Today’s contraption sports another 3d print. This time its a dolphin phoneholder. It’s standing upside down, as the paint on it is still drying. When done it will rest on the flat bit, the phone will hook behind the tail, and rest with its back against the snout

So after day 171 twice (copy paste fail!) here’s the final print. I’ve started painting it, but with the tools i currentlly have at my disposal i dare not go into the insides, there’s too little wiggle space.

So before I’m gonna print my own stuff, I’m still, well, calibrating the printer, see what settings work best for it. And for that I’m using some other peoples builds, and in the meantime printing out some awesome stuff. Like a steampunk gears cube. Not all of it is finished, and as you can see, i still have some issues with stringing (the tiny strands of plastic that jot out from the main piece). But its still looking rather awesome i think.

As promised yesterday, I continued with my printing, and am proud to show off my first successful print, a little dude who can hold your phone for you.

I’m almost done setting up my 3d printer. By now its fully functional, but I still need to get a bit more familiar with what works for this device, and to fine-tune it. Like the correction after autoleveling, what surfaces stick best, and how to get an even print. The picture included here shows a phone holder being printed. Unfortunatly, the foot started come loose after a couple of layers, so I had to stop it. I hope that tomorrow I can show a proper print of this little helper.