left had a face where the old stripe was. Even though it was the same height as the rest of the wing, the printer outlined that face. The Blue Jay on the right I deleted the old strip face altogether and made a new face.
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printing better qr codes. still won't scan due to bad reversal settings causing lots of threads.
printed on a MakerBot Thing-o-Matic at 3 mm layer height on a .4 mm nozzle.