No Foolin', the next Dayton 3D Printing Meetup at FabSpace is scheduled for Thursday, Apr 2nd. Meetings occur on the First Thursday of the month at 7:00PM. The location is at The Old Yellow Cab / FabSpace ; 700 E 4th St. Dayton, OH.
Last month was really exciting talking about 3D printing at the short fuse AFRL Makerfest. This month the challenge is for printer owners coming to the Meetup is to produce the GE Jet Engine desktop model. There is an awesome set of instructions and we have two more-or-less confirmed prints. They won't generate much thrust, but the models are printable and include some great details.
A couple tips for printing BIG.--Time: Be prepared for hours of machine time, especially if you add multiple parts to the prints. --PLA: New formulations have very little expansion to cause curls compared with ABS. --Settings: Plastic extruders can and do fail during long prints. Tweak temperatures and retraction for the material and test on smaller prints.--Bonus: A bad SD card, power failure, or computer update restart can just ruin your day!
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