Printing Again!!!

Now that my brothers wedding is over and I have caught up on things that fell to the side, I have had some time to start printing again.  Since I was having some trouble with PLA before and some luck with ABS I thought I would work with the ABS for a while and see how things were working before trying to figure the PLA out.  The part I tested on was something I have been thinking about since I got my new Droid X.  The speaker is on the back and it does not carry the sound to the front very well, also I thought it would be nice to have a stand for it.  So I designed a dual purpose stand/sound director. (my first useful, non-reprap related, design.)

Here you can see the inlet hole for the sound (lower left)

A test print to check the fit on the phone (you can see the sound path)

24min 40sec to print

My first test print (slot for phone was too small and I had a de-lamination toward the bottom)

As you can see I am currently printing very well with ABS.  I could tune it in a little better but I am pleased with the results (especially with no heated bed...)

I think I may print a few more parts with ABS then go back to PLA and see if I can work out the bugs.

Some Old School Fabrication and a Parts Delivery

As I have mentioned before, my brothers wedding is coming up next Saturday and I am making the dress, kilts, and belt buckles.  Here are some pictures of the progress so far. (and more over here)

(The design was drawn by me and embroidered by my mom)

(Preparing the skirt to be hemmed)

(Serging the hem before sewing on the horse-hair braid and turning up the final hem)

The dress is almost done and I am going to start my kilt tomorrow (My brother and his friend are making thier own).  It will be a busy week...

On RepRap related news I recently received an order from MacMaster-Carr and once the wedding is over I hope to get back to debugging and building some new heater designs using my new drill press.

(1/4" brass threaded rod, acorn nuts, tee nuts, 5/8" PTFE, and ceramic insulation)

(6' each of 1/4" PTFE and 5/8" aluminum)

Willow is still sad :-(

The extruder skips and seems to have a lot of back pressure (no matter what nozzle combo I put on).
I guess it is time to get some help from my friends at Metrix Create: Space, but maybe not until the end of august, after my brothers wedding (since I am making the dress and a kilt...)  :-(