This is an example of the slanted palm that we attempted to print. It did not work. :(
We have decided to ditch he making the prototype hand and focus on the magazine that we are making. The reason we decided this is because to repair this 3D printer would take almost three weeks! In my opinion I think this was a good choice because I don't think we would've had enough time for both anyway.
Today we got a response to our email, this got our hopes up, but it was not good news. It turns out we need a part that is only able to be repaired if we send it back the the company. So, right now we are debating if we should send it back or not due to the fact that we are in the middle of our unit, cyborg.
Dear MakerBot support,
Thank you so much for the quick response. We are running the latest version of software on the computer and the latest firmware on the printer. Per your instructions, we have tried resetting the printer to factory settings, cycling it off and on, and it still is printing slanted. The printer is still making the grinding noise when it moves on the build plate threaded rod and also when the extruder moves along the X- axis, we have attached videos of both instances. When trouble shooting online we noticed lubricator maintenance for other models but we can't find anything for the replicator 5th Gen. Should we lubricate the axis and if so what type of lubrication is required? We also tried printing a high resolution cube, to our dismay that print was slanted also. Attached are some pictures of the tilted prosthetic hand parts and videos of the grinding noise. Shipping: 1001 Knapp Street, Chetek Wisconsin 54728 Name/Number: Sara Gregorich 715-781-8625 Serial Number: S02239520 Firmware: 1.7 We look forward to hearing from you so we can continue to complete our class project! 7th Grade STEM Class Today we are in the second round of printing a prototype hand. We began printing the medium size fingers. My team decided to print three fingers at once, we thought it would be safe to do three at once because last week we tested out our model by printing a pinky finger, and it worked. We are taking a time lapse video of the printer printing so we can see it happen in a quick form. Throughout most of the printing we had to watch it print so it didn't get any "blobs" ,which we call them, and ruin the print. More later this week!!!!!!!!!
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