October 14, 2010
Description
If you've seen any of my other weird stuff, you'll have noticed my stupid camera crank ( http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3930 ) and the issues I've had getting it to print cleanly. I'm happy to report after a number of little issues ironed out, I've got a pretty usable part and a fairly clean print with a few minor nitpicks. The catch with this part is that it stays so hot printing the stem, it warps a little, stays mooshy longer than it should, and kind of gobs up a little bit.
One evening I sat here as it printed and I blow onto the the print as it layers up. The most recent 3 layers stayed a little soft, but the problem was reduced exponentially. So I thought, why can't I make a tiny fan, kind of like the direction bothacker investigated ( http://bothacker.com/2010/06/22/keep-it-cool/ ). Because RepG0018 doesn't really utilize the COOL function with aplomb, I figured, fans are worth a shot, so I built one, but I directed the air to a finite point, since I don't want to perturb the HBP or the nozzle temp as it prints.
License:
GNU - GPL