Author Archives: Jeff Keegan

It’s Printing Day! Currently I’m looking at 5 completed frame-vertex pieces (which each take 1.5 hours to print on the MakerBot I’m using), and I’m currently printing the 6th and last required instance of that piece. I’m hoping to print … Continue reading →

Woohoo!!! After days of anguish over failed prints of various Mendel pieces (and broken extruders, and broken thermistors), I’ve finally printed my first successful piece of my Mendel RepRap (printed on the MakerBot RepStrap, which I just fixed). This piece … Continue reading →

Something’s wrong here, and I’m not sure what it is. There are a bunch of things it could be, and I’m frustrated. Tonight, again, I watched the MakerBot plastruder push the heater barrel right out of another PTFE insulator.. First … Continue reading →