Re: [birmingham-hack-space] Rostock printer

[Tom Hodson]

I love the cooling setup and your print quality is amazing, were those support structures on the Socrates model difficult to remove?

Tom

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Mike Simpson <mi...@jackel.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Tom asked me for more info on my Rostock printer at Makerfair a couple of weeks ago. I have just got to grips with video editing, so you will find my first effort at:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tM17pXZQls

Mike

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[Mike Simpson]

The visible cooling setup wasn't active on this print as it is mainly for ABS - Socrates' bust was done in PLA. The only cooling was from the exhaust air from the heatsink. The top of the support structures came away cleanly and without a mark being left. Where the bottom of a support is on the model, like the supports for Socrates' beard resting on his chest, there was a witness mark - noticable on inspection and very annoying because removing it would do more harm than good. Some out of sight places, such as the very bottom of his beard and the lower surface of the bust did need extensive filing and sanding and will never look good - but they are completely out of sight.

Mike

[yt...@discreetsecuritysolutions.com]

That's a novel design, and clearly it works well.

Nice work.
N