So at just after lunch this afternoon my 3d printer arrived. Whoop whoop. Unfortunatly we were up against it at work so he ( yes it's a he ) sat on a bench in the corner until we finished for the day.
Cut to six thirty and I went at it like a kid on christmas day....
Okay, so first impressions ?
Somebody wants to be Apple don't they ? A well designed bit of packaging for sure. Thinking about it I bet they have the icube patented anyway but you do look at that box and just want to graffiti the i on it.
Now if this was apple you would open the box to find a printer whose body has been machined out of a single piece of aluminium.
Not so the cube. Aah, bless it's plasticky little cotton socks.
Any way as my car is still in the garage I had a couple of hours to kill as I was waiting for my fiance to finish so set about getting it up and running. Pretty easy setup, really was idiot proof to be honest with you.
So I know I said I was going to print something original for my first piece but it's been a long day and the option of just smashing out one of the free files was to hard to resist.
Rook anyone ?
Only printed for about five minutes before I got my orders to leave but it was enough see it in action.
Did panic a wee bit when the start of the print just seemed to spread green shit around the bed but after a few passes it was starting to lay up.
One thing I wasn't expecting is how hypnotic it is I could sit and stare at that for hours i think.
And the noise it makes as it prints does it for me as well for some reason.
Hopefully get it running something tommorow and see what happens. Thinking may a piece of the pipboy2000 as I can compare against my friends Ultimaker.
Chow chow for now.
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