3D Printing

The 3D printing station is one of Noisebridge's Fabrication Resources. CHANNELS: We have a #3dprinting channel on Slack. RESOURCES: We have a number of 3D printers documented below which are available for use. EVENTS: We used to have weekly Replicator Wednesday. Want to restart it? Volunteer to make them happen again! MAINTAINERS: 0

RECRUITING! Maintainer volunteers wanted, consider volunteering to become a maintainer. (Edit)

PRINTERS WE HAVE

Working Printers

• Creality Ender 3 (x2)

Broken Printers

• Creality Ender 3 (x2)
• Creality CR-10
• Creality CR-10 Mini
• Geeetech A20M
• Monoprice Maker Select Pro Ultimate

Unknown Status

• Monoprice MP Select Mini (x2)

Filaments

There are many colors of filament spools to use for printing projects. Take note of which plastic type your filament is and choose settings appropriately. Using PLA is strongly recommended in almost all cases.

PRINTING GUIDELINES

• Do not leave 3D printer jobs unattended. Leaving print job will result in project being tossed.

3D PRINTING HACKSTATION DESIGN

The 3D printing printing hackstation is a kiosk with the following items necessary for 3D printing:

• 3D printer
• Pegboard
  • Blue masking tape to coat the build platform.
  • Wedge to scrape builds off of the tape.
    • Autobody chisel works best.
  • Ruler
  • Duster spray can to clean out parts
  • Files to file down parts
  • Scraps box for recycling of wasted parts.
  • Showcase box for showing cool things to inspire people with.
  • Cleaning Reminder Sign: (Please help keep NOISEBRIDGE tidy by keeping this area clean.)
• Overhead Shelf
  • Filament spools rack
• 3D Printer tools box
  • elmers glue
  • Kapton tape
  • box cutter
  • usb cables of various ends (micro, b)
  • screw driver
  • plastic scraper
  • allen keys

Wish list:

• sandpaper
• working 3d printers

PROJECT IDEAS

• Design a 3D printing merit badge (3D printed in a merit badge shape with velcro attached to the back).

• Giant 3d-printer

- canabalizing 2 makerbot replicators

Would you like to help organize a new weekly 3D printing workshop?

If you are interested in organizing a new regular 3D printing meetup or reviving Replicator Wednesdays, do it!

• Let User:Lxpk know and he will assist with updating the wiki and organizing your event or project.

Past 3D Printing Things

• We used to have Makerbot printers.
• We used to have Professional Postcard Printer
• We used to have Replicator Wednesday. Want to restart it?
• There is an outdated 3DPrintBeginners guide page that could be a source of good material for this updated new page.