FDM 3D printing in Z

[Glad Pingvin]

After a long wait I finally got a 3D printer for home a few weeks ago but life has got in the way since then and I haven't had much time to play with it since...

 

I have spent very little time setting the machine up and learning all the myriad of different settings so when I first got it I knocked up a quick model of a sort of "maintenance shed" and gave it a try but the result was chronic under extrusion on the layers with the windows.

 

Last night I finally had a couple of hours to to tinker and I managed to produce a reasonable effort on low quality settings and quite a big layer height. When I get time I will have a bit more of a play but I am quite pleased with the initial result.

 

[cteno4]

Wow not bad for low res and thick layers! 
 

jeff