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Meeting April 23, 2021
Attendees: Ted, Paul, Rod, Tom, Bill, Harry. FRIDAY, April 23, 2021 the topic was Arc Welder (post processor for converting small g01 moves to g02 or g03) Also the announcement of a page that shows under the Members Menu (FILE SHARE) for…
Meeting March 12, 2021
Attendees: Ted, Mike R, Rod, Tom, Bill. The Club took a look at retraction settings and did a small workshop on manipulating parameters and seeing the results. Everyone did a nice job in bringing samples of retraction towers. Bill led…
Meeting February 5, 2021
The Club took a look at a Powder Printing machine and discussed the process and looked at a few samples. See the workflow document for a video on the process. Some discussion about Onshape. Tom posted his class notes workflows…
Meeting December 10, 2020
Filament types and uses and precautions was the special topic for this meeting. See the workflow document. Also some discussion on spool holders. Attendees: Ted, Mike R, Rod, Robert, Tom, Bill.
Powder Printing
The Club had a chance to see a powder printer up close. Here is a video showing the process in action.
Meeting October 23, 2020
Direct Drive and other control board embellishments. Thanks to Mike for bringing his Ender and showing us the neat stuff it has. Attendees: Ted Mike Rod Robert Tom Pat Bill.
Stick TOO Stick Clinic
The Club had a clinic on good extrusion testing and bed alignment. Everyone learned something including how a lousy aligned machine can still make a decent print. Mike and Tom found strange thickness parameters when printing surgical mask clips. You…
3D Scanning Workflow
The group expressed interest in 3D scanning. A Scanning Workflow document was developed and Mike volunteered as a scanning object. See the stl below. A combination of ReconstructMe, Meshmixer, and Cura went from scan to 3D print.
X-axis alignment with the Offset Square
Mike and Tom found strange thickness parameters when printing surgical mask clips. See the background by clicking here. You can download the workflow document from the clinic here. We have several squares printed and available to borrow for the club…
