What you've learned about your Cube 3D Printer

[JACulpIII]

I have been using ours with some filament I bought with personal money to figure it out. The team has access to a school commercial 3d printer for build stuff.

Here's what I've found so far...

If there's not much overhang PLA will print really nice most times, if it doesn't jam up inside the cartridge.

ABS doesn't print very well if there's alot of surface area as the ABS shrinks as it cools and lifts badly, getting the glue down just right helps some but I tend to have 3 fails for every useable success with the ABS filament I bought.

There doesn't seem to be a difference between solid and strong, has anyone else noticed this?

I was able to print an interesting planetary bearing that printed as one piece but turns correctly, the stars were in alignment as this one printed first try in ABS.

If we had to pay real cash for it I would have suggested we return it, for 300 FIRST Choice points it's ok, at least we can print give-aways and such with it.

James Culp
Programming Mentor
Team 3389
RoboSpectrum