5th Gen Diary

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Documenting my progress with the 5th Gen MakerBot 3D Printer.. UPDATE I have about 40 prints though this thing now, and after getting the hang of it, i'm glad to say, all my issues have been understood and addressed and i seem to be running well. My first 3 prints on the MakerBot 5th Gen. I'm impressed, for now...(nice little turbofan) Whilst i figure out MB desktop, i'll try to keep progress reports in order. Well, thanks to @johnnyrobot for the turbine design, 5th Gen printed this well, however base did lift of paper somewhat, so its a little out. I have had multiple print head jams, but have reduced this to almost zero, and yes to everything that the forums reports, its a big issue. This is not going to be an easy process for MB to figure out, but i'm confident they will. Anyhow, back to business... This evening, i have printed without issues, i'm going to capture printer firmware version as soon as it finishes printing, but MB desktop is 3.0.1.49 as of this moment. I can't believe i have had 15 hours of run time, with 17 small parts, all of decent quality. ..made a little rose, going to put a neopixel behind it. A few issues i have had, have been, in no particular order, connections issues between desktop and printer, print head problems, PLA twisted reels and failed feed, ending in failed prints, Blue tape releasing from build plate, thus warped components. Camera slow at updating (5 second lag) and bad focus, LED's blowing image away with intense light. Latest version of desktop shows no camera image, it used to work. Air printing on one occasion. Good progress today with quad copter support legs, pictures soon. Thanks to @thomasforsyth, these yellow clips came out great. I captured an image of the printer screen, i actually had an hour left to go. According to this, i have 0% progress, lol.. oh and camera doesn't work now. Instructions My first 3 prints on the MakerBot 5th Gen. I'm impressed, for now...