N Gauge New print

Its been a busy couple of weeks, and haven't had a chance to do any prints. It also took me the last couple of weeks to get the next design done.

So here is what the design looks like at the time of slicing

As you can see this should be a signal box for a model railway! So next was to print it out. You can see the result of the print below

As you can see from this picture the print ended up being slanted towards the top part of the walls (the roof was fine), This was the second attempt at the part, as the first did the same. The first time I thought this was down to skipping, but I kept an eye on this on the second time and could not hear the printer skip. The only difference between this part and the previous house was the wall thickness!.

You can see the wall thickness is thin, it has been set to 1mm, previously wall thickness was 2.5mm for the other building. Therefore I am going to repeat the print but with an increased wall thickness of 2mm (Here I was hoping to save on filament!

Wood Filament part 3

So this is part three of the wood filament print!.. After the first house I set out to draw my own N gauge from a paper plan into 3d software and then print this out. However this time making it a hollow print, with the windows open. The idea being that lights can be fitted inside making it more realistic.

Again I used the wood filament, Just because this was the best print., I think I may try the white PLA though as well at some point.

Anyway here is the print on the bed, prior to clean up

Then after I removed it from the bed

Then Cleaned up.

One thing I have found that is a problem is printing small (2mm) squares, they end up being rounded, so the solution I have come across is to just use a knife to square everything off. Only a problem is seems for Chimneys!

Just a small update to those wondering, this is the same filament as used previously which is 

Further spare parts

So its been a couple of weeks since I last posted, and its been quite a busy couple of weeks, However I have been busy printing parts ready to do some upgrades on the printer.

First off was y axis belt clamps, ready for when I upgrade the print bed from the Ply bed currently on the printer to a metal bed to improve rigidity.

The next part that I have printed out is the X arm end stop, this upgrade will allow me to provide some adjustment to the tension of the x axis belt, which will be good considering whilst trying to print this out first time around the belt slackened right off..

Here you can see the individual parts printed out. I had to clean up the thread abit in order to get it to screw into the body.

Here is the parts screwed together ready for fitting.

backwash eliminator

The other day I managed to print out a Backwash eliminator, surprised at how well it works...

Heres the link to the file on thingiverse

http://www.thingiverse.com/make:185153

Didn't have any bolts long enough, so instead of bolting it on, I have just put some dabs of glue in each corner and stuck it on!

Corner lift

Grr... How annoying I have tried twice to print the lower z mount for the ormerod (to replace mine, as I have spotted a crack down it)

So anyway each time I try to print I get the corner lifting...as shown

The little splurge is where the nozzle was lifted.

Hopefully will find a solution soon